The military and those serving are always on our minds. I found this organization that lets us put actions with our thoughts. Operation Kid Comfort creates custom-made quilts for children of deployed military personnel who experience grief from missing their mom or dad. The quilts have photos of the child's parent printed on the quilt. It is not as good as a real hug but I know it brings comfort as a child snuggles beneath it at bedtime.
Created in 2004 at Ft. Bragg/Pope Air Force Base in Fayetteville, N.C., ASYMCA’s Operation Kid Comfort is designed to address the emotional stress that children of military personnel suffer during a parent’s absence from home, providing free quilts for children ages 6 and under and pillows for children ages 7 and older. To date, the program has made more than 7,000 quilts for children of deployed parents.
Volunteers are needed to put the quilts together. Would you like to be a part of this project? If so go to this website to learn more.
http://www.asymca.org/what-we-do-3/national-programs-services/operation-kid-comfort/okc-volunteer-form/
Do you get a rush from looking at fabrics and an even bigger thrill from finding and purchasing a great piece of cloth? If so Fabricholics Unite! is the blog for you. Here we will oooh and ahhhh over fabric and the things that we make from it. I will also give you ideas for sewing for charity, ideas for storing your stash and resources for buying more.
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Thursday, September 9, 2010
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