Over 30,000 blankets
donated to children in
the Syracuse area.
October Blankets Donated 30693
Hugs & Snuggles Newsletter
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http://kikiquilts564.wix.com/projectlinusonondaga
Blankets:
In September blanketers made 344 blankets. We distributed 245 to Center for International Health (Upstate), Galisano Children’s Hospital, Hope for the Bereaved, Huntington Family and Youth Center, Nappi Wellness Center, University Hospital PICU, Upstate Pediatric and Adolescent Center.
Which means for the 3rd quarter of this year, blanketeers made 531 blankets and we gave 541 away to children in need.
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Blanket sizes
Approximate Sizes
Baby / Toddler 36x36, 36x40
Grade School 40x45
Teen 45x50, 50x60 or bigger.
WE NEED : Baby, (we can use baby). Teen Girl, Grade School / Teen Boy
Note from Karen
Hi Everyone:
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First, I just want to say, how beautifully creative you people are. I love sharing pictures of your wonderful creations, unfortunately I am not yet organized enough to be there. That doesn’t mean while processing I don’t notice. I do… and then I fight not to take pictures, just because loading them into the website is timely and I don’t want to sit there that long. BUT I LOVE THEM, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR CONTINUING TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORT. Hopefully soon I will start including pictures again on the website, but limit it to, 5 or 8, or 10. LOL. You get the idea.
I have a very important Second topic and it comes from Project Linus National. PINS. Please check your blankets for pins before turning them in. Please check carefully. I of course, am going to do so, also, but as nationally children have been stuck recently with pins sewn into or left in blankets, it needs repeating. ALSO, PLEASE DO NOT PIN A NOTE TO THE BLANKET. A note in the bag of the blanket should suffice, but if you need to attach the note, please do so with tape, masking tape or blue painter’s tape work really well. Please, please, please do not submit any kind of pin with your blankets anymore. LET ME REPEAT THAT, PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT BLANKETS WITH ANY PINS, WHAT SO EVER. NONE. PL National is recommending people use those cute little clips instead of pins. So, I will repeat again, Project Linus National does not want blankets with any kind of pin left in it when you submit it. Thank you.
Please also DO NOT WASH YOUR BLANKETS IN SCENTED DETERGENT. DO NOT USE DOWNEY UNSTOPPABLES. Children in the hospitals cannot deal with perfumed detergents. I cannot deal with the perfume detergents. It’s awful. I drove home from a recent pick up day with my windows open, the scent of perfume was so strong. Please also watch your scented plastic bags. No body needs scented garbage bags. If you cannot find unscented bags to put your blankets in, email me – I will put some in the mail to you. I wash anything needing washing in Deft, or Wegman’s unscented Free detergent. PLEASE NEVER USE SCENTED DETERGENT ON MATERIAL FOR BLANKETS.
Next up, October 5th from 1pm to 4pm at the Manlius Library we are going to have a 30,000 Blanket day. Bring your machine, (I will have kits to make an easy blanket top),your crochet or your knitting, or just come to meet us and join me in having a piece a cake to celebrate us delivering 30,000 blankets to kids in need. It will be a great afternoon to meet other blanketeers and say hi before the snow starts flying. (which can’t happen soon enough for me). I will also have a coloring block for everyone to color as I have saved some Project Linus fabric and we are going to make some blankets just from us blanketeers.
Quilting Challenge Bring your Challenge Quilts with you to pick up days. We will have voting for them towards the end of the month.
Hats, Mittens and scarfs. It’s getting to be that time of the year. So I am again collecting hats, mittens and scarfs for the school districts.
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Manlius Library – blanket top day
Our next sew a blanket top day is going to be November 2nd from 10am to 1pm. Bring your sewing machine or let me know and I can bring one of mine or sign you up for one of the Library’s 5 machines and you can join in the fun. If you don’t want to sew, we can put you at an ironing station to iron seems, or you can just walk around and help those with less sewing knowledge. I will have material kits again. Please don’t bring material of your own unless you want to donate it. I am trying to use up donations and the kits I have are made up to create blankets the size I need.
Manlius Library is now a drop – off spot for our blankets. They have a bin, please make sure blankets are in a bag and have your contact information inside.
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Blanket Pick Ups: I should be driving the Silver Ford Escape. But just incase the other vehicle is a gold Chevy Equinox.
​Pick-up date website page : Blanket pick up dates | projectlinusonondaga (kikiquilts564.wixsite.com)
Pick up dates for October are:
Fayetteville Joann Fabrics Wednesday October 16th 11am
Clay Joann Fabrics Friday October 18th at 11am
Bville Library Wednesday October 23rd at 11am
Cortland Joann’s – Friday October 25th at 11am.
Pick up dates for November are:
Cortland Joann’s Friday November 15th at 11am
Baldwinsville Library Monday November 18th 11am
Fayetteville Joann’s Wednesday November 20th, 11am
Clay Joann’s Friday November 22nd at 11am
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Blanket of the month: This month's honorees are : Please see the photo gallery on the website for pictures.
http://kikiquilts564.wixsite.com/projectlinusonondaga/grid
BOM pictures will return in the fall
Blanketeers for this month. Thank you to the following Blanketeers for donating blankets .
***Note: I have all the blankets I picked up counted. Not labeled but counted( I was very sick this month, so labeling got pushed to the not important pile). There were a lot of Anon’s this month. I don’t know if notes are falling out of bags or you just want to be Anonymous. But if you don’t see your name contact me and I will see if I can remember your blanket from the 344 I picked up this month.
Anon Ellen Bartlett Kathy Bagley Steve Brazina
Merinda Brown Cindy Carlson Cynthia Crandall Carmen Denny
Deb DuVaul Karen Eggleston Judy Fiorini Claire Ganette
Denise Gillies Victoria Heyn Gail Keller Valerie Knoop
Carolann Kozlowski Leslie Kraus Susan Lewis Elizabeth McGuire
Dianna Nicholas P’s & Q’s Cortland United Presbyterian Church Gail Renninger
Karen S Diane Scaturro Tami Smith Beth Sochan
Faith Stopyro Kimberly Sweetser Erma Symonds Karen Waelder
Diane Zink
Quilt tops, Fleece, Material, Hats, Mittens, Scarf …etc
Anon, Carolann Kozlowski Merinda Brown, Deborah Grounds,
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Our drop off sites: Please check with our drop off sites for current hours of operation. All of our sites are wonderfully supportive of us and we thank them for their support.
When dropping off blankets please put them in a plastic bag with Project Linus on the outside and a note inside with your name.
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Baldwinsville Library – 33 E Genesee St, Baldwinsville
Manlius Library – 1 Arkie Albanese Ave , Manlius
Calico Gals – 3906 New Court Ave – Syracuse
Joann Fabrics – Fayetteville, Clay, Watertown, Cortland
Finger Lakes Fabrics 1400 Genesee St Skaneateles
Oliver's Originals – 8188 Cazenovia Rd Manlius
Kaleidoscope of Quilts – 6271 Little York Lake Rd – Little York(Cortland County)
Karen Lathrop – 245 Martin St – Syracuse NY
For more information on Project Linus contact:
Karen Monnet Lathrop
Project Linus Coordinator
Syracuse / Onondaga/ Oswego County
315-455-2518
or visit our website at http://kikiquilts564.wix.com/projectlinusonondaga
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