January, 2017
Happy New Year Blanketeers,
Last year a little over 3,000
blankets were lovingly handmade and donated to NWPA Project Linus, well
Blanketeers, you out did yourselves this year with going over 3,500 blankets. The following
agencies that benefited from your generosity were:
Office of Children and Youth
Services, Community Shelter Services, Crime Victim Center, Safe Start, SafeNet,
Women’s Care Centers, Nurse Family Partnership, Title 5, International
Institute, Refuge Homeless Shelter, Sarah Reed Children’s Home, Children’s
Advocacy Center and many many more…………………
Including our 3 local Hospitals,
( UPMC Hamot Hospital, St. Vincent Health Center and Millcreek Community
Hospital) in their NICU, Maternity and Pediatric Units , that many children in
need were comforted.
We can only hope that 2017
will be filled with Blanketeers once again being so caring and generous with your
time, talent.
Listed below are our current
Stores, Quilt Shoppes or Individuals that have graciously opened their doors to
NWPA Project Linus to be a drop off location:
Erie County:
Joann Burkhart- NWPA Project
Linus Coordinator -1446 Patterson Ave Erie, PA 16508 1-814-864-9389 1-814-392-5583
Tena Pomeroy- ( Albion)
1-814-859-0033
Yaple’s – 801 W. 26th
Street, Erie PA
Marie Bissell - ( Lake City) 1-814-774-4884
Kelly’s Sewing Corner- 3330
W.26th Street (Village West) Doug Yaple’s Vacuum 1815 E. 38th
Street
Millcreek Sewing – 6044 Peach
Street Super Stitch -55 West
Main Street- North East
Crawford County:
Fox’s Sew & Vac Sales and
Service Downtown Mall – Meadville PA
Warren County:
Ronnieanne Walters –
1-814-723-5408 Super Stitch 2 -113
Market Street Warren PA
Mercer County:
Linda Hajtol –
1-724-588-3289 The Gallery of
Fabric- 116 N. Pitt Street Mercer PA
St. Michael’s Church 76 North
High Street Greenville PA
McKean County:
Zanadu Fabric, Yarn &
Crafts -105 N. Fraley Street Kane PA
For your convenience I hope this list will
assist our Blanketeers as to where a lovingly handmade Project Linus blanket
can be dropped off.
Monthly meetings:
January - Millcreek
Sewing Center 6044 Peach
Street NO MEETING THIS
MONTH
January 9th - Yaple’s Vacuum & Sewing 801
W. 26th Street 9:00a.m.-11:00a.m.
January 19th Doug Yaple’s Vacuum 1815 E. 38th
Street 10:00-a.m.-2:00p.m.
National Make a Blanket Day-Saturday
- February 18th 2017,
here is a list of the Stores, Quilt Shoppes and Church that are participating
this year:
Kelly's Sewing Corner
|
3330 W. 26th Street
|
Erie
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Drop off
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11:00-3:00
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Millcreek Sewing Center
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6044 Peach Street
|
Erie
|
Sew In
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1:00-4:00
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Doug Yaple's Vacuum
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1815 E. 38th Street
|
Erie
|
Sew In
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10:00-2:00
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St. Michael 's Church
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76 North High Street
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Greenville
|
Sew In
|
10:00-3:00
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Fox's Sewing & Vac
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Downtown Mall
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Meadville
|
Drop off
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10:00-3:00
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Super Stitch
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55 West Main Street
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North East
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Drop off
|
10:00-3:00
|
Odds and Ends:
I
have been asked to relate stories of children receiving blankets and how they
react to them. Unfortunately due to HIPPA Laws we are unable to directly give a
child a blanket. But recently we had 3 stories told to us that certainly warmed
out hearts and I hope that it does the same for you our wonderful and caring
Blanketeers.
The
first one was a little girl named Ava that was in St. Vincent Health Center
with Pneumonia and she said that the best part of her stay there was receiving
a Project Linus blanket. The other story was told to us when we delivered a few
bags of blankets to the Crime Victim Center and a Counselor came up to us and
said that one of her little clients told her that receiving a Project Linus
blanket was like a magic cape that protected them.
This
3rd story came to me recently from a message on our Face Book page.
I have included a link to Alex’s page.
Hi JoAnn ...
in 2011 my son went through a traumatic accident with a button battery in his
nose. He was 4 at the time. We just recently were featured on Monsters Inside
Me on Animal Planet. Alex has been through a lot of medical and mental
struggles. He's currently gone through 27 surgeries. More to come to fix his
nose which is now dead inside. I have started a group called Alex's Crusade to
help share the awareness on how dangerous these batteries are not just
swallowed up being put in the nose as my son did. During Alex's stay in the
hospitals he was given beautiful blankets from this program. Those blankets
took a special place for him and comforted Alex in times of being so scared in
the hospital. Alex is 9 now and since starting the group a few weeks ago we
ordered some of the silicon bracelets with the name on them. Alex is wanting to
sell these bracelets and donate proceeds to Project Linus. He is determined to
give back to make it possible for you to make other children comfortable and
these beautiful creations. I wanted to touch base with you in regards to this
in hopes we could make the public aware.
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
18th -National Make a Blanket
Day-
July
26th - Senior Day
at the Erie Zoo
August
8th - Erie Gives
August
18th-20th Celebrate Erie
Follow us on Facebook. You can find us
at:
·
NWPAProjectLinus- Like us -and that
automatically will add you to our friend list.
Warmly,
JoAnn Burkhart
NWPA Project Linus –
Coordinator
814-864-9389 814-392-5583 (c)
Nwpaprojectlinus@hotmail.com
