Cocktail and Color Erie Event

                                                           

March 12, 2017

Hello Blanketeers,    

                                                                        

As promised, here is an email detailing our 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 4^th  6:00-8:00

We will be painting     the “ North Pier” by : Linda. Join us for an evening of fun, with refreshments 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 :

https://sites.cimplebox.com/events/registration.aspx?s=4296&c=2455&eid=302138&r=0.6117110

Warmly, 

JoAnn Burkhart

NWPA Project Linus – Coordinator

814-864-9389  814-392-5583

Nwpaprojectlinus@hotmail.com

March 2017 Newsletter

March, 2017

Hello Blanketeers,  

                                                                          

Who would have thought that on February 18^th that it would be 70 degrees in NWPA . What a break and treat from our winter weather indeed, rather than the blizzard that we had 2 years ago for National Make a Blanket Day.

I would like to thank all of our Quilt Shoppe’s and Blanketeers for supporting National Make a Blanket Day. Without all of you, we would not be able to deliver nearly 200 plus blankets to our 3 local hospitals and countless agencies that service children in our area on a monthly basis. Here is a list of winners from the drawings: Melody Brown – Fox’s Sew & Vac, Kathy Champion’- Kelly’s Sewing Corner and Ann Schoeller – Millcreek Sewing.

 “ It takes a Village”… …..Our Blanketeers are a true testament to that statement. Thank you, thank you.

***State Farm Insurance office at 113 W. 9^th Street is sponsoring a promotion for NWPA Project Linus. Contact their office @ 1-814-452-4609 for details. ***

Be watching for an exciting fundraising event for NWPA Project Linus coming later this Spring- a night out at Cocktails and Color [JB1] in the Millcreek Square. As details become available I will put them on our blog , Face Book page and send out an updated email.

ODDS & ENDS:

-        It’s that time of year again for cutting muslin and tracing the squares. If anyone is interested, please contact me and I will get to you the supplies.

REMINDERS:

-        Due to hospital equipment and little fingers, when knitting or crocheting an afghan please try to use patterns or needle size with corresponding yarn so that the completed blanket isn’t too loose. Sometimes it might only take going to one size needle smaller to make all of the difference.

-        In making a fleece blanket- cut the 2 selvage sides 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.

Monthly meetings:

March 1st  -    Millcreek Sewing Center                6044 Peach Street      1:00pm- 4:00pm  

March 13th -   Yaple’s Vacuum & Sewing             801 W. 26^th Street      9:00am-11:00am

March 16^th-     Doug Yaple’s Vacuum                      1815 E. 38^th Street     10:00am-2:00pm

Looking Ahead:

April 21^st -                   Art Day – Our Lady of Peace School                     8:30- 2:00

April 22^nd –                 Appreciation Day- Yaple’s Vacuum & Sewing    10:00-1:30

                                      801 W. 26^th Street

May10^th-                 “Sew In” Day-  Zanadu Fabric Yarn & Craft            11:00-3:00   Kane, PA

  Spring “ Sew In”    “ Sew In Day” @ Hampton Inn                               10:00-4:00   * Date to be determined*

July 26^th-                   Senior Day @ the Erie Zoo                                       10:00-2:00

August 8^th-               Erie Gives

August 18^th-20^th-     Celebrate Erie

 Follow us via Facebook as well. You can find us at:

·       NWPA Project Linus -    Like us -and that automatically will add you to our friend list.

·       www.nwpaprojectlinus.blogspot.com- is our web page

Warmly,

 Jo Ann Burkhart 

Coordinator - NWPA Project Linus

1-814-864-9389   1-814-392-5583 

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Make a Blanket Day Reminder

Just 6 days until National Make a Blanket Day. This Saturday February the 28 th. We have 5 locations that will be joining us this year. Fox's in Meadville, St. Michael's Parish in Greenville, Kelly's Sewing Corner, Millcreek Sewing and Doug Yaple's in Erie. All of these wonderful participants are offering a drawing for blankets that are dropped off. Thank you to them and thank you to our Blanketeers. With everyones help, 3,500 children in need recieved a new handmade blanket last year.

February Newsletter

                                                           

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 18^th, 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.26^th 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. 38^th 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  10^th

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. 9^th 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. 26^th Street       9:00am-11:00am

February 16^th-       Doug Yaple’s Vacuum                   1815 E. 38^th 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 18^th            -National Make a Blanket Day-

April 21^st                     Art Day @ Our Lady of Peace School

April 22th         –        Appreciation Day- Yaple’s Vacuum & Sewing 10:00-1:30

July 26^th-                     Senior Day at the Erie Zoo

August 8^th-                  Erie Gives

August 18^th-20th-      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

NWPA Project Linus – Coordinator

814-864-9389    814-392-5583 (c)

Nwpaprojectlinus@hotmail.com

January 2017 Newsletter

                                                           

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. 26^th Street, Erie PA                                Marie Bissell - ( Lake City) 1-814-774-4884

Kelly’s Sewing Corner- 3330 W.26^th Street (Village West)   Doug Yaple’s Vacuum 1815 E. 38^th 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 9^th -    Yaple’s Vacuum & Sewing            801 W. 26^th Street       9:00a.m.-11:00a.m.

January 19^th    Doug Yaple’s Vacuum                    1815 E. 38^th Street      10:00-a.m.-2:00p.m.

National Make a Blanket Day-Saturday - February 18^th 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	Drop off	11:00-3:00
Millcreek Sewing Center	6044 Peach Street	Erie	Sew In	1:00-4:00
Doug Yaple's Vacuum	1815 E. 38th Street	Erie	Sew In	10:00-2:00
St. Michael 's Church	76 North High Street	Greenville	Sew In	10:00-3:00
Fox's Sewing & Vac	Downtown Mall	Meadville	Drop off	10:00-3:00
Super Stitch	55 West Main Street	North East	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 3^rd 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.

https://www.facebook.com/alexscrusade/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE

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 18^th  -National Make a Blanket Day-

July 26^th            - Senior Day at the Erie Zoo

August 8^th        - Erie Gives

August 18^th-20^th Celebrate Erie

Follow us on Facebook. 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

NWPA Project Linus – Coordinator

814-864-9389    814-392-5583 (c)

Nwpaprojectlinus@hotmail.com

December Blanket Deliveries

This morning while NWPA Project Linus was making its December Blanket deliveries we stopped at The Crime Victim Center, a counselor came up to us and told us that one of her little clients told her that receiving a Project Linus blanket was like a magic cape that protected them. We didn't feel quite so cold delivering the rest of the blankets that we had in the car, as that warmed us right up in a hurry. Again, we Thank all of our many, many Blanketeers that made it possible to deliver 269 this month. Merry Christmas !!

Monday meeting cancelled

NWPA Project Linus

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Good Morning Blanketeers,

Due to this lovely snow that wants to keep falling I have decided to cancel our monthly meeting for Monday the 12th for Project Linus at Yaple's 801 W. 26th Street . Many of our Blanketeers live outside of Erie and travel in for the meeting and due to the weather probably would not make it in.

We really appreciate your continued support of our organization. You all make a difference in a childs life. This past week a friend of mine little girl was in the hospital with pneumonia at St. Vincent's Hospital and received a Project Linus blanket. Lil' Ava said it was the highlight of her stay there. 

Our next meeting will be Monday January 9th 2017 9:00-11:00
Stay warm and safe.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of our wonderful Blanketeers.

JoAnn Burkhart- Coordinator
814-864-9389 814-392-5583
nwpaprojectlinus@hotmail.com
www.nwpaprojectlinus.blogspot.com