Erie Gives Reminder

Joann Burkhart ♥ Coordinator 1446 Patterson Ave Erie, PA 16508 ♥ 814-864-9389

  August 6, 2017

Good Morning Blanketeers,

Erie Gives Reminder

We are getting very excited because we are only two days away from August 8^th, when NWPA Project Linus will be taking part in a one day online event- ,Erie Gives from 8:00am – 8:00pm @ eriegives.org . As a 501-3c nonprofit we qualify and are registered for this fantastic local opportunity.

This event is growing every year,in fact there are 50 new nonprofits registered this year. We would ask that if you give to a charity throughout the year that you would consider donating to NWPA Project Linus on that day.  Last year our NWPA Project Linus raised with your generous help $1,286.00. Over all 3.4 Million dollars were raised in this 12 hours of fund raising here in Erie. That is an amazing amount and we continue to have a very generous Community.

Your generous donation to NWPA Project Linus would assist us to purchase blanket making materials, such as batting, flannel, and cotton material, to help us meet the growing need in our Community of children in need.

NWPA Project Linus has just made an awesome milestone at the end of June, we have delivered over 40,880 blankets to children in need in our community since our beginning in 1998. Without the support of our volunteer Blanketeers, we would never have been able to reach so many children.

About ErieGives

Day and Time: The event takes place on August 8^th . You have 12 hours to make your donation between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. EST..

Gift Amount: The minimum gift is $25. There is no limit to the amount of money you may give. You can give up to 10 nonprofits per transaction.

Credit Cards: Only Visa, MasterCard and Discover will be accepted. The credit card processor charges a nominal fee per transaction. The Erie Community Foundation does not receive any fees. (Sorry credit card gift cards will not be accepted.)

Your Receipt: You will receive an email receipt of your gift; please retain it for tax purposes. Unless you choose to remain anonymous, your donor information will be sent to the appropriate organizations.

      

Follow us on-  Facebook -You can find us at:

NWPAProjectLinus-    Like us -and that automatically will add you to our friend list.

Newly updated is our webpage: nwpaprojectlinus.blogspot.com

Warmly,  

JoAnn Burkhart

NWPA Project Linus Coodinator

1-814-864-9389  1-814-392-5583

P.S. Please forward this email to family and friends that may not be on our list to get the word out about this special day. Your help is greatly appreciated !!!

August 2017 Newsletter

August 2017 Newsletter

August  , 2017

Hello Blanketeers,

There are a lot of wonderful things happening and upcoming events right now for NWPA Project Linus, so this newsletter may be a little longer than usual, but I want to keep everyone as informed as possible. So here it goes:

Wednesday July 26^th:

Senior Day at the Erie Zoo. 10:00-2:00 –

There are usually around 20-25 Senior Agencies situated at different locations with information on Senior Living. We have a table in the Children’s area Activity Center. Grandparents bring their grandchildren and they have an opportunity to color the 11 X 11 muslin square that will be made into quilts. Bring your grandchildren and come on in and visit with us for a bit.

As part of our Erie Gives fundraising efforts, Tastefully Simple has partnered with us from July 14th-July 28^th for orders to be placed @ https://www.tastefullysimple.com/p/11179735 - right from your computer you can look at the simple yet tasty ideas that will be delivered right to your front door.

NWPA Project Linus will be participating in its 4^th Erie Gives on Tuesday August 8^th from 8:00am – 8:00pmwww.Eriegives.org  we qualify as a 501(c)(3) non profit and are registered for this ON-LINE event. Last year we raised $1,286.70, it would be awesome if we could reach the $1,500.00 mark this year.

When you click onto the www.Eriegives.org site type in NWPA Project Linus

We would ask that if you give to a charity throughout the year that you would consider donating to NWPA Project Linus on that day.  Last year on this one day of fund raising over 2.8 million dollars were raised here in Erie. That is an incredible amount and we live in a very generous Community.

Your donation to NWPA Project Linus would help us to purchase blanket making materials , such as batting, flannel and cotton material to help us meet the growing need in our Community of children in need .                                     

