April, 2018
Welcome Spring Blanketeers,
Mark your calendars for:
April 21st
Please join NWPA Project
Linus on Saturday April 21st for our Spring “ Sew In” at Blessed
Sacrament Cafeteria, 1626 W. 26th Street, use the door near the
dumpster at the back of the Gym. Plenty of parking is available.
Time: 10:00-4:00
There will be refreshments, snacks, lunch and
of course blanket making kits and patterns for you to choose from. You will need
to bring your sewing machines and notions. There is no cost to this event.
We look forward to a good
time making blankets that will help children in need in our community.
There is still a need for boy blankets of all types and
sizes. When we deliver blankets, we always try to put a mix of boy and girl
blankets, so that the hospital or agency has a variety to pass out to their
patients or clients.
May 10th
Cocktails and Color Erie
Our Second Annual fundraiser for the Spring, an
evening at Cocktails and Color – Erie. Located at Millcreek Square in the
Millcreek Mall complex. Tickets are $ 40.00 per person/with $10.00 going to our
NWPA Project Linus non profit organization. Save the date: Thursday – May 10th 6:00-8:00
We will be painting the “ Sand Dune” by :
Linda. Join us for an exciting evening of fun, with snacks provided by Sam’s
Club. You will need to bring your own refreshments to quench your thirst. Call
your friends and get a group together for the evening. Perhaps purchase a
ticket for your Mom, Sister, Friend, or a family member for Mother’s Day.
Below is a link to the
Cocktails and Color- Erie for you to sign up and make a payment : https://sites.cimplebox.com/events/registration.aspx?s=4296&c=2455&eid=388507&r=0.5534770
ODDS & ENDS:
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UPMC Hamot NICU
has an ongoing need of gently used receiving blankets- store bought, that they
use to support the tiny heads of the infants in their carriers. They can be
dropped off at all of our local drop off locations. Again, these are items that
I have seen at Garage Sales and have picked up for a quarter or so and brought
home and washed up.
REMINDERS:
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Please be cautious of the crochet or
knitted patterns, along with the type of yarn and needle size, so that the
finished afghan doesn’t have too big of “holes”
in it or too loose. It was brought to my attention that “Little fingers” can
become entwined in them or caught on hospital equipment.
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In making a
fleece blanket- cut the 2 selvage sides and cut out the 4 corners of the
material before you start to cut your strips for tying or before you use your
skip stitch blade and crochet around the fleece.
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Due to children’s
unknown allergies, Respiratory issues and sensitivities please be cautious of
perfumes, dryer sheets, fabric softeners and scented bags in
regards to making, storing blanket making material or dropping off a blanket.
These are things that we may not even think of that could set off a medical
situation for a child.
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In the upcoming
months our calendar is a bit full of fun activities, if you are interested in
helping with any of these events, please let me know. As we always say “ It
takes a Village “.
Monthly meetings:
April 4th - Millcreek Sewing Center 6044 Peach Street 1:00pm- 4:00pm
April
9th - Yaple’s
Vacuum & Sewing 801 W. 26th Street 9:00am-11:00am
April 19st - Doug
Yaple’s Vacuum
1815 E. 38th Street
10:00am- 2:00pm
Looking
Ahead:
May
10th-
Cocktails and Color Erie – Millcreek Square 6:00-8:00
July
25th- Senior
Day @ the Erie Zoo 10:00-2:00
August
5th - Camp Fitch
August
14th- Erie Gives
August
17th-19th - Celebrate
Erie
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Warmly,
JoAnn Burkhart
NWPA Project Linus – Coordinator
814-864-9389
Nwpaprojectlinus@hotmail.com
