2nd Annual Make A Blanket Day

Blanketeers

Quilt Square sample that was colored by the kids and will be quilted together to form our 1,000th blanket

RECAP ON 2007 NATIONAL MAKE A BLANKET DAY !

Holiday Inn on Saturday, February 17, 2007. (8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m) A whopping 40 "blanketeers" donated their valuable time to Fond du Lac County Chapter's 1st Annual Make A Blanket Day which was held at the Fond du Lac
Goal: It was the goal for the Chapter to collect at least 300 blankets between November 2nd and February 17th. What an impressive accomplishment has been made by such a young chapter.

Not only did we reach our goal, we sewed right past that. Our tally stopped at 2:00 with a grand total of 312 blankets.

Our "blanketeers" were so generous that the very few blankets that were left to finish were taking home by various volunteers to be finished on their own time, so we can expect that total to rise over the next few months.

You should ALL be very very proud of yourselves, we have provided blankets to ALOT of children desperately in need of a hug.
Please accept my thank you from ALL of the children and families that will benefit from this wonderful gift. These blankets will give a gift to children that they are not able to buy... loving care that you have made these blankets with your two hands especially for them.... a hug when they are needing it the most.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart, I am moved to tears tonight just thinking about what a wonderful group of women I had the honor of working with !!

And just think... this was only our very 1st Blanket Day !

Thank you again,
Angie

Mary and Ruth volunteered to be the Labeling Crew. Thank goodness,
or Angie would have been labeling for a year !

Alice and one of her many works of art.

3 Generations of blanket making. Audrey, Lisa and Alice working together.

Lisa, Audrey and Alice

Alice showing off another beautiful blanket

Chapter Coordinator, Angie Klawitter with a variety of the types of blankets which have been donated.

Carol Cross donated a blanket to the Chapter in honor
of a special friend. Thank you Carol, what a wonderful gift this will
be to a child in need of a hug.

These ladies look up to no good ! Carol and Dee Dee had a great time. We hope to see them
again next year

JoAnn and Rocky sewed hard ALL day. Making new friends was another good reason to come

Katherine Kasten and her son Freddy, colored muslin to be made into it's own toddler blanket. Great job you two! Freddy is quite the artist.

Katherine and Freddy Kasten

Michelle, maybe tieing blankets could be your new calling? She worked hard most of the day finishing blankets

Penny, Cheryl, Dee Dee, and Carol. What a great team, they burned through the blankets like no one's business. Thanks ladies !

It's a family affair.... Angie Klawitter, Marie Gustafson, Karen Vogds, Michelle Trewin and Tanya Vogds

Making new Friends....

Karen and Cheryl sharing secrets

Sharon and Katelyn Santy worked hard at the 4-H Family Day held
at the UW center where they held their own Blanket Day
for Project Linus. Over 42 blankets were collected at the Family Day
alone. Great Job ladies.

Tanya pinning away.... the first step in making the blankets, great job Tanya.

The Wiersma's come through for the children once again
The Wiersma family has dontated blankets in the past, thanks for volunteering your time once again !