                                                                     
                                                             

About ErieGives

Day and Time: The event takes place on August 8th. You have 12 hours to make your donation between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. EST.

Gift Amount: The minimum gift is $25. There is no limit to the amount of money you may give. You can give up to 10 nonprofits per transaction.

Credit Cards: Only Visa, MasterCard and Discover will be accepted. The credit card processor charges a nominal fee per transaction. The Erie Community Foundation does not receive any fees. (Sorry credit card gift cards will not be accepted.)

Your Receipt: You will receive an email receipt of your gift; please retain it for tax purposes, which you should retain for tax purposes. Unless you choose to remain anonymous, your donor information will be sent to the appropriate organization.

Celebrate Erie August 18^th-20th – 1:00- 6:00

• Join us for an hour or two of fun at our booth in the “Kids Zone” newly located between 8^th -10^th & State Street. We have a very large tent provided by the city that protects us from the elements. There needs to be someone from our Organization at the booth at all times. The City does provide some volunteers that are wonderful helpers that are there for a few hours at a time. So if you stop down, it would allow us to take a restroom or meal break .
• Children and Adults sit down and color all of those muslin squares that we have been tracing all winter long. Many families come back year after year and enjoy coloring the squares.        

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• We were contacted by Boscov’s, the new Department Store that is opening later this fall to the Millcreek Mall. They are having a “Boscov’s Gala Preview for a Great Cause” on Thursday October 5^th10:00 am – 9:00 pm. This event is to assist area nonprofits. Tickets are $.5.00 and the entire amount will stay with each nonprofit. What a wonderful welcome to the neighborhood that Boscov’s is doing. I will have tickets at our monthly meetings, or you can contact me at 
• 814-864-389 or 814-392-5583 or email – nwpaprojectlinus@hotmail.com. 
• Also, tickets can be purchased the day of the event, I just ask that you name NWPA Project Linus on the ticket stub. That way we will still get credit for the funds. 
  
  
  
  August meetings:
  
             6th -  Millcreek Sewing Center “ Sew In” 6044 Peach Street 1:00- 4:00

11th- Yaple’s  Sewing & Vacuum – monthly meeting  9:00-11:00

          801 W. 26^th Street

21^st   Doug Yaple Vacuum Center –monthly meeting 10:00-2:00

Odds and Ends:

NICU Size Blankets 30 x 30   36 X 36 -Even though these little ones are very small, you might think that their blankets should be as well. Not the case. These blankets are used to cover their isolettes to keep the light and sound out during their stay in the NICU.

Looking Ahead:

                                     Fall “ Sew In”

 October 5^th                  Boscov’s Gala Preview for a Great Cause

February 17^th 2018 -  National Make a Blanket Day

 Updated information will be on Facebook as well. You can find us at:

Nwpaprojectlinus

Website- nwpaprojectlinus.blogspot.com

Warmly,

JoAnn Burkhart

NWPA Project Linus Coordinator

1-814-864-9389   1-814-392-5583

nwpaprojectlinus@hotmail.com

NWPA Project Linus    FaceBook

nwpaprojectlinus.blogspot.com 

Boscov's fundraiser

NWPA Project Linus has a wonderful new and exciting fundraiser that you will not want to miss out on. Starting today we have $5.00 tickets for "Boscov's Gala Preview for a Great Cause" . This will be on Thursday, October 5th 10:00am - 9:00pm. The entire $5.00 will go to our nonprofit. Boscov's is offering this opportunity to all nonprofit organizations in our area. This event will happen prior to the store's official opening. Please contact me @ 814-864-9389, 814-392-5583 or by email for you tickets. 
JoAnn Burkhart- Coordinator- NWPA Project Linus

Erie Gives 2017 Newsletter and Information

Joann Burkhart ♥ Coordinator 1446 Patterson Ave Erie, PA 16508 ♥ 814-864-9389

July, 2017

Hello Blanketeers,

On August 8th, NWPA Project Linus will be taking part in a one day online event- ,Erie Gives from 8:00am – 8:00pm @ eriegives.org . As a 501-(3)c nonprofit we qualify and are registered for this fantastic local opportunity.

