Fox News Anchor Pattie Shieh and a camera crew visited the Common Thread Circle on May 19,2009 for a story on donations to Harris County Hospitals.
Jennifer Barnes, Director of Volunteer and Guest Services for the Harris County Hospital District, was featured discussing the work of The Common Thread Circle, as was Liz Tice, from Ben Taub’s volunteer services department.
In addition to twenty-five members who cheerfully stuffed pillows and stitched in the background, our faculty advisor at Memorial Driver United Methodist Church, the Reverend Suzanne Cox Reedstrom, attended.
During and after the Fox interviews, over 200 soft heart-shaped pillows were completed. These will be used for post-operative patients at Harris County area hospitals, explained Susan Dunten, a volunteer with the group.
The meeting also commemorated The Common Thread Circle donating over 5300 handcrafted fabric works donated to Houston Area hospitals during the last fiscal year. In fact, according to volunteer Christel Dekker, every two hours an item is donated.
Barnes and volunteer Rima Blanc were interviewed, and the camera crew also got to see pink scarves and pillows donated to breast cancer patients, as well as matching catch-alls and laundry bags donated to neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) at Harris County Hospitals.
According to Fox, the segment is to be aired around June 4 on Houston area channels.
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