February, 2017
Hello Blanketeers,
I am again posting the origin
of how National Make a Blanket Day began as it is taken from our National web
site. 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! WWW.projectlinus.org
NWPA National Make a Blanket
Day- Saturday February 18th,
Schedule is as follows, with all of these locations offering a drawing for
blankets dropped off to be announced at the end of the day.
Some
Locations are having a “Sew In”, Many sewing
kits will be available.
Kelly’s Sewing Corner- 3330
W.26th Street (Village West) Erie
Drop off 10:00-3:00
Millcreek Sewing – 6044 Peach
Street “Sew In” 1:00-4:00
Super Stitch -55 West Main Street- North East Cancelled due to the recent fire at this
location
Fox’s Sew & Vac Sales and
Service Downtown Mall – Meadville PA Drop Off 10:00-3:00
St. Michael’s Church- 76
North High Street Greenville, PA “Sew In” 11:00- 3:00
Doug Yaple’s Vacuum- 1815 E.
38th Street Erie “Sew In” 10:00-2:00
Zanadu Fabric, Yarn &
Crafts -105 N. Fraley Street, Kane PA
(814) 561-1047 – 11:00-3:00
“Sew
In” Wednesday May 10th
NWPA Project Linus is very grateful
for the continued support of these Quilt Shops and Stores that make it possible
for our organization to hold meetings, sew in days, and drop off locations, that
allow us to help so many children in
need in our community. Thank you !!
**State Farm Insurance office
at 113 W. 9th Street is sponsoring a promotion for NWPA Project
Linus. Contact their office @ 1-814-452-4609 for details.
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
squares 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 1st- Millcreek Sewing Center 6044 Peach Street 1:00pm- 4:00pm ( regular meeting )
February 13th - Yaple’s Vacuum & Sewing 801 W.
26th Street 9:00am-11:00am
February 16th- Doug Yaple’s Vacuum 1815 E. 38th Street 10:00am.-2:00pm
Odds and Ends:
New Drop off Location- Nature Fabrics-11530 Eureka Road , Edinboro, PA 16412
1-814-897-9337- ( please call before dropping off blankets)
Spring
“ Sew In Day” at the Hampton Inn date is pending at this time. Possible date- mid
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
18th -National Make a Blanket Day-
April
21st Art
Day @ Our Lady of Peace School
April
22th – Appreciation
Day- Yaple’s Vacuum & Sewing 10:00-1:30
July
26th- Senior Day at the Erie Zoo
August
8th- Erie
Gives
August
18th-20th- Celebrate Erie
Please
follow us on Facebook as well, for up to date and current events. You can find
us at:
Warmly,
JoAnn Burkhart
NWPA Project Linus –
Coordinator
814-864-9389 814-392-5583 (c)
Nwpaprojectlinus@hotmail.com
