SPECIAL EVENT

April 12^th – Monday - We have a special speaker

Emily Hirsch, RNC, BSN Unit Manager, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit from Hamot Hospital. Emily will be speaking about the NICU and how our blankets are used with the infants and about the new infant hospital that they are opening in 2011

When: Monday April 12, 2010

Where: Yaples Sewing Center, Erie (26^th St & Liberty St)

Time: 9am to noon

Upstairs classroom

Monthly Meeting Notice

Monday 3-8-2010
Where: Yaple's Sewing Center
26th St & Liberty St
Erie, PA

Time: 9am to 12 noon
Upstairs classroom

Everyone welcome!
We sew on the "LINUS" labels, prepare blankets for delivery, go through donated material and yarn, plan upcoming events, chat and have a good time.

For more information, call Tena 814-756-5662 or email nwpa@projectlinus.org

Hello,
I added more pictures today so check out the Disney Picture page.
The Disney Give A Day Get A Day program is wrapping up. They are no longer allowing new sign ups. I hope those who participated had a wonderful time and will consider making blankets for us in the future.

2010

OK it's been a year since I posted. Time to change that!

NEWS:
1. As of 1-1-10 NWPA Project Linus has been involved with the Disney Give A Day Get A Day program. We have received close to 1,000 blankets so far.

Our opportunity on the disneyparks.com site is:
Make a Blanket for a sick or needy child
We don't know how long Disney will be doing this, they are giving away 1,000,000 one day passes for doing a volunteer service.

Ours is: Make a handmade blanket (crocheted, knitted, quilted or no-sew fleece) to recieve one pass/voucher from Disney. You must be 6 years old or older to participate. All rules are on the disneyparks.com site.

2. We did a one time event on the Disney site for the single layer fleece blankets for Haiti.
We collected 50 blankets for this event and mailed them to KS to be sent to Haiti along with blankets from other chapters.

PHOTOS:
I am posting photos of families, groups, friends, clubs, schools, etc., who have provided them for this Disney Event. I will not be posting names.

We are very thankful to everyone who participated .

THANK YOU NOTE:
As I receive general thank you notes from people I will post them on the thank you note link on the top right hand side of this page.
Thank you notes addressed to NWPA Project Linus with a blanketeers name will be forwarded to that blanket maker if I have the address to do so.

Upcoming Events

Multiple Girl Scout/boy Scout troops/schools/churches request for blocks. We have had more call about Linus in two weeks than we had all last quarter.

2/9 - Monthly meeting at Yaple's

2/15 - Sunday - Winter Fest at St. George's school, Erie. Set up 12:30 to 4-ish

2/19 - Saturday - National Make A Blanket Day

5/22 - Friday - Our Lady of Peace Arts Day, Erie. 9:30 - 2:30

July: Senior Day at the Erie Zoo (date to be determined)

August: includes our two biggest events. PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN

Dan Rice Days - usually the 1st weekend, possibly Friday, July 31st and Saturday, Aug 1st.

Celebrate Erie - last year it was the 3rd weekend. That would make it Aug 12 - 15th.


We are NOT doing the mall this year.

Queen size Quilt Raffle

Queen Size Quilt Raffle

Blanketeer Barbara Leftwich made and donated this beautiful quilt for NWPA Project Linus to use as our fundraiser

To purchase tickets or help sell tickets please call or email Tena Pomeroy 814-756-5662 nwpa@projectlinus.org

The winning ticket will be drawn on December 8, 2008 at our regular monthly meeting at Yaples Sewing Center in Erie. You do NOT have to be present to win.

Upcoming Events:

Summer & Fall

We need help in our Booth on Dan Rice Days in Girard, August 1 & 2nd. in the evenings.

Monthly meeting:

Monday July 14^th 9:00-12:00

Yaple’s Vacuum Center

801 W.26^th Street

Senior Day @ Zoo

Wednesday July 30^th

10:000 2:00

Kids Helping Kids

We will need volunteers to man the booth for a few hours

August

Dan Rice Days- Girard

Friday August 1^st 10:00a.m.-11:00p.m.

Saturday August 2^nd 10:00a.m.-11:00p.m.

Kids Helping Kids squares

Quilt Raffle

We will need volunteers to man the booth for a few hours

Monthly meeting for August –cancelled @

Yaple’s Vacuum Center

801 W. 26^th Street

September

Monthly meeting

Monday September 8^th 9:00-12:00

Yaple’s Vacuum Center

801 W.26^th Street

October

Millcreek Mall Community Booth– Kids helping Kids

Quilt Raffle

Saturday October 11, 10:00- 9:00

Sunday October 12, 11:00- 6:00

We will need volunteers to man the booth for a few hours

Monthly meeting

Monday October 13^th 9:00-12:00

Yaple’s Vacuum Center

801 W.26^th Street