Hope you are
managing to keep cool. Just a reminder -
we are meeting again to make blankets at Our Saviour’s on August 7, 10:00 to
2:00.
Riverton Senior
Center group also sends an invitation to attend their blanket-making day on
July 28, from 9:30 to noon.
July has been a
busy month though we did take a vacation day from our regular make-a-blanket-day. We have had donations coming in and blankets
moving out.
Donation “In Kind”
We received a
large and generous donation “in kind” from Elaine Erickson. She shared with us 8 bags of crochet thread
and yarn and several sets of new matched and pre-cut flannel squares – priced
at $9.99 each. Also in the gift were 19
pre hemstitched commercial blanket & bib sets ready to crochet. These unopened packages sport price tags from
$19.99 to $29.99. All of this is being
shared with blanketeers who will work it into blankets for us to
distribute! Thanks so much to Elaine for
thinking of PL.
Sandy Senior Center “Hooks and Needles”
The Hooks and Needles club coordinator, Gloria Schmick, from
Sandy Center contacted me last month about her group’s possible contribution of
blankets and quilts to PL. I visited with them about PL and our purpose
and goals. They showed me the hand
crafted blankets and quilts that they make.
They are a group of women who are experienced and who excel in handwork
of several types. I also shared our
pattern for making a no-sew blanket of fleece.
This month they contributed 36 amazing and beautiful
blankets to distribute to kids! This is
a picture of the blanketeers and the blankets they made.
St George – Snow Birds
Many of the snowbirds from St. George are again in Salt Lake
for the summer months. They are still
contributing about 30 crochet edge fleece blankets each month – and they
continue to do so year-round. Thanks to
Rochelle, Shirley, Karen, Bea and Terry.
Whether you raise funds, crochet, knit, quilt, deliver, pick
up, label, fringe edges, shop, cut and prepare fabric, or just give moral
support to blanket makers, you are all appreciated. Nothing would happen without all of you. Sincere thanks,
Millie
