December 16, 2009

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

We bring you great tidings — we are helping patients at a record pace, and having a blast doing it:

• Since June 1, when our fiscal year begins, we have made and donated 6,739 handcrafted fabricworks to Houston area Hospitals.
• In six and a half months, we have donated more items than all of last year, when our total was 5,386.
• We are now on a pace to donate 1,000 items a month.
• We have added four new hospitals to our growing list: Northwest Houston, Katy and Sugarland, and Spring Branch Medical Center.

Typical of the dedication and commitment of our members, we chose to continue meeting during the holidays because every one of us knows that there will be patients cheered and helped by our fabricworks.

We know our Christmas and Holiday pillows are a huge favorite with patients and their families. As Rev. Thomas Hill, pastor at Clarewood House, enthusiastically stated, “There’s not a measure for how much good it does to awaken compassion in a patient. Animals and handmade objects awaken compassion and often change behavior in people. Your contributions of handmade fabricworks are just fantastic.”

Thank you all for your hard work, hope and belief. More fabricworks means more patients helped, and thanks to your dedication, we are helping more people than ever before.