February Newsletter
February, 2021
Hello Blanketeers,
This past year has been different in so many ways for all of us during this COVID-19 pandemic. But, through it all we were still able to receive blankets from our wonderful Blanketeers and deliver over 2,000 blankets to many agencies that had opened up. We are forever grateful and appreciate your continued support.
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!
Due to COVID-19, all locations this year will be drop off only on Saturday February 20th
We are looking forward to a very successful Make a Blanket Day, please come out and support us.
NWPA National Make a Blanket Day, Saturday February 20th 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
Drop off Location
Fox’s Sew & Vac Sales and Service Downtown Mall – Meadville PA 9:30-2:00
Drop off location
Doug Yaple’s Vacuum- 1815 E. 38th Street 10:00- 2:00
Drop off Location
Super Stitch – 10429 W. Main Street North East, PA 10:00-3:00
Drop off Location
Monthly meetings:
February 3rd - Millcreek Sewing Center 6044 Peach Street No Meeting
February 8 th - Coordinator’s Home 1446 Patterson Ave No Meeting
February 18th - Doug Yaple’s Vacuum 1815 E. 38th Street No Meeting
Update:
Jackie Gildea : Crawford County Assistant – 814-720-0207
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 Single Layer 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.
I put this reminder in occasionally, as we still receive blankets with the selvage still on the blankets. We then have to trim each strip of the selvage before that blanket can be delivered.
Looking Ahead:
February 20th -National Make a Blanket Day
August 10th- Erie Gives
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- NWPAProjectLinus- Like us -and that automatically will add you to our friend list.
- www.nwpaprojectlinus.blogspot.com- is our web pageNWPA Project Linus is one of 400 plus chapters of the national organization of Project Linus. We cover the counties of Erie, Crawford, Mercer, Warren in Pa and Ashtabula Co in OH and Chatauque Co in NYwww.nwpaprojectlinus.blogspot.com
Warmly,
