Month: May 2014

  • June 2014 Meeting Dates

    Common Thread will meet at Town & Country Starbucks on Mondays, June 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30th from 2-4 p.m. A “pillow closing party” will be held at Memorial Drive United Methodist Church in Room D220 on Wednesday, June 11 from 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, June 17th, Common Thread Circle will meet at Memorial Drive…

  • Sixth Anniversary Cake

    On Monday, May 12th, Town and Country Starbucks manager, Charles Peirsol, presented this “6th Anniversary Cake” to the Common Thread Circle members!  Thanks to his wonderful support, Common Thread has been meeting at Starbucks on Monday afternoons to stuff heart pillows and “critters” and knit items for Houston area hospital patients since May of 2008.

  • Did You Know…?

    Did you know that The Common Thread Circle has delivered 54,480 handcrafted items since 2008 to patients in area hospitals?  So far this year they have distributed 2,320 items.  This includes small and large heart shaped pillows.  The large hearts are useful as a cough pillow during respiration therapy for patients following heart surgery and other…