February, 2016
Hello Blanketeers,
This information was taken from our National web site regarding the beginning of National Make a Blanket Day. I have been asked of its origin many times, so here it is:
HOW DID IT BEGIN?
National Make a Blanket Day began in 1999 after the terrible events that took place at Columbine High School. We found that suddenly we were in need of a very large number of blankets, and quickly. Our chapters came to the rescue, holding “blanket bees” all over the country and then sending those blankets to our local chapters in Denver. It was a huge success, and we learned that we had a national network of people who could and would help. It was decided that we would hold an annual Make A Blanket Day where each chapter could host activities in their area to promote Project Linus and to increase our inventory of warm cuddly blankets. Generally, we can attribute the collection of 75,000 to 100,000 blankets to National Make a Blanket Day!
NWPA National Make a Blanket Day Schedule is as follows:
Kelly’s Sewing Corner- 3330 W.26th Street (Village West) 10:00-3:00
Millcreek Sewing – 6044 Peach Street 1:00-4:00
Super Stitch -55 West Main Street- North East 10:00-3:00
Fox’s Sew & Vac Sales and Service Downtown Mall – Meadville PA 10:00-3:00
St. Michael’s Church- Greenville, PA 11:00- 3:00
Zanadu Fabric, Yarn & Crafts -105 N. Fraley Street, Kane PA (814) 561-1047 – 10:00-4:00
Saturday April 16th
In the next month or so I will be in need of our wonderful blanketeers to again help with the cutting, tracing of the muslin as we prepare for our upcoming summer events. Several bolts of muslin need to be prepared for those events. As I have the muslin ready, I will let you ladies know.
Monthly meetings:
February 3rd- Millcreek Sewing Center 6044 Peach Street 1:00pm- 4:00pm ( regular meeting )
February 8th - Yaple’s Vacuum & Sewing 801 W. 26th Street 9:00am-11:00am,
Odds and Ends:
Spring “ Sew In Day” at the Hampton Inn date is pending at this time. Possible dates end of April or early May.
Reminders: Please leave your contact information as you drop of your blankets, so that we can send out a note of appreciation.
Looking Ahead:
February 20th -National Make a Blanket Day-
April 9th – Appreciation Day- Yaple’s Vacuum & Sewing 10:00-2:00
July 27th- Senior Day at the Erie Zoo
August 9th- Erie Gives
August 19th-21st- Celebrate Erie
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Warmly,
NWPA Project Linus Coordinator
1-814-864-9389
nwpaprojectlinus@hotmail.com
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