Salt Lake County Chapter Project Linus

 March 2021 Newsletter

Hello Blanketeers, 

                        Thanks to My Sister’s Quilts in Riverton

We would like to give a big thank you to owners of “My Sister’s Quilts” who have been collecting blankets for us for about two years now.  The store on Pasture Road closed at the end of February and they moved to a new location with a new name.  

 

“Forget-Me-Not Quilt Shoppe”- is the new name. New location will be 12652 South 2700 West Ste B, Riverton.  The hours are: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm – Monday through Saturday. The new shop will open Thursday and will continue to collect blankets for us. We wish them success and thank them for their help. 

 

                                               Thank You PL - From Refugee Storehouse 

We continue to donate security blankets to the Refugee Storehouse through Granite School District.  They tell me that the blankets are distributed on the basis of need and they are usually gone in just a few days. 

 

                                                

Riverton Senior Center

Thanks to Jackie Cohen and the Riverton ladies for their serious work.  Jackie Cohen has been doing a “round up” of the blankets created and donated by members of the group.  You can meet them on the 3^rd Friday of each month in the parking lot at the center at 10:30 am. We have recent news that the center has recently opened – but we have not yet heard whether we can resume blanket making there.  Hope so and will keep you posted.  

 

Hopefully the Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church blanket day will resume in the near future.  That meeting was always scheduled on the first Monday of each month.  As soon as the church opens up and you are all vaccinated or feel safe to meet together we will be seeing each other again as a working together group. 

 

                        Blanket Making Standards

 If you are new to Project Linus and wish to participate with groups, you are welcome.  If you are thinking of making blankets on your own to submit – please read about our requirements.  We do not distribute fleece blankets with knots tied round the edges.  We do not distribute any blankets that are not gift quality. Our blanket hugs go to children deserving of a blanket of keep sake quality.   

 

If you are not sure what we require of knit, crochet, fleece, or quilts - please call Millie 801-656-9229 or Patsy 435-630-4110, before you begin your project.    

 

                        Big Thanks to Our Volunteers (Blanketeers)                            

Many thanks to all of you volunteers for your continued work throughout the Pandemic.  For now – our numbers look amazing, and we are still serving an average of 230 children a month. Thanks to all of you who work so hard at creating beautiful security blankets as gifts for children in crisis.  

 

See you all soon,

Millie and Patsy