Charitable Choice
Wanna keep things a little warmer this vacation? Not quite so eager to spend a week in the snow? Or, perhaps you don’t have any snow. Not everyone lives in Virginia right now, right? We can’t all be getting buried by storm after storm after storm. Here in Maine, we’re seeing grass this week and if we don’t get more of the white stuff soon, we’re going to have to bring it inside for vacation.
There’s plenty to do inside too.
Wanna help someone? Wanna feel like you’ve done something good in this crazy world? Wanna show the kids that it’s not hard to help out? Ever heard of Project Linus? No?
Project Linus is a volunteer group that provides love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need through the gifts of new, handmade blankets and afghans, lovingly created by volunteer “blanketeers.”
Yes, I took that wording directly from their mission statement. Visit the Project Linus website and check out their “Patterns/Links”. You can find patterns for easy, no-sew blankets that kids of all ages can help with. Try a simple “knot blanket” that requires nothing more than the ability to cut a 4″ long straight (or pretty straight) line, and tie a knot. Or, simple sewing patterns for those with a little experience, or get right into it if you’re a family with serious sewing skill.
So, pop some popcorn, make up some cocoa, sit down in front of the fire and create a simple, warm blanket. You can decorate it, add pockets and even enclose a note to a child if you want to. Check out “Chapter Listings” and find a chapter near you. A simple email to the Chapter Coordinator will tell you where you can drop off your finished blanket. They will attach a card to it and deliver it to a child in need of some comfort.
You might want to do this on DAY ONE of vacation. Because helping others is addicting. You may find you want to make a blanket every day, or spend the next day in a soup kitchen, and another day reading to kids at the library, and another day making a meal for someone who can’t make their own…
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