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HAITI'S CHILDREN

National Project Linus is sending 10,000 blankets to the children of Haiti. Our NH chapter will supply at least 100 blankets. Please help us with postage. We will mail the blankets to Kansas, where they will be gathered and sent to Haiti, where the children are in great need of "blanket hugs". Please, please send a few dollars for postage, boxes and packing tape.

Thank you!!!!

Maureen K Brown

197 Mitchell Rd

Nottingham NH 03290

February 2010
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As part of a national organization, our mission is to provide love, security and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need. We do this by giving them new, handmade blankets lovingly created by volunteer Blanketeers.




 
What We Do:  During 2009, we delivered 2,046 blankets to local hospitals, shelters, children centers and the Division of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF). When children are removed from abusive environments, they spend time with the social worker while a foster parent is located. The social worker allows the child to go to the blanket closet to choose their very own blanket. When the child chooses a blanket, they are surrounded with love and security, and it is usually the first time the social worker sees a smile. We also ensure that any child who loses a parent or sibling to the current war is comforted with a blanket.

How can you help? If you can make a blanket, we will take it!! Please remember, it must be hand made and machine washable. If you are not the crafty type, please consider donating supplies or gift cards. Many times a volunteer is retired, on a fixed income, and has a great desire to craft blankets for children. Yet, they do not have the financial resources to do so. With the yarn and fabric donations, we are able to provide these crafters with all the supplies they need to make a blanket.

Help us Help the children of Haiti--We need blankets now!! Please make us a lightweight quilt, afghan, or a single layered fleece blanket. We are shipping them to Florida. We have Project Linus Coordinators meeting each plane arriving from Haiti, and every single child is receiving their very own blanket. The children arrive on military transport planes, and are scared, tired, cold and hungry. Wouldn't you love to be able to wrap these children in a cozy homemade blanket? Please.........Help.

If you are not the "crafty" type, please support our other Haiti initiative and help us pay for postage. Please read the column on the left. Every single dollar goes toward the children. We do not pay one cent for salaries; rent; storage; gas; etc. We are volunteers who donate our time and pay for our own personal expenses. Please---your five dollars will be very much appreciated.

 
High School Community Service Project
Campbell High School sophomore Adam L. spent about 30 hours making these beautiful fleece blankets for our chapter! It's a win win when NH's high school students make blankets for Project Linus! Way to go Adam!


  Brownie Troop Holiday Service Project
This year our chapter of Project Linus was the recipient of Brownie Troop 20910’s Holiday Service Project. The Brownies, mostly 2nd graders, made 8 fringed fleece blankets which arrived on December 14. The blankets are beautiful and we would like to thank troop 20910 for their contribution!


 



Blanket recipient Wentworth Douglass Hospital

That is one snuggly quilt!


  Blanket Specifications

Project Linus blankets must be new, handmade and washable, as ourmission is to donate only handmade blankets. We receive thank you notes from children who express how touched they are that a stranger would take the time to make something special just for them. They really know the difference. Purchased blankets are nice, but handmade blankets are from the heart, just like a warm hug. Some Blanketeers will use a purchased blanket and then add loving touches such as appliques, crocheted trim around the edges, etc. These are perfectly acceptable, as they are unique and special.

We like to have a variety of sizes on hand. For example, blankets could be as small as 36" X 36". The majority of Project Linus blankets are about 40" X 60", or what is called crib size. Blankets could be as large as 45"X 75" or twin size (64" x 75") for teens. Our chapter is in need of all sizes right now, as we have very few blankets.
Whether they are made of fabric, yarn or fleece, all blankets need to be machine washable.
Please take special care to ensure that blankets are free of smoky smells or any chemicals which could jeopardize the health of the child.
Check blankets carefully for forgotton pins, and please do not use embellishments such as buttons that could come loose and be swallowed.
 

COMMUNITY SERVICE
Does your school require hours of community service? If so, let me know....the children need your help. You don't need any craft knowledge, sewing skill, etc. Maybe you have some ideas? Most of the projects can be done in your own home, so you don't need to worry about travel. Send an email to me: nhseacoastprojectlinus@comcast.net


 
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