Dash

Rebecca Larson, public relations and development director at St. Vincent de Paul, uses everything she can until it’s worn out. And even then, she’ll most likely find a way to reuse some part of it. Just now, Rebecca has a full skirt in a floral pattern with shades of aqua, and a canvas tote bag with straps in the same aqua color. The skirt is destined to be transformed into an apron as soon as the tote bag is worn out enough that she can take off the straps without feeling bad about it. “Maybe,” Rebecca says, “I won’t be able to wait that long!” She and her colleague, Val Ko, the new products development director, find new life in objects that other people have long since given up on.