The Number of Prayers We Answer ~ We CAN Christmas in July 1st 2019

“In the end the number of prayers we say may contribute to our happiness, but the number of prayers we answer may be of even greater importance.” 

~ Dieter F Uchtdorf

July 1st our We CAN ladies met at JoAnn Fabric Center's classroom to work on our Christmas in July projects for the Festival of Trees Gift Boutique.

KD and Ardis

KD, Ardis, Heidi, Carolyn, Barbara, Maureen and Sandy worked on five different projects for the Gift Boutique.  

Heidi, Carolyn, Ardis, Barbara and KD

Heidi, Carolyn, Ardis, Maureen, Barbara and KD

 We collected children's clothing for The Christmas Box House, who was doing a "Christmas in July campaign to collect needed children's clothing to restock their resource room.  The Christmas Box House is a charity dedicated to helping children who have experienced abuse or neglect and are removed from their home and put into Foster Care.  

We started working on ornaments for our tree at the Festival of Trees. Monday, This year, we'll be doing a small five foot tree, with a musical theme.

We worked on five different "Neighbor Gifts" for the Festival Christams Boutique to sell.

Instead of a potluck lunch this time, we went to lunch together at Kneaders.  

Our next meeting will be held at Lynn's home in Payson on Monday, August 5th at 10:00 a.m.  We will be making back-to-school kits for the food bank and will be working on shape toys for the American Fork Humanitarian Center.  I think that Walmart already has their back-to-school school supply sale going...so here's a quick reminder of what you signed up to bring:

Carolyn - 3 pencil sharpeners & 10 pair of child scissors

Sharon - 7 pair of child scissors and 10 glue sticks

Kathy - 10 notebooks and 10 boxes of colored pencils

Heidi - 30 notebooks

Sandy - 9 boxes of crayons or colored pencils and 10 erasers

Ardis - 40 pens

Maureen - 10 glue sticks

Barbara - 20 tape

Teresa & Renae - 20 calculators

K.D. 20 staplers with staples

  

Then we can help ~ We CAN June 2019

There is a lot that happens around the world we cannot control.  We cannot stop earthquakes, we cannot prevent droughts, and we cannot prevent all conflict, but when we know where the hungry, the homeless and the sick exist, then we can help.” 

~Jan Schakowsky

Barbara has been working on a sleeping mat

 On Monday, June 3rd, we met at Carolyn's home for our We CAN Service project.  We worked on making plarn for sleeping mats for the homeless.  A young woman, attending the University of Utah wanted to reach out to help others, so she founded Bags to Beds and now has many people collecting bags for plarn and crocheting them into sleeping mats.

Sharon, Maureen, Carolyn

We assembled birthday kits for the Community Action Food Bank in Provo. 

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 Each kit contains a birthday card, banner, cake mix, birthday candles and a toy.

KD putting together sets of candles

 WE assembled over 20 kits for the Community Action Food Bank in Provo

Carolyn and Sharon - ready to roll

We also tied a quilt for the Humanitarian Center in American Fork 

KD and Maureen

Kathy and Paula ~ working on more Birthday Kits

 Some ladies brought more items for birthday kits, so Kathy and Paula worked on getting lots more assembled

Studiously coloring ~ KD, Paula, Heidi, Maureen, Sharon

 Some of the ladies also worked on coloring pages with numbers and colors for the American Fork Humanitarian Center

Kathy working on Plarn

Maureen and KD setting up for the luncheon

 We had a lovely luncheon and a productive day!

Carolyn, Kathy, Maureen

Our next meeting will be held Monday, July 1st at JoAnn Fabric's class center in Spanish Fork.  We will then go out to lunch.  We will be collecting children's summer clothing and working on Christmas in July projects for The Festival of Trees.

Don't Audit Life! We CAN May 2019

"Don't audit life. 

Show up 

and make the most of it now."

By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio 

Ardis, Maureen, Carol, Carolyn, Barbara and Lynn

 Monday, May 6th we celebrated Cinco de Mayo with Service and a Mexican themed luncheon.  We met at Lynn's home in Payson.  Attending our service project was Lynn, Ardis, Carol, KD, Barbara, Carolyn, Maureen, Heidi, Victoria, and Sandy. We collected Items for hygiene kits that will be taken to children in Orphanages in Juarez Mexico.  

