Linus ♥ Hugs
2010 1st Quarter Newsletter
Hello Friends,
This year got off to an exciting start.
Disney encourages volunteering.
Project Linus partnered with Disney in their Give A Day Get A Day free pass giveaway. Disney was giving away 1,000,000 one day passes to people who gave a day of volunteering. I don’t think anyone involved expected the overwhelming response. In about ten weeks Disney succeeded in meeting their goal.
Our chapter, along with around 85 other chapters, participated and was overwhelmed with the response. Final numbers are not yet available. I would like to say THANK YOU to all my support assistants who helped with this overwhelming project. And THANK YOU to all the blankets makers who participated.
Blanket needs:
We have a great need for preemie and baby size blankets. 40”X40” is a guideline for size.
Spring Favor:
Are you ready to do some spring cleaning? Don’t forget your crafts. We are in need of cotton material, fleece or flannel, yarn (not wool or wool blends), batting. We really would appreciate your thinking of us when you de-stash your crafts.
Upcoming Events:
April 12th – Monday - We have a special speaker
Emily Hirsch, RNC, BSN Unit Manager, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit from
When: Monday April 12, 2010
Where:
Time: 9am to noon
Upstairs classroom
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO OUR ANNUAL BLANKETEER APPRECIATION DAY GET TOGETHER
May 15th Blanketeer Application Day Get Together
Come join the fun! We will have hourly drawings, demonstrations and lots of free stuff along with refreshments.
When: Saturday May 15, 2010
Where:
Time: 10am to 2pm
Upstairs classroom
Regular Monthly meetings:
2nd Monday of every month (weather permitting)
Where:
Time: 9am to noon
Upstairs classroom
April 12th
May 10th
June 14th
July 12th
What we do: We sew the “LINUS” label onto each blanket, inspect them for any hazards, sort by size and prepare blankets for delivery, go through material and yarn donations, plan upcoming events, write thank you notes, BUT mostly we have a good time getting to know each other.
Upcoming Summer Events:
We are off to a good start with our preparation for our summer community events. Thanks to Disney we had a material cutting party in February and March during our monthly meetings. Four bolts of muslin were cut for our “Kids Helping Kids” blocks. My goal was to take some of the burden of this time consuming activity off the shoulders of our regular meeting attendees. We still have at least one more bolt to cut if you would like to come and help.
The next step is tracing pictures onto these blocks. We provide the pictures and tracing markers. If you would like to help, call myself or JoAnn to make arrangements to pick up a pack to trace.
Put these date on your calendar:
Plan to attend or volunteer to help for an hour or so
Senior Day at the Zoo: Wednesday July 28
Celebrate
End of Year Report:
2009 Totals of Blankets Delivered:
National total: 3,011,944
NWPA total: 2,296
NWPA total number of blankets delivered since 1998:15,903
I hope you all know how very much I appreciate every single one of you, your support of our chapter and help in keeping it going.
LINUS HUGS TO ALL OF YOU,
Tena
Tena Pomeroy
NWPA Project Linus Chapter Coordinator
814-756-5662
nwpa@projectlinus.org
www.projectlinus.or
