The North American Heartland Home Owners 2017 Rally in Goshen is only 10 months away! Its Time to start working on handmade items for the Heartland Gives Back Initiative for that Rally! We will need lots and lots of baby items for our Heartland Baby Blessings (HBB) project as well as chemo caps and shawls for a new project called Heartland Hats and Hugs (HHH). Let's shoot for a total of 500 items to be donated to these 2 projects!! :angel: The donations will be collected at a special event at the Rally.
You may be wondering....What is this Heartland Gives Back Initiative?
HOC members put their hearts and talents into making or buying baby items to give to families in need in Elkhart County, Indiana where we will be rallying. Baby items needed: blankets, caps, booties, sleep sacks, bibs, and burp pads. These items can be crocheted, knitted, quilted, sewn, fleece tied, or store bought. The Elkhart County Extension Homemakers organization in Goshen will distribute these wonderful blessings to assure that babies and toddlers are kept warm.
HHH will provide handmade shawls and chemo caps for those who are receiving cancer treatment and may be suffering ill side effects. These items will be donated to patients at the Goshen Center for Cancer Care. Ann Parrish (HOC member 1158) will be coordinating HHH and would love to hear from anyone who would be interested in knitting shawls and chemo caps. The program has gotten off to a great start with one of our HOC members Randy & Brenda Spitzkeit owners of Benchmark RV Park in Meridian, MS who donated $300 to our cause for the purchase of yarn. If you would be interested in either purchasing your own yarn and making the items, or if you would prefer to receive some of the yarn purchased with the donation, please contact Ann by email at parrishr@fusemail.com, or phone at (770) 757-4895.
If you have any questions, please post to this thread or pm me. Thank you in advance for opening your hearts to the families and cancer patients in Elkhart county! Judi
Follow this link to to the HGB article on the rally website to learn more about this opportunity to give back.
You may be wondering....What is this Heartland Gives Back Initiative?
HOC members put their hearts and talents into making or buying baby items to give to families in need in Elkhart County, Indiana where we will be rallying. Baby items needed: blankets, caps, booties, sleep sacks, bibs, and burp pads. These items can be crocheted, knitted, quilted, sewn, fleece tied, or store bought. The Elkhart County Extension Homemakers organization in Goshen will distribute these wonderful blessings to assure that babies and toddlers are kept warm.
HHH will provide handmade shawls and chemo caps for those who are receiving cancer treatment and may be suffering ill side effects. These items will be donated to patients at the Goshen Center for Cancer Care. Ann Parrish (HOC member 1158) will be coordinating HHH and would love to hear from anyone who would be interested in knitting shawls and chemo caps. The program has gotten off to a great start with one of our HOC members Randy & Brenda Spitzkeit owners of Benchmark RV Park in Meridian, MS who donated $300 to our cause for the purchase of yarn. If you would be interested in either purchasing your own yarn and making the items, or if you would prefer to receive some of the yarn purchased with the donation, please contact Ann by email at parrishr@fusemail.com, or phone at (770) 757-4895.
If you have any questions, please post to this thread or pm me. Thank you in advance for opening your hearts to the families and cancer patients in Elkhart county! Judi
Follow this link to to the HGB article on the rally website to learn more about this opportunity to give back.
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