We would ask that if you give to a charity throughout the year that you would consider donating to NWPA Project Linus on that day. Last year our NWPA Project Linus raised with your generous help $1,286.00. Over all 3.4 Million dollars were raised in this 12 hours of fund raising here in Erie. That is an incredible amount and we continue to have a very generous Community.

Your generous donation to NWPA Project Linus would assist us to purchase blanket making materials to help us meet the growing need in our Community of children in need.

Below is a message that a mom sent to NWPA Project Linus this morning regarding her young teen daughter:

What you do for children is amazing my daughter got her appendix out. She was feeling really down and uncomfortable the nurse gave her this blanket and she felt more comfortable and fell asleep almost instantly when she woke up she said wow mom this blanket is magic! And she really thinks it has magic in it thank you!

NWPA Project Linus has just made an awesome milestone at the end of June, we have delivered over 40,880 blankets to children in need in our community since our beginning in 1998. Without the support of our volunteer Blanketeers, we would never have been able to reach so many children.

As an added bonus to our fundraising this year, we are partnering with Tastefully Simple:

In July we are having a Tastefully Simple fundraiser with Lisa Totleben. Lisa will donate her profits (25% of all retail sales to eriegives). Please visit her website at www.TSLisaTOT.com and select our fundraiser to give us credit. Pass along to your friends and family - orders can ship anywhere in the USA!
If you would rather place your order with Lisa directly, you can email her at TSLisaTOT@gmail.com or call 814-218-9828. She can also send you a paper catalog if that would be easier. Orders must be placed by July 28th for this promotion.


Use coupon code TS617AP online to save 10% on any order over $60 !

Get some yummy food and help bring in funds for NWPA Project Linus

https://www.tastefullysimple.com/p/11179735


About ErieGives

Day and Time: The event takes place on August 8th . You have 12 hours to make your donation between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. EST..
Gift Amount: The minimum gift is $25. There is no limit to the amount of money you may give. You can give up to 10 nonprofits per transaction.
Credit Cards: Only Visa, MasterCard and Discover will be accepted. The credit card processor charges a nominal fee per transaction. The Erie Community Foundation does not receive any fees. (Sorry credit card gift cards will not be accepted.)
Your Receipt: You will receive an email receipt of your gift; please retain it for tax purposes. Unless you choose to remain anonymous, your donor information will be sent to the appropriate organizations.




Follow us on- Facebook -You can find us at:
NWPAProjectLinus- Like us -and that automatically will add you to our friend list.
Newly updated is our webpage: nwpaprojectlinus.blogspot.com




P.S. Please forward this email to family and friends that may not be on our list to get the word out about this special day. Your help is greatly appreciated !!!


Warmly,

JoAnn Burkhart
NWPA Project Linus Coordinator
1-814-864-9389 1-814-392-5583
nwpaprojectlinus@hotmail.com

NWPA Project Linus FaceBook
nwpaprojectlinus.blogspot.com

July Newsletter

July 2017


Hello Blanketeers,

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer and at same time, leaving a little bit of time for blanket making. We still do need some boy blankets as well, so if you ladies can make a few of them specifically, we would appreciate it.

July 26th:
Senior Day at the Erie Zoo. 10:00-2:00 –This is our 12th year participating in this event and we are very proud to be a part of this special and fun day. There are usually around 20-25 Senior Agencies situated at different locations around the Zoo with information on Senior Living. We have a table in the Children’s area Activity Center. Grandparents bring their grandchildren and they have an opportunity to color the 11 X 11 muslin square that will be made into quilts. Stop by and visit with us.

Erie Gives Day, On August 8th, it will be our 4th year participating in this amazing day of on- line giving starting at 8:00 a.m. through 8:00 p.m.by our community. When they say that it takes a Village, it really and truly does. www.Eriegives.org




ODDS & ENDS:

If you know of a Scout that may want to work on a Service Project for an award, or a High School student that needs service hours, please have them contact our organization before they start, so that we can give them blanket requirements or activities that they could help us with this summer. 814-392-5583 – JoAnn

- 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. These blankets I usually find at garage sales during the summer. They can be dropped off at all of our local drop off locations.

