Throughout the last three years during the holidays, a Columbus woman has made it her mission to help those in need with generosity from the community.
Starting two years ago, Valerie Eickholt was thinking of ideas for something unique she could do to give back during the Christmas season. She was chatting with her friend Jeanne Schieffer, who is the president of the Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce, about the number of purses they never wore.
ââ¦We thought, âgosh, weâve got so many purses we that never use. Itâs a shame ⦠somebody who really needed them could use those.â At that point during our discussion, (we) decided we would put it out to people to see if they wanted to be part of a project that we called Purse Project,â Eickholt said.