Christmas Stockings

Christmas Stockings for Abused Women and Children

Please join us in sharing the true gift of Christmas - Love - with those precious children and women who have dealt with the brutality and heart-break of abuse. Let's make their Christmas a little brighter by letting them know that someone loves them! 

We'll be collecting items to assemle 30 Christmas Stockings (10 children, 10 Teens, 10 Women)

There will be a donation box in the Relief Society room every Sunday until December 19th. 

Items Needed for the 30 Stockings: (all items need to be NEW - thank you!)

Children's:

10 Boxes of Crayons

10 Coloring Books

10 Fruit Snacks

10 Granola Bars

10 Small Stuffed Animals

10 Candy Canes

Teen's:

10 Regular-sized Hershey Bars (plain)

10 Pair of gloves

10 Chapstick 

10 Small Journals/Pens

10 Candy Canes

10 Beanies (already collected these!)

Women's:

10 Full-sized Hershey Bars (plain)

10 Lip Gloss

10 Nail Polish

10 Hair brush/comb

10 Small Journals/Pens

10 Beanies (already collected these!)

*If you'd like to donate stockings that'd be GREAT!!! (they can be homemade or purchased)

We'll put the stockings together on Monday, December 20th at 11:00 at my home. 

Family Volunteer Day 2010!

In lieu of of doing our own service project this month, we are supporting United Way of Utah County's Annual Family Volunteer Day! This is an fun and meaningful way to kick-off the holiday season with your family! 

Family Volunteer Day

Saturday, November 20

at 10:00 a.m.

There are 3 Locations your family can go to volunteer:

1. Genola - MIGRANT HEAD START - help beautify their school! 

2. Eagle Mountain - FRIENDS IN NEED (animal sanctuary)

3. Provo/Orem - VARIETY OF ORGANIZATIONS (Habitat for Humanity, Orchard Park Care Center, Kids on the Move, etc...)

To sign your family up for this amazing experience, please go to: http://www.unitedwayuc.org/

You will see the blue box that says "Family Volunteer Day". 

Have fun making wonderful memories with your families!!!

Fleece Blanket Instructions

No-Sew Slit-Fringe Fleece Blanket 
(no knots)

YOU WILL NEED:

Polar Fleece (1 yard, 1 ½ yard or 2 yard pieces), Ruler and Sewing Scissors

SIMPLE 5-STEP INSTRUCTIONS

Step #1 - 

Before you begin, trim off selvage edges and square edges as needed.

Step #2 - 

Cut a 4 inch square from each corner of the fleece.

Step #3 - 

Cut clean and even 4-inch long by 1-inch wide fringe around the blanket. 

Step #4 - 

Using the tips of your scissors, make a tiny slit (about ½  inch long) at the base of each piece of fringe. 

Step #5 - 

Feed the end of the fringe through the back side of the slit you just cut and pull through to create a neat and secure fringed edge. (Please don’t do knots - the slit-fringe makes for a much softer blanket. Thanks!)

When your blanket(s) is finished you may either drop it off to my house or call me and I will pick it up.   

If you have any questions, let me know.  

Thank you so much for your help! 

*Blankets Due By Sunday, October 31^st. 

The Road Home

For the next 7 weeks we will be making and collecting blankets* for the Road Home, the largest shelter in Utah that assists individuals and families experiencing homelessness all along the Wasatch front. 

One of the biggest needs they have is blankets! With the cold weather just around the corner, this is a great time to gather blankets for our brothers and sisters who've fallen on extremely hard times. 

Please join us for our first

BLANKET PARTY

Friday, October 8 at 11:00 am

Ways you can help:

1 - Come to the Blanket Party (bring your own materials, scissors, etc)

2 - Make blanket(s) at home

3 - Donate blankets (new or gently used)

4 - Donate Materials

All blankets can be dropped off at my home until Oct. 31. Please call if you'd like me to pick up your donations! Thank you!!!

*Blankets can be any size

Another Year of Service!

September 2010 ~ May 2011

Its time to kick-off another year of service! 

This year we will be focusing on BLANKETS!!! 

We will be helping a wide variety of wonderful causes through our blankets. 

(homeless, hospitalized children, abused women & children, elderly, etc...)

Once a month, we'll have a "blanket party" to make as many blankets as we can. 

Blanket Parties will be on the 2nd Friday of each month at 11:00 a.m. at Laura's home. 

You can also make the blankets at home. This would be a fantastic project to do together with your families! 

