As some of you know, I donate blankets is a wonderful organization called Project Linus. The organization sends blankets to various organizations, such as Children's Hospital, the neo-natal at Magee Womens Hospital, various women's shelters, the local fire departments, etc. The organizations distribute the blankets to the children and babies. They need all sizes for different age groups.
Yesterday, I stopped at our local drop off location to leave several bags of blankets that I had made. Wow, was I impressed. The center is an old store front that a local real estate investor donated to the chapter. There were blankets everywhere. It made my heart swell with the charity of others. There were shelves of blankets ready to go to the neo-natal departments. There were racks and shelves of all types of other blankets - crocheted, knitted, quilted, fleece, etc. Plus there were shelves of donated yarn, fleece, fabric, etc.
Many people will come to the drop off location and cut fleece and fabric to be distributed to sewers. Some will deliver the blankets to the various charities. Some will come just to chat with everyone.
Even if you aren't crafty, there are many ways you can volunteer. They will accept donations of fabric, fleece, yarn, thread (regular and embroidery), old sewing machines, scissors, pretty much anything you can think of.
So before throwing your un-used items away, consider donating it.
http://www.projectlinus.org/
Until next time, when I continue the rantings and ravings of a mom of an
American Dream Family.....
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