Knitting Circle Charity Project

By Jennifer Perry

The Knitting Circle at The Resiliency Center has been working on a project, named 'Warm Hugs', to deliver 170 lap blankets (36"x36") to patients in a local Nursing Home.  Our goal is to benefit nursing home patients by providing physical and emotional warmth.

Warm Hugs was inspired by the mother of someone in our Knitting Circle. She spent the last three months of her life in a nursing home. Her family visited throughout the week and gave her love and care she needed. Not all the residents were as fortunate and she noticed that some did not have the benefit of care and visits from relatives and friends.  While no one can take the place of a caring family, Warm Hugs hopes to show love to the patients by providing them with a colorful, warm and handmade reminder that someone cares.

So far the Resiliency Knitting Circle has completed 60 lap blankets which will be handed out to the nursing home patients in January.  When we go to the nursing home to deliver the blankets the Activities staff will identify the patients who do not have family or visitors so they can receive priority in benefiting from our 'warm hugs'.

This has been an effort of love and caring by people in our Knitting Circle.  They have given much time and love to make this a reality. This is an on-going project.  There are 170 patients in the Nursing Home.  Our goal is to continue to provide their patients with our 'Warm Hugs' on an on-going basis.

If you like to crochet or knit or would like to learn, we could use your help to make lap blankets for even more patients.

Join us at http://www.meetup.com/resiliencygatherings/events/219738506/

The Knitting Circle meets the Second Saturday of every month at 10am.

Do you like to crochet or knit? Do you want to learn? We need your help making lap blankets for nursing home residents

The Resiliency Center Knitting Circle is working on a project to deliver 180 lap blankets (36” x 36”) to patients in a local Nursing Home. Lap blankets benefit nursing home patients by providing physical and emotional warmth. They are a wonderful way to show love and support for someone in need of a warm hug every day.   

The mother of someone in our Knitting Circle inspired this project.  She spent the last three months of her life in a nursing home.  She was more fortunate than most.  Her family visited throughout the week and gave her love and care she needed.  As I’m sure you know, others are not as fortunate and do not have the benefit of care and visits from relatives and friends.  Although we cannot take the place of a caring family, we can show love to these individuals by providing them with a colorful blanket as a reminder that someone cares.

We are asking volunteers to knit or crochet washable lap blankets that are 36" x 36". Any colors, patterns, needle sizes are welcome. Just let your imagination and kind heart go wild.

Lap blankets completed so far have been crocheted (using a basic granny square) or knitted in panels that were joined after completion.  Any pattern you choose would be great. If you prefer, rather than knitting or crocheting a blanket of 36” x 36”, you can knit or crochet blocks of 12" x 12" and we will combine them with other squares we receive. There are web sites available on the internet such as ravelry.com with step-by-step instructions for learning to knit and crochet, along with patterns for all levels. Or, better yet, join us on the second Saturday of the month and we would love to teach you! Please register by logging in to: http://www.meetup.com/resiliencygatherings/  

Your lap blankets can be dropped off or mailed to:  

Jen Fusco Perry, LPC

The Resiliency Center   

602 S. Bethlehem Pike    

Ambler, PA  19002

If you have any questions, please send an email to:  warm.hugs180@gmail.com

Please note that we do not monitor email every day but will get back to you shortly. We are just a few people in a Knitting Circle* who are hoping that we can put a smile on someone’s face by giving them a warm lap blanket along with the knowledge that people care.

 

Please help us reach our goal. We cannot accomplish this mission without your help.