11/03/2019
Hello again everyone! What a cold day out there. Great for sitting by the fire knitting!
I'm happy to announce that I officially have become the coordinator for the "Cochrane District chapter of Project Linus" (from the "Peanuts" cartoon).
This is a Nationally recognized children's charity fully staffed by volunteers. The web page is *Project Linus Canada, although please be patient while Lori the national coordinator loads us into the web page.
I personally would have benefited from this program had it if been around in the 70's as I spent a lot of time in surgeries as a child. I know this program touches a lot of lives and can make a real difference in a child's world.
Who would get one?
Any child who might be going through emotional distress. These blankets will be distributed locally to all children's services, hospitals and women's shelters. We as adults understand why they can end up in these places...children do not.
We are looking for volunteers or groups interested in creating hand made blankets ( knitted, crocheted, quilted).
We are also having a fundraising raffle to go towards supplies for our volunteer force.
You can buy tickets to win the blanket or coat rack at any of the craft markets that country crafts will be at or message me and we can get your name in the draw. Tickets are $5 each or $15 for 4.
We also are accepting donations of yarn, quilting supplies, knitting needles or crochet hooks.
Let's give a child a hug blanket.
Even if you don't have time to make a full blanket you can do squares and one of the volunteers or myself can put them together and make a blanket.
Contact me for any questions or to start a blanket.
Thanks for reading through! That was a long one 😁