If you can't make a blanket (either at home or at a blanket party), you can help by donating materials. 

Blankets can be no-sew fleece, quilted, tied, crocheted, or knitted

Hope to see you at the Blanket Parties! 

Projects for the Summer

During the summer months (June-August), we won't be having any official Hearts and Hands activities.

The summer is a great time to find wonderful service projects to do as a family! There are so many fun and rewarding opportunities in our area.

Please check out the list of Community Needs on the right for ideas for you and your family. If you ever have any questions, please let me know. I am always happy to help!

I hope you have a happy and memorable summer with your family as you find ways to serve!

Have a great summer!

Fantastic Flip Flops!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Because of your big, generous hearts we were able to collect over 60 pair of flip flops this month!

It is so heart warming to think of the 50 individual children that will receive them. You can almost see their beautiful faces and hear their sweet voices...

You made a difference! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Soul to Sole

For May's service project, we are collecting flip flops. These sandals will go to orphans around the world. Sometimes these flip flops will be the only shoes they get for a long, long time.

I will be collecting the flip flops all month long.

Thank you!

Spreading Sunshine to Nursing Home

I'd like to send out a big thanks to everyone who helped with the service project in April! We made 32 really cute and cheery door hangings and a dozen bright and happy centerpieces. They all went to a nursing home in Orem.

When my son and I dropped them off, they were so excited and appreciative! You truly did spread a little sunshine and your unselfishness did brighten someone's day!

Thanks again!

Date Change!!!

Please note the day that we are going to be putting the door hangers together will be on TUESDAY, APRIL 27 FROM 11AM TO NOON!

Thanks!

Scatter Sunshine

This month we will be making cheery, Spring-time door hangings and centerpieces for a local nursing home.

What better group of people to make something special for than the sweet elderly people in our area?!

We'll be making 32 door hangings on Tuesday, April 27 from 11 am to Noon at Laura's home.

We have the kits we just need lots of helping hands! Please join us.

Also, we need 12 Spring Centerpieces. They can be as simple or creative as you like. This would be such a fun family project!

Please let Laura know if you would like to make 1 or a few centerpieces. I'll need them by Tuesday, April 27.

Thank you so much for your willingness to brighten the day of elderly patients!

Pillowcases

Thank you so much for all of your support and generosity last month in helping us make pillowcases for hospitalized children!

Our goal was to make and donate 50 pillowcases.

Yesterday, Marianne and I dropped off 101 pillowcases!!!

The lady at the hospital was thrilled! She was pleasantly surprised with how many beautiful, fun and cheerful pillowcases we were donating.

Thank you so much for taking time out of your busy lives to make a pillowcase that will brighten someone's day!

You are wonderful!

Here we've about reached our goal of 50 pillowcases

The Final count: 101!!!

Never Wasted

"No act of kindness,

no matter how small,

is ever wasted."

- Aesop

Cheery Pillowcases

February / March Project -

Cheery Pillowcases for Hospitalized Children

GOAL = 50 PILLOWCASES!!!

During the rest of February and the entire month of March, we will be making fun and colorful pillowcases for the sick children at the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo.

Pillowcases need to be:

New, standard-size pillowcase

Bright, fun or holiday patterns appropriate for children

Please wash the material before making the pillowcases so that the dye from the material does not rub off onto little faces

Make a Pillowcase:

We are asking you to make as many pillowcases as you'd like at your own home. We won't be getting together to make them. (corrections from Ward Calendar: not meeting on the 26th)

Patterns can be found here: http://crafts.kaboose.com/pillowcases1.html

Donations:

You can bring your fiished pillowcases to the donation box in the RS room on Sundays or drop them off at Laura's home anytime in February/March.

THANK YOU!!!

Any Questions, please contact me

January's Project - Newborns In Need

During the month of January, I will be collecting blankets for "Newborns in Need". This is an organization that helps babies born to families living in poverty. Often, these families have little or nothing for their newborn.

Blankets can be:

• New or Gently Used
• Fleece, Flannel, Knitted, Quilted or Crocheted
• Flannel Receiving blankets are welcome, too!
• Any size appropriate for Newborns is welcome!

Donations:

You can bring your blankets to the donation box in the RS room on Sundays or drop them off at Laura's home anytime this month.

Make a Blanket

We will be meeting on Friday, January 29th at 11:00 to make blankets. I'll have some fleece and you may also bring your own materials to make whatever type of blanket you'd like.

THANK YOU!!!