 Each kit contains a comb, toothbrush, toothpaste, a bar of soap and a wash cloth.  As we put these kits together, we so hope they can feel the love that we are trying to put into every package we send!  KD made a special trip to the store to buy extra supplies to finish the kits.  

Some of the assembled kits ready to go

Clockwise: Carol, Lynn, Carolyn, Ardis, Maureen, Barbara

Setting up to make Princess and Prince Themed Notecards for The Magic Yarn Project

  Our next project was making special notecards for The Magic Yarn Project.  This organization makes Princess and Prince wigs for children who are fighting cancer  or other diseases that make them lose their hair. Each wig is made specifically for certain cartoon themed princes and princesses or they make beanies with cartoon or hero character themes.  

 Each child also receives a special hand-written note with the princess  or prince or hero/character theme of their choice.  

Heidi, Barbara, Carol ~ getting creative with stickers, stamps, glitter!

 We finished over 100 cards for the Magic Yarn Project today.  We finished 124 Hygiene Kits for the oprhanage, and some ladies donated toys for the orphanages as well.  We also learned to make plarn from plastic grocery bags for crocheting sleeping pads for the homeless, and a few ladies worked on coloring some alphabet number/color sheets for the American Fork Humanitarian Center ~ A lovely, productive day!. 

Ardis, Maureen, Heidi

After Carolyn and Ardis delivered the cards, we received a nice thank you from the Rocky Mountain Chapter.

Hi Carolyn,

Thank you for sending in 100 decorated envelopes. they are all very nice. Please thank your "We can group" for me!

Sincerely,
Lani VinZant

Rocky Mountain Region Leader, The Magic Yarn Project

Threading magic for Utah, Idaho, Montana, North & South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado.

PO Box 861 Pleasant Grove UT 84062

https://themagicyarnproject.com/rockymountain/
facebook.com/magicyarnutah
rockymountain@themagicyarnproject.com

Our next We CAN meeting will be held Monday, June 3rd at 

Today is Special ~ April 1st 2019 We CAN

 Burn the candles, 

use the nice sheets, 

wear the fancy lingerie.

Don't save it for a special occasion. 

Today is special.

~By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio 

Maureen, Carolyn and Barbara organizing the food for the Nutrition Packs

 We met April 1st at Ardis home. There were seven of us attending our service project: Maureen, Carolyn, Barbara, Sandy, Ardis, KD, Kathy We collected items for Community Action Food Bank in Provo.  Each year they collect items of food that children can take home on week-ends or during the summer. 

Ardis, Maureen, Carolyn, and Barbara

 The seven items Included in the packs are nutritious items that are easy to open and eat: An Entree such as Easy Mac or Rice Noodles that are Microwave-able and easy to prepare, Juice, Granola Bar, Dried Fruit, Crackers, Fruit Pouch and Fruit Snacks.  

Each week the Community Action Food Bank prepares 1400 packs for kids who face food insecurity in their homes each weekend. The packs contain seven specific items that are easy for children to cook and eat on their own. 

 There are several ways to get involved with Kids Nutrition Paks or helping with other needs at the Community Action Food Bank:: you can bring supplies for the project, preassemble packs, or donate money to support the program. Any contribution is greatly appreciated! Contact the Community Action Food Bank in Provo

After we finished the Nutrition Packs we worked on Lady Bug Kits that will go to a local hospital.   

Carolyn holding up a couple of finished lady bugs

 These cute ladybugs are given to children in the hospital as craft projects.  

KD, Carolyn, Ardis, Barbara and Maureen

 Each kit is assembled with body, wings, spots, head and antennae.

Barbara and Maureen working on cutiing out lady bug bodies

KD, Carolyn and Ardis, preparing the lady bug's wings

Carolyn and KD collecting finished project kits

The finished kit - assembled and ready to go!

Maureen, KD, Carolyn, Kathy

We had a lovely luncheon afterward! 

It's almost Easter Time! 

Barbara, KD, Ardis, Maureen, Carolyn, Kathy

KD, Ardis, Maureen, Carolyn, Sandy and Kathy

Our next WE CAN meeting will be held Monday, May 6th at Lynn's home in Payson.  We are collecting items for hygiene kits for the children in an orphanage in Juarez, Mexico.  We'll also learn to make plarn, which is yarn made from plastic shopping bags that is crocheted into bags for sleeping mats for the homeless.  We will also be celebrating Cinco de Mayo!
Bring a friend and come join us for a few fun hours of service!