Thank you!

We had our Annual Blankets of Love event this morning, thank you SOOO very much for all of you who woke up early this morning to help make spread some holiday cheer at a local nursing home. Also, thank you for all of you who helped with donations, without you this event could not have happened. We had 34 volunteers show up this morning, I don't know how to thank you enough for all of your generosity of gifts and your time. We are hoping to have 3 events next year at other local nursing homes, February, July and December 2013. Thank you again to everyone! 

Saturday Details

Hello All! Here are few things for Saturday

- We are meeting at 9am at Sunflower Gardens in Santa Ana 
- Please wear red or green 
- If you have own Elf santa ana please feel free to bring it, if not we will have some you can borrow

- Please let me know how many are coming in your group
- We will still be collecting items that day so we can use for our February event: Blankets, scarves, knit hats, socks with rubber soles on the bottom, toothbrushes
- My cell number is 714-393-4143

Thank you again,
Gina

Event just around the corner

Our annual Blankets of Love Christmas gift distribution is just around the corner. It has been great to see so many people coming together to make sure that a group of seniors get a special holiday surprise this season.

This year it will be at 9:30 am at Sunflower gardens in Santa Ana please let me know if you would be bake to make it

If you would like to contribute there is still time for that please let me know

Thank you
Gina

Donations for Blankets of Love

 We are looking for donations of the following items for 75 people: ( you don't have to donate 75 of each just whatever you can help out it will be greatly appreciated)

1) Socks with tread on the bottom
2) Lap blankets
3) Scarves

4) Warm hats,
5) Toiletries
6) Small Christmas bags and tissue paper for wrapping for 75 ppl
7) Christmas bags. A Holiday Luau to follow and we were invited to stay afterwards please let me know if you would like to help out Thank you all.

Please let me know in the comment box what you will be able to help with:

Donating items (which ones)
Singing
Packing bags (date of packing still being determined)
Distributing (You can sign up for all of them)

We will need all of the items collected by December 1st, we will arrange pick-up/delivery, please let me know. The more items we can get collected the more we can distribute and hopefully have enough for a second nursing home facility.

Blankets of Love Origin

Blankets of Love began about four years, a year after my Mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer's.  The first year I thought it would be great to take up knitting since my Mom always loved to knit and thought we could share something special together but I quickly found out knitting was not for me.  So I took my yarn and gave it to the ladies at my Mom's senior center and they made blankets, scarves and warm hats.  We had about two dozen or so and I went to a local nursing home and gave it to people there.  The following year was about the same but then last year I decided to reach out via media social and had an amazing turn out of donations and attendance at a local nursing home.  

This year seems to be turning out to be more amazing than last year, we have had a great response and looking forward to expanding this event to include Christmas caroling.  We also will be having a local girls scout troop will be attending.  


If you would like to help out please feel free to contact me at gigiam77@yahoo.com



Thank you,
Gina