February, 2019
Hello Blanketeers,
Once again I am re-posting
the information that 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!
We are looking forward to a
very successful Make a Blanket Day, please come out and support us.
NWPA National Make a Blanket Day Schedule is as
follows
Kelly’s Sewing Corner- 3330 W.26th Street (Village West) 10:00-3:00
Drop off location
Millcreek Sewing – 6044 Peach Street 1:00-4:00
“Sew In”- kits provided
Super Stitch
-10429 W Main Street- North East 10:00-3:00
“Sew In’ – Bring your sewing
machine, kits will be provided
Please enter at the back of the store for this event
Fox’s Sew & Vac Sales and Service Downtown Mall – Meadville PA 10:00-3:00
Drop off location
St. Michael’s Church- 76 North High Street, Greenville, PA 10:00- 3:00
“Sew In” –Bring your sewing
machine, kits will be provided
Doug Yaple’s Vacuum- 1815 E. 38th Street
10:00- 2:00
“Sew In”- kits will be provided
Lafaro Insurance Agency @ 4627 Peach Street:
has asked to be a drop off location from now
and until National Make a Blanket Day on Saturday February 16th.
They are open from 8:30- 5:00 daily. As Always, please leave your contact information
with the blankets that you are dropping off, so that we know how has donated
them.
Monthly meetings:
February 6th - Millcreek Sewing Center 6044 Peach Street 1:00pm- 4:00pm ( regular meeting )
February 11 th - Yaple’s Vacuum & Sewing 801 W.
26th Street 9:00am- 11:00am,
February 21st- Doug Yaple’s Vacuum 1815 E. 38th
Street 10:00 am- 2:00 pm
Correction to
Newspaper article :
-
Doug Yaple’s
Vacuum @ 1815 E. 38th Street will be a “ Sew In” location for National
Make a Blanket Day on February 16th - in error it was omitted from
the article. All of the information was submitted to Matthew Rink of the Times
News. We are so very grateful for all of our stores and Quilt Shoppes that
support our organization, without their support, it would be very difficult to
further our mission. Thank you for all that you do !!!
Odds and Ends:
Remember
that you only have until February 4th to order Project Linus T-Shirts,
¾ length T-Shirts and Sweats Shirts. Go to www.projectlinus.org
at the top of the page is the Store tab, then go into Clothing. These will go
on sale 4 times this year for a 2 week period.
Reminders:
·
Due to children's allergies and
possible respiratory issues, please refrain from the use of dryer sheets,
fabric softeners and scented bags when either laundering or storing blanket
making material, or dropping off completed blankets. Although they may
have a pretty aroma, the scents absorb into the materials, which may be
difficult to remove.
- When making a Fleece No Sew Blanket we recommend at
least 1 ½ to 2 yards of Fleece fabric. And most important, before you
start to cut the strips that, FIRST
you TRIM the 2 SELVAGE SIDES, then from there you have
options in how you wish to tie your blanket.
Looking
Ahead:
February
16th -National Make a Blanket Day-
July
31st- Senior Day at the Erie Zoo
August
13th- Erie
Gives
August
16th-18th Celebrate Erie
Please
follow us on Facebook as well, for up to date and current events. You can find
us at:
·
NWPAProjectLinus- Like us -and that
automatically will add you to our friend list.
·
www.nwpaprojectlinus.blogspot.com- is our web page
Warmly,
JoAnn Burkhart
Coordinator- NWPA Project Linus
1-814-392-5583
Warmly,
JoAnn Burkhart
Coordinator- NWPA Project Linus
1-814-392-5583
