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 Memorial Drive Methodist Church, we welcomed Liz Tice from the volunteer office at Ben Taub. She was surprised to see 27 women and two babies (as observers only) seated around eight tables diligently working to sew and stuff pillows. Our size and enterprise led her to exclaim, “Oh wow!”

We then heard about the needs of Ben Taub and how the Harris County Hospital District works. Liz took lots of pictures and invited us to attend the Annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon on February 27. We also added four new enthusiastic members to The Common Thread Circle.

DATES TO REMEMBER

Monday, February 23: Starbucks at Town and Country from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Friday, February 27: Harris County Hospital District Annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon. All of us are invited. We will carpool from the east side of the church at 10:20 a.m. Rima’s cell phone number is 713-614-3008 if you are running late.

March 2,9 and 16: No meeting at Starbucks.

March 17 at Memorial Drive United Methodist Church: 9:30 a.m. regular Circle meeting and a party and shower for Henry James, our newest auxiliary member. If you make things for babies in hospitals, bring an extra for our very own baby.

March 23: Monday regular meetings at Starbucks will resume.

DONATIONS FOR THE WEEK

=M.D.Anderson=

16 Blankets
78 Heart Pillows
16 Bone Headrests
8 Stoma Covers
1 Hat
3 Totes

=St. Luke’s=

28 Heart Pillows

=Memorial Hermann=

81 Heart Pillows

=Ben Taub=

7 Flannel Blankets
10 Catch-alls with matching laundry bags
9 Laundry Bags
27 Heart Pillows

Our grand total of donated hand-made items to Houston-area hospitals since May 20, 2008: 3,836.