Well, it seems it might finally try to shift to spring! With spring comes lots of work for me. I've been to Glasgow twice and am currently in West Yellowstone.
Blankets to Japan
Through it all, I did manage to get 211(!) blankets shipped off for Japan. A big 'Thanks' to everyone who either contributed blankets, collected blankets or helped me box and ship the blankets (that would be my Sweet Baboo...) We received donations from Helena, Great Falls, the Triangle Squares Quilt Guild, the Dutton H.S. FCCLA (they made the blankets for International Day!)...and some I don't even know where they came from. The response was not as great as it was for Haiti (but then I was a little afraid to advertise it like I did for Haiti - the response then was so overwhelming!!), but it was still heartwarming. We more than doubled my original commitment to send 100 blankets! Last I heard, Project Linus as a whole was up to almost 8,000 blankets shipped.
Also, a huge 'Thanks!' to those who contributed money to help pay for the postage. We couldn't have done this without your generosity!
I know these blankets will be tremendously appreciated! As were two others...
Two more Thank You's!
Just a note to thank you for the beautiful blanket my son received in the hospital. He is 8 weeks old & we were recently air-lifted to Seattle Children's Hospital from Helena - Having something homemade was a bright spot in our lives. Thank you - A & R
I just wanted to write and say thank you so much for the thoughtful service you provide! Our Son, S, recently received one of the blankets donated to St. Pete's Hospital in Helena - he was there having an MRI done. The blanket was a bright spot in a stressful day and we thank you for that. Fortunately, our son's result came back absolutely fine, and the blanket is now used daily in his play area. Thanks again for the wonderful thing you do! D, A and S Helena, MTOur last Great Falls Blanket Bee for the season!
Saturday, May 14 will be our last Blanket Bee of the season. Unfortunately, it is the same day as the Holiday Village Mall Community Day. I missed the last Blanket Bee last year, and really don't want to do that again. So, I'm wondering if anyone would want to the the event at the mall? It is just an information event...no fund-raising allowed. The times are almost the same as our Blanket Bee. If anyone would like to do this, please let me know. Otherwise, I'm afraid we'll have to skip the mall event this year.
We'll be having a pot luck for this Bee...please RSVP to the evite, and when you do, there will be a box where you can indicate the type dish you want to bring.
We'll restart the Bees in September, and I'm going to try to change them to the 3rd Saturday of the month at that time.
May Blanket Bee in Helena
We will have a spring Blanket Bee at Prickly Pear Quilts in Helena on Saturday, May 21st! Donna tells me that is the same weekend as the Helena Quilt Show and, hopefully, there won't be much going on with my job that weekend. I'll send out the evite with all the info soon.
Blankets for TAPS
Ann A. has again been busy and created 6 blankets to contribute to the TAPS - Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors. She gave them to me at the quilt show this past weekend...but they got some photos they plan to bring for show and tell! Thanks Ann!! They're wonderful!
Quilt Show Entries
Did you all make it to the Falls Quilt Guild Quilt Show last weekend? Some beautiful quilts were there to be seen, and two were from Project Linus. Cindy J. took the time to enter the quilts with a nice little write-up for each. Then, the Guild added website and contact information and our logo! It was so exciting to see your work hanging there and have others help to share information about our organization! I had a great time! Thanks, Cindy!
I look forward to seeing you all soon!!
All for now!
gina
