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Welcome to the home page of the New River Valley (Virginia) Chapter! A huge thank you to everyone who came to Blanket Day on June 19th. We had a great day, ending up with 250 new blankets--all labeled and ready for delivery. It was a fun day with lots of laughs and a nice lunch enjoyed by all. The youth group from Grace Episcopal Church was a big help with setting up and cleaning up. The next NRV Project Linus Blanket Day is October 2, 2010 at Grove United Methodist Church, Radford, VA from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Cotton fabric and batting will be provided as well as fleece fabric. Sewing machines will be available or you may bring your own. Lunch will be provided. If you plan to drop off blankets that day, please be sure each one is labeled with your name and address (address labels are best for this). Hope to have you join us! New River Valley Project Linus now has its own blog! Check it out at: http://nrvprojectlinus.blogspot.com/. We also are now on Facebook, become a fan! Easy Fleece Blanket pattern: click here for a pattern for a no-sew fleece blanket. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this pattern. Official Project Linus Fabric - We are happy to announce that Komfort Kids, the official Project Linus fabric, is available locally at Sew-Biz in Radford. It is manufactured by Avlyn and the pattern was designed by Patrick Lose. Avlyn has agreed to donate 8% of the sale of this fabric to Project Linus. The fabric is very nice. There is a bright colored panel and 6 coordinating colors available at Sew-Biz. Be sure to stop in to see this fabric. You can click here to see a preview of this wonderful fabric! New River Valley Project Linus Blanket totals (revised 7/10): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Radford University Named to Presidential Community Service Honor Roll: RU was recognized for involvement in Project Linus, which provides blankets for seriously ill and traumatized children. More than 200 students and five RU faculty gave approximately 420 service hours to the project. Participants sewed and created blankets which are given to children who are identified as at risk for trauma by local hospitals, women’s resource centers and other community agencies. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Recycle your old cell phones!!! Help Project Linus raise money for materials by recycling your phone through our organization. Drop-off locations are as follows: Grace Episcopal Church, Ferguson Enterprises, Grove United Methodist Church, St. Albans Hospital, Michele and Company, or contact Penny Sweet. DONATIONS REQUESTED: Project Linus will always accept donations of appropriate material, yarn, and batting. Also, cash donations are greatly appreciated. All of the material is purchased or donated. Donations can be made to honor someone's birthday, anniversary, holidays, etc. If you do this, an acknowledgment of the donation will be sent at your request. Please contact Penny Sweet for more information. Drop-off points - If you have completed blankets but cannot make it to Blanket Day, you can drop off blankets at the following locations: If you would like to sign up for the New River Valley Project Linus e-mail notifications of upcoming events such as Blanket Days, special sale offers, etc., please click here. Sign up for the National Project Linus Newsletter, the Blanket Beacon. Go to www.projectlinus.org and click on the Newsletter link. Once you sign up, you will automatically receive the quarterly newsletter. (We are no longer distributing a local version of a newsletter since the one from Project Linus contains such wonderful information that we could never replicate.) Sewing Machine Repair: Pence's Sewing Center, 304-327-8414 (Bluefield) ~~~~~ PROJECT LINUS....DID YOU KNOW? ~~~~~ Here are some interesting facts and figures about Project Linus:
Local Proud Supporters of NRV Project Linus: Jo-Ann Fabrics & Crafts, 2625 Market Street, Christiansburg, VA; Phone: 540-382-9225. This store has been a wonderful support to Project Linus! They serve as a drop-off point for our blankets, hand out flyers announcing upcoming blanket days, and always make sure that Penny Sweet has plenty of fabric to continue making blankets for needy children! Fancy Gap Outlet, 350 Pottery Dr. Fancy Gap, VA 24328; Phone: 276-728-9524. Take Exit 8 off I-77. You can get great deals on cotton fabric. Thanks for your support of Project Linus! If you find yourself down there, make sure to let them know you are buying fabric for Project Linus. Sew Sophisticated located in Blacksburg, VA. Sew Biz, 92 & 94 Harvey St. Radford, VA, 540-639-1138. Nancy's Beauty Shop, 706 Forest Ave., Radford, VA ,540-633-2105. Purses made by Penny Sweet for Project Linus are also being sold at Nancy's! Michele & Co. Hair Salon, 700 B 1st St., Radford, VA 540-633-2987 School House Fabrics, 220 N. Locust St., Floyd, VA 540-745-4561 Visit the National Web site for Project Linus: http://www.projectlinus.org |
On Friday, April 9, The College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences Student Ambassadors and their Alumni Advisory Board collaborated in a service project benefiting Project Linus. This event took place at Virginia Tech’s Holtzman Alumni Center. Student Ambassadors sold stainless steel water bottles to help raise funds to pay for the blanket-making supplies and board members donated supplies. The group made 23 blankets and donated an additional 26 pieces of fleece. Thank you for choosing NRV Project Linus as your service project!
