February 25, 2022 Project Linus News
Happy days are here again!!
We are scheduled to meet together for blanket making at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church on Monday March 7th from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. And Riverton Group will be meeting this month also, on March 16th at 1:00 to 3:00 pm at Mountain Vista Church.
If you have blankets to donate, please bring them on those days. Hopefully we will be able to continue this kind of meeting now that the nasty virus is not so aggressive.
We will be ok with continuing to meet you at your front porch to pick up and deliver if you don’t feel comfortable meeting in a group. We will, for sure, be masking up and staying our distance as we work. We will not have open food, but will have packaged treats, coffee and tea. Please join us.
So sorry to have to give you this sad news. Lynn Milsap has been ill recently and has passed away on February 4th. Lynn was a lovely and talented producer of hand-made blankets. And she was a devoted Linus Project supporter for many years. She and Edrie Bridenbaugh took over the Riverton blanket making group after Kristin Vance moved, and necessarily gave up the coordinator’s position in Salt Lake County. Lynn was a loyal and busy contributor to our project. She was meticulous in her work. I will always remember when she cautioned me to be “more careful” when I cut fabric. Lynn’s devotion will not be forgotten. She will certainly be missed.
We have a new distribution site developed since October. Riverton Hospital. Kristine Hatton, who is a Child Life Specialist, has a Children’s program that covers every department of the hospital from NICU, to surgery, to emergency, etc. Patsy has been delivering some 50 or more blankets there every month and Kristine is very efficient in getting them to the children who are hospitalized. An important part of our distribution program is having an on site person who is dependable and committed to getting the blankets to kids who need a security blanket.
Looking forward to Spring,
Millie & Patsy
