GETTING READY FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND WISHING YOU A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING
Year to Date Blanket
Report
Our total distribution for this year so far is 2001 blankets!! We have met our number from last year and we
still have two more months to go. Thanks
to all of you volunteers who sew, buy fabric, contribute, deliver blankets, and
in many other ways support our efforts to help children.
We distributed 310 blankets this past month. Now we are looking forward to November when
we will again gather blankets for the “Shop With A Cop” program. This event takes place as a Christmas
shopping trip for about 100 children.
Our volunteers love this project.
Honoring the life of
Shauna Dumont of Riverton
Shauna, in her short life, influenced those she knew by her
example of never-ending, selfless service.
In her honor, her friends and neighbors opted to perform a service for
children. They gathered to make these 40
blankets, which were donated to Project Linus for distribution to children in
need of comfort.
LIFE START VILLAGE
Life Start, a transitional and supportive housing for
mothers and children, serves 54 families and about 100 children. The three-stage self-sufficiency program
helps support mothers’ efforts to leave homelessness, drug-dependency, or
domestic violence.
The children who receive our blankets have almost nothing
when they come to the program from homelessness. We are so happy to give them a security
blanket of their very own.
Make a Blanket Day
Come on over to Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church on November 7th
to make a blanket with our volunteers.
Come any time from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm and stay as long as you
want. Enjoy snacks, conversation, meet
friends, and make blankets for kids.
If you are making a no-sew blanket, remember - the longer
the fringe - the smaller the
blanket. Loop-fringe holes must be max
1/8 inch and both selvage edges must be removed. Never Knots!
