August 26, 2013
** Labor
Day is moving our regular 1st Monday of the month blanket day ** "Make a Blanket Day”
for the north VALLEY WILL be Monday September 9th... come join us at Our Saviour’s Lutheran church 3900 S.
2500 E. From
10-2. Bring your lunch – we have a
wonderful time!!
Be sure
and check out our blog - slcprojectlinus.blogspot.com. On the blog you’ll find
the current newsletter, updates on blanket donations, instructions for making
fleece blankets (great for people who can’t attend Make a Blanket Days and want
to make fleece blankets), and do’s and don’ts.
*** also check the blog for pictures, we try to include few of the blankets that stand out or are
completed by children *** We see so many beautiful blankets that we want to
share!! You ladies are a talented group!
Generous Yarn Donation from Dr. Maryann
Restel
We received an
unexpected windfall this month --- 212 skeins of yarn! There are 40 baby-soft – and several micro
fiber among them. Many are 20% washable
and dryable wool with 80% acrylic so we can use them with everything except the
tiny baby blankets.
Millie will bring
a sample of each color on Make a Blanket Day September 9th so you
may all check it out and let her know which colors and styles you wish to have
for your crochet work.
Many thanks to Dr.
Restel, who by-the-way, is an “artist with knitting needles”. Her work is amazing and has won prizes in
shows. She recently closed her yarn
shop in her home state -Montana . She
relocated here in Utah where she previously attended University of Utah Medical
School. We are the lucky recipients of
her excess yarn inventory, and are happy to have her participating with, and
making blankets for, Project Linus.
Spotlight on New “Crocheting”
Participants
Recently our Salt
Lake County chapter has enjoyed the company of some new participants in our
group of crocheting ladies.
New to our group
are:
Rochelle
Pacheco, who likes to make baby size blankets.
Winnie
Hollenbeck, she also likes baby size blankets.
Karen Park ,
who will crochet any size but leans toward larger ones.
Bea Keohane,
who has recently given up making quilts and turned to fleece
blanket crochet.
Linda Good,
who also volunteers at St. Marks NICU.
She was instrumental in
the
program at St. Marks to send new mothers home with a gift package
including our Linus blankets.
Maryann Restel , who actually knits the baby
blankets that look like crochet.
Project Linus
Blanketeers welcome all of you and we thank you for your time and interest in
helping children.
Blanketeer Spotlight #2 - Amber Anderson
Amber contacted our chapter looking for a service project
for a class she was taking at Salt Lake Community College. Amber has to be one of the most enthusiastic
and energetic people I've ever met! It
was contagious! Amber gathered her
family and friends to complete her project in just a couple of weeks.
Here's part of an email I received:
"It's Amber Anderson again! I just
wanted to touch base and let you know I'm having so much fun spending my time
to donate proceeds to Project Linus! I have held my "Blanket Brunch"
and taking the Holiday into consideration I think I had a pretty good turnout
of helping hands!"
We were so excited to receive Amber's beautiful
cards we can use to send thank yous and all the blankets her friends and family
helped with.
Thank you to you all!! Amber, Rena, Marie, Allison, Pam, Lori, &
Tammy
Children’s Crisis Care Centers
An article in the Tribune this month entitled “Crisis nurseries: Plugging the gap in social safety net”,
alerted us to the need for blankets of comfort for the children who are cared
for at these sites. There are three
facilities; one in Midvale, one in Sugarhouse, and one in West Valley. They are set up to receive babies and
children up to age 8 on an emergency basis.
They accept and care for children whose parents are without immediate
childcare and cannot be with the children for whatever reasons. Our chapter will be donating 5 blankets a
month to each.
We
are often asked what size of blankets are needed most and that answer is all
sizes!! This month we find ourselves
short on small boy (1 to 1 1/4 yard) in small boy prints. If you out shopping, please look for toddler
boy prints! We can always use all sizes
of blankets, especially medium 1 1/2
yards in prints appropriate for 8 to 10 year olds. This size is the one we go through the most
and the size we donate to Shop with a Cop in South Jordan this before Christmas.
Thank you to everyone who contributes
to Project Linus in Salt Lake County.
Whether you make blankets, sew labels on, package blankets, yarn or
fabric, each one of you helps to grow our chapter so we may give a little bit
of love and security to a child in crisis.
Hugs to you all,
Millie & Kristin
email:
slcprojectlinus@gmail.com
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