Christmas Cheer

Dear Common Threaders,

We have been busy little Christmas elves. Due to all of your hard work, we have been able to make a large donation of handcrafted items this week. Your efforts have been very appreciated by the hospitals. The volunteer office ladies at Ben Taub and Memorial Hermann came out in the cold and rain to pick up their bags, shivering but expressing gratitude that they will have gifts to give their many patients who will be in the hospital over Christmas. We will be meeting at Starbucks Town and Country Monday Dec.15 at 2pm and at Memorial Drive Church in Room 220  starting at 9:30 for our montly meeting followed by a home cooked  lunch.  Mary, Verlyn and I look forward to seeing all of you then. We will meet again at Starbucks on Monday, January 5 at 2pm.

Here are the figures. Between Dec.10-13, we donated to:

MDAnderson
10 totes
1 stoma
71 Christmas pillows

Children’s Memorial Hermann
20 blankets
1 hat
7 outfits for premies
1 teddy bear

Ben Taub
58 Christmas Pillows

Memorial Hermann
172 Christmas Pillows for a total of  505 Pillows

Our total donations of handmade items since May 20,2008 is 2472