Only 1 Month Left

Keep your fingers busy!  We only have one month to go.  The nursing home has added more residents recently and are soon to reach compacity at 200 residents.  We'd love to be able to take about 210 gifts with us to be sure none of the residents miss out on a gift. 

We've received a few donations this since the last blog.  Each of them are truely appreciated. 

Diane Weekly of Sugar Grove, IL dropped off 10 holiday bags and 2 large packs of tissue paper to help us with wrapping all the gifts.

Rhonda Haavisto of Massachutes sent us a great box of goodies including crochet hooks, yarn, buttons, and 7 beautiful knitted squares.  (I didn't photograph before using some of the yarn, so the pink and blue balls are much smaller than the ones she sent.  You can see the mitts that were made with the yarn later in this blog.)

Margaret Nock of Maryland sent a very nice box also.  She included a shawl, 2 hats, and 2 afghan blocks.  (More detailed photos of her finished gifts later in the blog.)

We received a shipment from Kerri Steward of Michigan.  She sent along some ribbons and bows for wrapping the gifts, some yarn, a few hooks, and a handful of afghan squares.  Thanks, Kerri!

Gift #110
Wheelchair Bag made by Chenise P.

Gift #111
Wheelchair Bag made by Chenise P.

Gift #112
Wheelchair Bag made by Chenise P.

Gift #113
Wheelchair Bag made by Chrissy Penna

Gift #114
Wheelchair Bag made by Cyndy Wollenweber.

Gift #115
Wheelchair Bag made by Carissa Winter

Gift #116
Wheelchair Bag made by Carissa Winter

Gift #117
Walker Bag made by Carissa Winter

Gift #118
Wheelchair Bag made by Beth Winter

Gift #119
Shawl made by Cyndy Wollenweber

Gift #120
Shawl made by Cyndy Wollenweber

Gift #121
Shawl made by Beth Winter

Gift #122
Lagphan made by Lucille Winter

Gift #123
Wheelchair Bag made by Lucille Winter

Gift #124
Wheelchair Bag made by Lucille Winter

Gift #125
Wheelchair Bag made by Lucille Winter

Gift #126
Wheelchair Bag made by Lucille Winter

Gift #127
Wheelchair Bag made by Lucille Winter

Gift #128
Wheelchair Bag made by Lucille Winter

Gift #129
Wheelchair Bag made by Lucille Winter

Gift #130
Wheelchair Bag made by Lucille Winter

Gift #131
Wheelchair Bag made by Lucille Winter

Gift #132
Wheelchair Bag made by Lucille Winter

Gift #133
Wheelchair Bag made by Lucille Winter

Gift #134
Wheelchair Bag made by Lucille Winter

Gift #135
Wheelchair Bag made by Lucille Winter

Gift #136
Wheelchair Bag made by Lucille Winter

Gift #137
Wheelchair Bag made by Lucille Winter

Gift #138
Wheelchair Bag made by Lucille Winter

Gift #139
Wheelchair Bag made by Lucille Winter

Gift #140
Wheelchair Bag made by Lucille Winter

Gift #141
Wheelchair Bag made by Lucille Winter

Gift #142
Wheelchair Bag made by Lucille Winter

Gift #143
Lapghan made by Lindsey Winter

Gift #144
Hat made by Margaret Nock

Gift #145
Hat made by Margaret Nock

Gift #146
Shawl made by Margaret Nock

Gift #147
Fingerless Mitts made by Lindsey Winter

Gift #148
Fingerless Mitts made by Lindsey Winter

Over 100 Items Complete!

We have broke the 100 mark putting us over half way to our goal of completing 185 projects!  We would not have been able to make it this far without the help of many friends both locally and across the country, so a big THANK YOU to all who have helped out!

Special Thanks to those who have donated supplies and their time, including:

Mary Dinny for donating yarn which will be incorporated into wheelchair bags and possibly an afghan or shawl.






Sandy Horacek for donating 2 skeins of a nice mint colored yarn and a bunch of crochet hooks.  We failed to take a picture as the same day they yarn was dropped off, we started making it into a lapghan for a lucky resident.

Betty Bolander deserves a special thanks for organizing a group of her friends to create 6-7 lap quilts by our deadline!  We look forward to seeing the quilting they do and will certainly post pictures when the quilts are received.


Now, on to the projects that have been completed and turned in over the last couple of weeks.

Gift #76
Wheelchair bag made by Lucille W.

Gift #77
Wheelchair bag made by Lucille W.

Gift #78
Wheelchair bag made by Lucille W.

Gift #79
Wheelchair bag made by Lucille W.

Gift #80
Wheelchair bag made by Lucille W.

Gift #81
Wheelchair bag made by Lucille W.

Gift #82
Wheelchair bag made by Lucille W.

Gift #83
Wheelchair bag made by Lucille W.

Gift #84
Wheelchair bag made by Lucille W.

Gift #85
Wheelchair bag made by Lucille W.

Gift #86
Wheelchair bag made by Lucille W.

Gift #87
Wheelchair bag made by Lucille W.

Gift #88
Wheelchair bag made by Lucille W.

Gift #89
Wheelchair bag made by Lucille W

Gift #90
Wheelchair bag made by Lucille W.

Gift #91
Lapghan made by Lindsey W.

Gift #92
Lapghan made by Lindsey W.

Gift #93
Lapghan made by Beth W.

Gift #94
Lapghan made by Beth W.

Gift #95
Lapghan made by Beth W.

Gift #96
Shawl made by Lindsey W.

Gift #97
Shawl made by Lindsey W.

Gift #98
Lapghan made by Lindsey W.

Gift #99
Lapghan made by Lindsey W.

Gift #100
Lapghan made by Lindsey W.

Gift #101
Lapghan made by Lindsey W.

Gift #102
Lapghan made by Lindsey W.

Gift #103
Lapghan made by Beth W.

Gift #104
Lapghan made by Beth W.

Gift #105
Lapghan made by Beth W.

Gift #106
Lapghan made by Beth W.

Gift #107
Lapghan made by Beth W.







Gift #108
Walker Bag made by Janet Daniels of Georgia

Gift #109
Walker Bag made by Janet Daniels of Georgia

Thank you, Janet for taking the time to make these bags!  They will look great on the front of the residents' walkers.