— From the Daily’s staff reports.

A Maine woman’s artistic talents will benefit the homeless in Ames.

Lucinda Yates, a resident of Portland, Maine, who was once homeless, created acrylic buttons to be sold for the homeless. The Iowa State chapter of the National Association of Homebuilders has been selling the buttons this past semester.

All of the proceeds will be donated to Ames Emergency Project Center, 225 Kellogg Ave., said Teresa Stoberl, president of the ISU chapter of NAH and a senior in housing.

The chapter hopes to donate close to $900 when all the pins have been sold, Stoberl said.

“We have been selling them since March,” Stoberl said. “We just set up a booth every once in a while.”

The bright and colorful buttons, which are shaped like a houses with realtors and animals, were sold for $12.50.

“It’s gone really well. They’ve been pretty popular,” Stoberl said.