Giving season goes on year-round for Lake Geneva volunteer
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Doris Mesenbrink lays out pieces for a quilt project in her Lake Geneva home. At 93, Mesenbrink is constantly busy sewing, knitting and crocheting items that she donates to a homeless shelter and other charities.
EAGLE — She’s a self-admitted homebody these days, and needy people around Walworth County are much happier and warmer because of her efforts.
Doris Mesenbrink has been sewing, knitting and crocheting most of her 93 years. However, she’s used those talents significantly more since she and her late husband, Paul, moved to Lake Geneva in 1991.
That’s because Mesenbrink is a true example of volunteering at work — most of her quilts, hats, mittens, scarves, bibs and doll clothes are donated to those less fortunate.
Beneficiaries of Mesenbrink’s creations — predominately made from scratch, but she finishes and fixes some items — include the Twin Oaks Homeless Shelter, the Lake Geneva Public Library’s holiday tree and First Evangelical Lutheran Church. Most of her handiwork is coordinated through a joint effort of Volunteer Connection (formerly RSVP) and the Walworth County Department of Health and Human Services through its Holiday Care program ... CONTINUED
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