Upcoming We CAN meeting Tuesday, April 23rd

"The essence of our effort to see that every child has a chance must be to assure each an equal opportunity, not to become equal, but to become different -- to realize whatever unique potential of body, mind and spirit he or she possesses."~John Fischer 

Tuesday, April 23rd we will be meeting at Carolyn's home at 12:30  to go over to Provo to have lunch, then we'll go on a "Field Trip" to the Christmas Box Project Room.  We'll tour the Project Room (and turn in the summer pajamas we're collecting this month - Boys and Girls: sizes 2T to 14). Then at 3:00 p.m. we will go to "Project Teddy Bear" in Provo to to do an hour or two of service. We will meet Ruth Brasher, who started the project more than 20 years ago.  Ruth is also involved in the Doll House Charity Boutique, so we'll also learn about that while we are there as well.  

This meeting will take place of our normal May 6th meeting - Project Teddy Bear is only open on the 4th Tuesday of each month.

Collecting: Summer pajamas for children, sizes 2T to 14

Meeting at: 12:30 at Carolyn's home Tuesday April 23 - returning around 5:30-6:00 p.m.

Come and join us for a few hours of service and bring a friend!  Everyone is welcome!

Project LInus

“Hugs should be available at the medical stores 24/7. 

Sometimes, they are the best healers for almost everything.” 
― Minhal Mehdi

Barbara

Our We CAN ( Care And Nurture) met Monday, April 1st at Carolyn's home to make fleece blankets for Project Linus of Utah County.

Lynn

  Barbara, Lynn, Megan, Vila, Ardis, Carolyn and Sandy all worked on the project. 

Ardis

These blankets are given to children who are seriously ill or traumatized and distributed through hospitals, shelters or through social service agencies. This is a way of spreading "blanket hugs" to children in need and helping to provide security, warmth and comfort to children.    

Vila, Megan and baby Anders

The ladies worked for a couple of hours to make  nineteen blankets which were taken to the Project  Linus Center in Provo.  .  Everyone also enjoyed a  nice luncheon. 

 The blankets are not tied, but the fabric is pulled through a small hole made at the top center of each fringe, making it a no-sew blanket.  

They are quick and easy. Instructions for these quick no-sew blankets and many other types of blankets  are found on the Project Linus website.

Project Linus - Monday April 1st

" We become so caught up in the busyness of our lives. Were we to step back, however, and take a good look at what we’re doing, we may find that we have immersed ourselves in the “thick of thin things.” In other words, too often we spend most of our time taking care of the things which do not really matter much at all in the grand scheme of things, neglecting those more important causes."

~ President Thomas S Monson, October 2009

We CAN will meet Monday, April 1st at 10:00 a.m. at Carolyn Shirley’s home for service and a potluck lunch. We will be making fleece blankets for Project Linus.  If you would like to bring fleece, you will need 1 ½ yards of 60"wide.  If you have a seam ripper and a crochet hook, they will also be helpful.  Don’t fringe the fleece, just cut off the selvages and we’ll do the rest at the meeting following the Project Linus instructions.  Please come even if you don’t have fleece to bring, we will have plenty there to work on.  Questions? Call Carolyn at 423-1108.  We welcome everyone who would like to come and serve (and laugh!) for a couple of hours. Project Linus is an organization that provides new, handmade, washable blankets for seriously ill or traumatized children ages 0 to 18.  The blankets are distributed to children served by hospitals, shelters or social service agencies.  The blankets distributed by Project Linus chapters are a way of spreading "blanket hugs," and blankets are intended to provide some love, security, warmth and comfort to the children. Over 4 million blankets have been distributed since 1998 when the project was started.  See http://www.projectlinus.org/ for more information.