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Meetings set for August 2011
Common Thread Circle will NOT meet at Starbuck’s on Monday, August 15. They will be closed for renovation. The Knitters and Crocheter’s group will NOT be meeting in August. Monday meetings at Starbuck’s Town and Country will be August 1, 8, 22, and 29, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 16, the circle will…
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New Total-31,066!
New Circle Co-Chairman and Hospital Coordinator Janie Schmidt and Delivery Chairman Dory Graham are pictured with bags of heart pillows, ready to be delivered to patients in Houston area hospitals. So far in 2011, Common Thread Circle has delivered 5,328 handcrafted items to Houston area hospitals. Over the past three years, since May…
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Common Thread Meetings in July
The Common Thread Circle took a brief vacation and did not meet on the 4th of July. However, a large group turned out at Town and Country Starbuck’s for our July 11th meeting and plans were announced for the remainder of the month. Tuesday, July 12 – Circle Meeting at Memorial Drive United Methodist Church,…
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New Officers elected in May
On May 2, 2011, new officers were elected to chair the Common Thread Circle. Co-Chairpersons are Janie Schmidt and Lenore Alfredson. Monday meetings at Starbucks will be handled by the co-chairs with Marilyn MacRill, JoNell Bosse, Jeane Kranz and Joyce Wolf taking turns assisting them. During May and June members of the circle have continued…
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March 28, 2011
Sometimes the best way to do something nice for yourself is to reach out. At The Common Thread Circle, we reach out two ways. We get together to eat cake, drink coffee and stitch, sew and cut; and we reach out by helping out hospital patients at a lonely time of life. A comforting fabric…
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December 27, 2010
This January we will have many meetings and be busy helping patients in Houston area Hospitals. Our calendar will include: January 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 We will meet at Starbucks Town and Country every Monday from 2-4 thanks to our Host Charles Peirsol. January 12 The Knit/Crochet group will meet at Leora’s home…
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November 20, 2010
As Thanksgiving nears, we at The Common Thread Circle have much to be thankful for. First on my list would be all of you who so faithfully work with us. Well over 70 of you dedicate your time to cutting, sewing, stuffing, closing, knitting, crocheting, delivering, ironing, shopping and other tasks necessary to get fabricworks…
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Houston Museum of Natural Science
The Houston Museum of Natural Science Volunteers wrote about The Common Thread Circle in their volunteer newspaper, The Dashing Diplodocus. They had kind words for The Common Thread Circle but focused on Rima because she also volunteers with HMNS. Mayor Annise Parker recently recognized ten recipients of the Mayor’s Volunteer Houston Awards, chosen for contributing…
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October 18, 2010
Congratulations to you! We have donated 22,924 fabricworks since June 1, 2008. Since June 1, 2010 we have given away over 1,000 items a month. This is an incredible achievement when you consider the amount of planning, cutting, stuffing, stitching, knitting, crocheting, packaging and delivering that is involved. We do all this with joy because…
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September 17, 2010
Busy, Busy, Happy Since our new year began on June 1, Common Thread has been busy, busy, busy. We are donating more than 1,000 fabricworks each month and our group continues to grow in numbers and in affection. Simply put, we have a good time with each other. At the same time, we are making…
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