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We donate 10,000 fabricworks so far this year
We’ve just sent out our fourth press release: (Houston, TX) – During the first ten months of this year, The Common Thread Circle — a charity that gives handcrafted fabricworks to patients in hospitals — donated 10,000 fabricworks to patients in Houston-area hospitals. Over the last two years, The Common Thread Circle has grown from…
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March 7, 2010
Hospitals We had an incredibly busy and successful month creating and donating our fabricworks to the following hospitals: M. D. Anderson Memorial Hermann Shriners Ben Taub Methodist Katy Memorial Hermann St. Luke’s Children’s Memorial Hermann Spring Branch Sugarland Memorial Hermann Southwest Memorial Hermann Schedule Meetings for you to note on your busy calendars: March 8…
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Testimonials since the start of the year
After a long day of cutting fabric, knitting skeins, stuffing pillows, stitching seams and plumping dolls, it’s wonderful to find this kind of positive feedback and support. We couldn’t do it without our volunteers, but we are also indebted to the volunteers at hospitals who have helped us get fabricworks to patients in need. We…
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February 7, 2010
Since our January newsletter, we have donated approximately 1,000 items to the following hospitals: Memorial Hermann General and Breast Cancer Center M. D. Anderson Childrens’ Memorial Hermann St. Luke’s, Northwest Memorial Hermann Sugarland Memorial Hermann Katy Memorial Hermann Harris County Hospital System Methodist Hospital Spring Branch Medical Center Memorial City Memorial Hermann None of this…
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January 7, 2010
We’re on a roll, and it’s all thanks to your hard work and friendship. Over three dozen brave volunteers met over the Christmas vacation. We had some good food, lots of fiberfil, and produced a mountain of pillows. We donated fabricworks at high volume through November and December. This continues our rate of about 1,000…
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It sure did make me smile
This patient testimonial was a holiday gift to us: Thank you for the pillow. I was seeing my hematologist for the first time this week. One of the volunteers was in passing out pillows. I don’t even know what to expect as an outcome from seeing this doctor. It sure did make me smile when…
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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…
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Texas Children’s Hospital appreciates us
Texas Children’s Hospital included us in their end of year celebration of volunteers. We got the sweetest note: The patients and their families join The Auxiliary to Texas Children’s Hospital in thanking you for your generosity and thoughtfulness. Your gift is very much appreciated. Thanks so much for the therapy dolls, small blankets, hats, bears…
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November 12, 2009
In the last three weeks, we have donated to the following hospitals: St. Luke’s (twice), Methodist (twice), Memorial Hermann (twice), Northwest Memorial Hermann, M. D. Anderson (twice), Harris County, Texas Children’s (twice), Memorial City Memorial Hermann, Sugarland Memorial Hermann, Spring Branch Medical, and Children’s Memorial Hermann. Thanks to your consistent hard work, we have donated…
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Memorial Hermann Northwest Testimonial
Lisa Davis at the Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital wrote in with some kind words about how our fabricworks are used: Thank you so much for these beautiful pillows. We are currently using the pillows in our Emergency Department in order to provide comfort to patients in trauma situations. The patterns are beautiful and the ER…
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