Month: February 2009

  • A Successful Week

    Dear Common Threaders, The week of February 12, 2009, was another success story. Our Monday Starbucks group heard testimony from a lady who had been very thankful to receive a heart pillow at M.D. Anderson when she was treated for breast cancer last year. Duly inspired, our fingers cheerfully stuffed many pillows. On Tuesday, at…

  • Houston Chronicle features Common Thread, Feb. 12, 2009

    Common Thread Circle aims to put smiles on patients’ faces Every Monday, members of The Common Thread Circle gather at the local Town and Country Starbucks — not only to drink coffee but with the intent of putting a smile on a hospital patient’s face. The Common Thread Circle is a nonprofit organization affiliated with…

  • Distributions early February

    2/2/09 Memorial City Memorial Hermann 18 Heart Pillows to the surgical unit 2/10/09 BEN TAUB 5 Knitted Bears 103 Heart Pillows MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL 38 Heart Pillows ST. LUKE’S HOSPITAL 15 Heart Pillows CHILDREN’S MEMORIAL HERMANN 6 Catch-alls for isolette beds in NICU 14 Therapy dolls 15 Heart Pillows 4 Hats M.D.ANDERSON 4 Bon- Shaped…