MacGregor Collegiate Institute wants your deer hides for one of their classes.

Penny Wilson is the Clothing and Textile Teacher At MCI. She talks about why they need them.

"We developed a clothing and textile self-directed learning unit where the kids have the opportunity to sign up, and they make mukluks, mitts, or moccasins, depending on how much work they want to put in."

She notes they prefer deer leather because it's soft and easier to do bead working than some of the other leathers available. She outlines how you can donate your deer hide.

"People who are not using the hides when they're done tagging their deer can simply bag it up, put the hide part of their tag in with the hide, and drop it off right here at the school," says Wilson. "We will collect them, and the kids are quite excited about making Moccasins and mukluks."

They don't have a number of hides in mind that they need. When they run out, they run out.

"The great part about this program is that we're using the resources we have here in our community," says Wilson. "It's a great way to further encourage the sustainability of what people are already doing."

She adds they're just about out of material and it's expensive to have to buy the leather.