The Common Thread Circle

• Common Thread Circle will NOT meet at Starbuck’s on Monday, August 15.  They will be closed for renovation.
• The Knitters and Crocheter’s group will NOT be meeting in August.
• Monday meetings at Starbuck’s Town and Country will be August 1, 8, 22, and 29, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
• Tuesday, August 16, the circle will meet at Memorial Drive United Methodist Church in Room D126 from 9:30-12:00 noon.
• Wednesday, August 24, the  ”Happy Hands” group will meet at Spring Branch Presbyterian Church from 9:30 – 12:00 noon.

New Circle Co-Chairman and Hospital Coordinator Janie Schmidt and Delivery Chairman Dory Graham are pictured with bags of heart pillows, ready to be delivered to patients in Houston area hospitals.   So far in 2011, Common Thread Circle has delivered 5,328 handcrafted items to Houston area hospitals.  Over the past three years, since May 2008, the total of handcrafted items delivered has grown to 31,066!

The Common Thread Circle took a brief vacation and did not meet on the 4th of July.  However, a large group turned out at Town and Country Starbuck’s for our July 11th meeting and plans were announced for the remainder of the month.

Tuesday, July 12 – Circle Meeting at Memorial Drive United Methodist Church, Room D126, from 9:30 until noon.  (Because Vacation Bible School meets during the 3rd week, this meeting replaces our usual meeting on the 3rd Tuesday.)

Monday’s – July 18 and 25 – at Starbuck’s Town and Country from 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Wednesday, July 27th – Spring Branch Presbyterian Church, “Happy Hands” group, from 9:30 until noon.

The Knitter’s and Crocheter’s group will NOT be meeting in July.

• On May 2, 2011, new officers were elected to chair the Common Thread Circle.  Co-Chairpersons are Janie Schmidt and Lenore Alfredson.  Monday meetings at Starbucks will be handled by the co-chairs with Marilyn MacRill, JoNell Bosse, Jeane Kranz and Joyce Wolf taking turns assisting them. During May and June members of the circle have continued to produce hundreds of handcrafted items that have been delivered to area hospitals.