April, 2017
Welcome Spring Blanketeers,
Mark your calendars for:
April 22nd
Please join NWPA Project
Linus on Saturday April 22nd for our Annual “Appreciation Day” @ Yaple’s Vacuum & Sewing 801 W.26th
Street, Erie, PA
Time: 10:00-1:30
There will be refreshments, drawings on the
half hour, blanket making material and patterns for you to choose from to
perhaps finish or start a new blanket for a child in need. Also a time to meet
other Blanketeers and share your ideas.
This is the last month of
this wonderful promotion:
***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. ***We
appreciate their help in wanting to bring comfort to children in need in our
community
May 4th
Cocktails and Color Erie
New 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
4th 6:00-8:00
We will be painting
the “ North Pier” by
: Linda. Join us for an exciting evening of fun, with snacks provided by Sam’s
Club. You can bring wine or any other liquid to quench your thirst. Call your
friends and get a group together for the evening.
Below is a link to the
Cocktails and Color- Erie for you to sign up and make a payment :
May 20th :
Spring “ Sew In” Day at Hampton Inn- Erie 10:00-4:00 More info in May’s newsletter.
ODDS & ENDS:
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It is the start
of Garage Sale Season and a Blanketeer has requested if anyone sees some of
those older panels with characters on them and are not using them, or sees them
to contact me. We can make arrangements for pick up and reimbursement.
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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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When you complete
your blanket, please check to make sure that there are no pins left behind.
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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 and sensitivities please be cautious of perfumes, dryer
sheets, fabric softeners and scented bags in regards to
making 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 5th - Millcreek Sewing Center 6044 Peach Street 1:00pm- 4:00pm
April 10th - Yaple’s Vacuum & Sewing 801 W. 26th Street 9:00am-11:00am
April 20st - Doug Yaple’s Vacuum 1815 E. 38th
Street 10:00am- 2:00pm
Looking
Ahead:
May
4th-
Cocktails and Color Erie – Millcreek Square 6:00-8:00
May
10th - “ Sew
In “ Day @ Zanadu Fabric Yarn & Craft – Kane, Pa 11:00- 3:00
May
20th - “ Sew
In “ Day @ Hampton Inn- Erie 10:00-4:00
July
27th- Senior Day @ the Erie Zoo 10:00-2:00
August
6th - Camp
Fitch
August
9th- Erie
Gives
August
19th-21st -
Celebrate Erie
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us on Facebook for updates as well. You can find us at:
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Warmly,
JoAnn Burkhart
NWPA Project Linus – Coordinator
814-864-9389
Nwpaprojectlinus@hotmail.com
