Originally Posted by Sandygirl

Look for "grant" opportunities. One of our long time 4H instructors won a nice grant for sewing machines a few years ago. She was able to purchase 8 entry level Berninas to teach her students to sew. One of the colleges that teaches home Ec (whatever they call it these days) offered the grant. Pretty sweet! Too bad the high schools don't value shop classes and Home Ec for teaching skills.

Sandy