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Common Thread Circle Celebrates
Since 2008, the members of Common Thread Circle have donated over 100,000 items to Houston area hospitals. These handmade items include our heart-shaped comfort pillows, our “little critters” which are stuffed animals for the children’s wards, knitted and crocheted hats and scarves for cancer patients, and wheelchair bags for patients records while they are in…
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September 2019 Meeting Dates
On Tuesday, September 10th, Common Thread Circle will be honored at the UMW meeting at Memorial Drive United Methodist Church. Brunch will be provided for fellowship from 9:30-10:00. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. The director of Theater Under the Stars will speak. Common Thread Circle members will be honored for having donated over…
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August 2019 Meeting Dates
Common Thread Circle will meet on Mondays, August 5, 12, 19, and 26th at Memorial Drive United Methodist Church in Room D100 from 2-4 p.m. Happy Hands will meet at Spring Branch Presbyterian Church on Wednesday. August 28th from 9:30-11:30 a.m.
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New Items from Members of Common Thread Circle
Knitted scarves, hospital walker bags, pillows, stuffed animals for the children’s wards, and knitted bears, all made for hospital patients in the Houston area this month.
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Meeting Dates for July 2019
The Common Thread Circle will meet at Memorial Drive United Methodist Church in Room D100 from 2-4 p.m. on Mondays, July 1, 8, 22, and 29. We will not meet on Monday, July 15, due to Vacation Bible School. Happy Hands will meet at Spring Branch Presbyterian Church on Wednesday, July 24, from 9:30-11:30.
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Meeting Dates in June 2019
The Common Thread Circle will meet from 2-4 p.m. on Mondays, June 3, 10, 17, and 24th, in Room D100 at Memorial Drive United Methodist Church. Happy Hands will meet at Spring Branch Presbyterian Church from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 26.
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Meeting Dates in May 2019
The Common Thread Circle will meet at Memorial Drive United Methodist Church in Room D100 on Mondays, May 6, 13, and 20th. Will will not meet on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27th.
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April 2019 Meeting Dates
The Common Thread Circle will meet on Mondays, April 1, 8, and 29, from 2-4 p.m. at Memorial Drive United Methodist Church in Room D100. (We will not meet on April 15 during Holy Week . The church is closed the day after Easter, April 22.)
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Katy Students Service Project
Students in the Team Leadership Class at Tays Junior High School in Katy, Texas, stuffed 140 pillows for Common Thread in February! This was part of their service to the community. Joan Garofalo, a member of Common Thread, made the arrangements. She is pictured below with her granddaughters.
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March 2019 Meeting Dates
Common Thread Circle will meet on Mondays, March 4, 11, 18, and 25th, from 2-4-p.m. at Memorial Drive United Methodist Church in Room D100. Happy Hands will meet on Wednesday, March 27th, from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Spring Branch Presbyterian Church.
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