Hayzel’s Helping Hands

24/10/2025

Shirts are in and we will be delivering this weekend (between baseball and volleyball 😱), into next week, for those who ordered! If you missed them and still want to order there’s still time: https://www.apex-ink.com/hayzels-helping-hands money from each shirt purchased goes towards Miss Hayzel’s cause, and are designed by Miss Hayzel herself!

She’s been working on sets, so if you’d like a matching set be sure to message us with the colors or pattern you’d like!

20/10/2025

What else do you do when it’s rainy and/or windy at your brother’s/cousin’s ball games? You hang in the pod or back of Grandma’s car and recruit help for potholders!

18/10/2025

Miss Hayzel asked for a pumpkin design, which we knew would be difficult, as we cant find a good trick for round objects (like the easter bunny we are still stuck on 🤣). While it didn’t turn out quite like a pumpkin, it’s still pretty cute and almost looks like two hearts on the outsides! We don’t give up on patterns but dang, this one is really challenging us!

14/10/2025

How cute did this turn out?!? Special request for the breast cancer ribbon with some purple added for school colors! Miss Hayzel is getting these patterns down and had fun with this one! The back side is always a little different than the front side, but both turned out cute 🥰

What will she work on next?!?

She’s got some cut fall colors and Halloween colors, with Christmas right around the corner!

10/10/2025

Miss Hayzel is looking for any High Schoolers looking for silver cord hours (or whatever your school calls community service hours 🤪) and would enjoy crafting with her! Her last show was so amazing we almost ran out of potholders, and with her upcoming shows we need to restock and are hoping for a little help!

They can do basic patterns which are super easy, or can try any of the patterns we have. Here are some of hers she’s done over the last year!

04/10/2025

04/10/2025

Come see your Hometown Hero tomorrow from 11-3 on Main Street in Bennett for the Block Party. She’s got lots of goodies she’s been working on her potholders, bracelets, keychains, bookmarks and more. Come support her cause of raising money for the Children’s Hospital and No-Kill animal shelter.

Stop by the Tastefully Simple booth too as 30% of all sale will go towards her cause as well, some of her baskets even have TS in them for a great date night in!

If you can make it you can PM us for her goodies or order TS from the link below! See you Saturday!

https://www.tastefullysimple.com/andreaschroeder2186-m88x8rtd

01/10/2025

Miss Hayzel made the front page of the Advocate! Such a beautifully written article! Thank you Wilton-Durant Advocate News for the recognition!

New this week!

30/09/2025

If you didn’t get to see her segment yesterday, here it is! Her amazing teacher nominated her for KWQC and Serv Pro’s Hometown Hero and she was recognized at just NINE years old! She is going to do amazing things!

You can support her by following her page, come see at the Bennett Fireman’s Block Party this Saturday from 11-3 on Main Street, order one of her shirts she designed herself (link below) or from her Tastefully Simple Party where she’ll get 30% of all sales PLUS all the hostess credit to add to her baskets (link below)!

https://www.tastefullysimple.com/andreaschroeder2186-ttqdh6nj

https://www.apex-ink.com/hayzels-helping-hands

https://www.kwqc.com/2025/09/30/durant-4th-grader-honored-with-hometown-hero-award-after-raising-thousands-childrens-hospital/zere ckd

When she was seven years old, Hazel Schroeder spent two nights in the children’s hospital in Iowa City while fighting a kidney infection.

25/09/2025

Miss Hayzel was awarded Hometown Hero by KWQC today at an all school assembly! Minday at 6 am or 6 pm you can catch her on the news!

Also, sneak her shirts and sweatshirts! Still time to order and support her cause! https://www.apex-ink.com/hayzels-helping-hands

Her next show is the Fireman’s block party in Bennett, October 4!

25/09/2025

Miss Hayzel wanted a cross pattern, so we came up with a few! What are your thoughts? ✝️ And of course had to try some patriotic colors too! 🇺🇸

Some patterns we’ve found online, some we come up with by trial and error! Mom loves geometry and grid paper, so we have a book of patterns on grid paper! Some have turned out cute and fun, some not so much (like the Easter bunny-but we’re not giving up!). Miss Hayzel can follow the patterns easily when on grid paper and she sure loves creating the fun and challenging ones!

Now we have to create the patterns in the smaller potholders! We did have one last year but that was before we saved all the patterns in our binder!

Which is your favorite? What other patterns shall we attempt? 🤔