REMINDERS:
Fleece blankets can be single or double layer, 1 ½ - 2 yards makes a great size blanket if you are tying the blanket. Remember to trim the 2 selvage sides of the fleece before you start to cut your strips and cut out the 4 corners as well.

- 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. Even an hour at a booth would allow a volunteer to take a break or go for dinner. We are required at all times to have a Representative on Sight.
- Often during an event we may have School volunteers, City volunteers and they would not be in a position to answer questions about our organization.
Thank you so very much.

Monthly meetings

July 5 th - Millcreek Sewing 6044 Peach Street No Meeting
July 10th - Yaple’s Vacuum & Sewing 801 W. 226th Street 9:00 am-11:00 am
JULY 20th - Doug Yaple’s Vacuum 1815 E. 38TH Street 10:00am- 2:00 pm

Looking Ahead:

July 26th- Senior Day @ the Erie Zoo
August 8th- Erie Gives
August 18th-20th- Celebrate Erie

This year I will get information out 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,

June Newsletter

June, 2017

Welcome to Summer Blanketeers,

As we start to enjoy many of our outdoor activities as summer is finally here, our inventory naturally goes down. But unfortunately the need is still there for blankets so we ask you to please continue your support to our chapter with your generosity. Also, at this time we find that we have an abundance of larger size (mostly fleece blankets) girl blankets. So if you are making blankets, a few boy blankets would be appreciated.

Our NWPA Project Linus Chapter is also able to operate monthly due to the wonderful support and generosity of the many Quilt Shoppe’s and Stores that allows us to have drop off locations, monthly meetings and Sew Ins. For a complete listing go to www.nwpaprojectlinus.blogspot.com, We ask that in return, you would support them as well.

Once again this year on August 8th, NWPA Project Linus has a very unique opportunity to take part in this one day online event- Erie Gives from 8:00am – 8:00pm @ Eriegives.org . We have qualified and are registered for this event.We would ask that if you give to a charity throughout the year,that you would consider donating to NWPA Project Linus on that day. Last year our NWPA Project Linus raised with your generous help nearly 1,200.00. Over all 3.4 Million dollars were raised in this 12 hours of fund raising here in Erie. That is an incredible amount and we continue to have a very generous Community.
Your donation to NWPA Project Linus would assist us to purchase blanket making materials to help us meet the growing need in our Community of children in need.

ODDS & ENDS:
- A Blanketeer has requested if anyone has some of those older panels with characters on them and are not using them, or sees them during the Garage Sale Season to get them and contact me. We can make arrangements for pick up and reimbursement.

- 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.
REMINDERS:
We can only accept NEW HANDMADE Blankets. Blankets that are gently used and laundered can still find a much needed home, perhaps at a Shelter or Group Home. But we cannot put a
“ Project Linus” label on them.

If you are interested in helping with our upcoming Summer events, please let me know. Even an hour at a booth would allow a volunteer to take a break or go for dinner. We are required at all times to have a Representative on Sight.

Often during an event we may have School volunteers, City volunteers and they would not be in a position to answer questions about our organization.
Thank you so very much.
Monthly meetings:
June 7th - Millcreek Sewing Center 6044 Peach Street 1:00pm- 4:00pm
June 12th - Yaple’s Vacuum & Sewing 801 W. 26th Street 9:00am-11:00am
June 15th- Doug Yaple’s Vacuum 1815 E. 38th Street 10:00am-2:00 pm
Looking Ahead:

July 26th- Senior Day @ the Erie Zoo
August 8 th- Erie Gives
August 18th-20th- Celebrate Erie

Follow us on 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,

JoAnn Burkhart
NWPA Project Linus Coordinator
1-814-864-9389 1-814-392-5583
nwpaprojectlinus@hotmail.com

NWPA Project Linus FaceBook
nwpaprojectlinus.blogspot.com

Spring Sew In Reminder

Don't forget that this Saturday May 20th, is our Spring " Sew In " Day :
Hampton Inn, 8050 Old Oliver Road, Erie, from 10:00-4:00. Bring your sewing machines and notions and we will supply the rest. Sewing kits, refreshments and lunch. See you there !!!!