Come Join Us
Thursday, January 13, 2011
for
WOMEN OF FAITH
HUMANITARIAN WORKDAY!
You are invited to drop by the
LDS Stake Center
at the corner of 5th and Wabash in Redlands
any time between the hours of
11 am and 8 pm
You’re invited to join us on January 13th and may choose from the following activities:
- DOING PREP WORK FOR A SERVICE PROJECT TO BE HELD AT BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LATER THIS MONTH:
We’ll be preparing the following:
fleece blankets to be ready to cut and tie
sewing bean bags to be filled
materials to make personal piñatas
materials to make hand sized puzzles
materials to make stick puppets
materials to make mosaic pictures
materials to make greeting cards
We could use a few more hands at the school on January 28, so if you’re available, give us a jingle.
Last school year we spent a few hours with the school’s 500 children and had a wonderful time. Here are some shots showing what they did: - ORIGAMI CRANES: Oh, no! We’ve lost count of our birds! Guess we need someone to bring our count up to date even as we keep making them. We need lots of origami paper, so if you haven’t used your Michaels or JoAnn’s coupons yet this month, you could use it to get some paper for us. We need all we can get. Good quality wrapping paper also works well. (Check September’s post for details of why we are involved with this effort.)
- CARDS FOR CHILDREN at LOMA LINDA CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL and for patients at the VETERANS HOSPITAL:
We’ll be doing this for awhile, so if you’re already into scrapbooking or would like to learn, we could use your help. We are collecting used greeting cards to cut up and use in our card making, so hang on to yours and and bring them with you. We could use more cute paper and card stock if you have laying around – even scraps from projects you’ve done. - GRANNY SQUARES INTO AFGHANS: Come help us crochet more squares and put them together into lap quilts!
- WINTER HATS FOR THE HOMELESS and for CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN SEVERELY BURNED. We’ll be making deliveries to both The Blessing Center and the Inland Empire Burn Institute (to go with the coats we gave them )very soon, so if you’ve been making hats at home, this is a good time to bring them by. If you’d like to learn how to make these hats, stay for 20 minutes and you’ll know how! They are easy and something you can do when watching TV or listening to your children read. We have looms you can check out and yarn too. WE ARE ALSO COLLECTING BOOTS FOR THE CHILDREN AT THE BURN INSTITUTE. IF YOU HAVE ANY AROUND THAT DON’T FIT ANYMORE, THESE CHILDREN COULD USE THEM FOR THEIR SNOW TRIP TO BIG BEAR NEXT MONTH. WE’RE LOOKING FOR SIZES TO FIT AGES 5 AND UP, BOYS AND GIRLS.
- SLIPPERS ON LOOMS: Learn how to make slippers on the smallest hat loom (the blue one).
- ASSEMBLE HYGIENE KITS for area parolees. We’ll continue as we’ve done now for several years. Thanks to several faith groups from all over town for your contributions to this cause! Contributions of any hygiene items are welcome, including trial size. The 99cent store, Dollar Tree, and Big Lots are good places to pick up some inexpensively.
- QUILTS: As always... there will be quilts to put together, sew, and tie.
Here’s an update of what’s been done in the past month outside of our regular workday. Thanks for making it happen!
- CLEAN, WARM, and COZY: The number of items processed from the coat drive in December were even more than November’s. The grand total for the two months were 3355 items, with 2172 being coats/jackets! That’s 1400 more than last year! Many needy individuals are already warmer – on the inside too – because of your service. Items went to:
REDLANDS FAMILY SERVICES
THE BURN INSTITUTE – INLAND EMPIRE
STEP BY STEP REENTRY COALITION
YOUTH HOPE
and to the following homeless individuals at a local park
Here’s a picture story of the second half of our drive:
- ROBERTSON BOYS’ HOME: Birthday celebrations for Miguel and Antonio were delivered in the past month. These young men really enjoy our visits and often insist that we stay to share the celebration. Cadettes from Girl Scout Troop 979 delivered our gift cards and duffle bags along with stockings full of treats and goodies. It was a special evening for all the youth as they celebrated the season of Christmas together. Watch in the future for pictures of these occasion.
Meanwhile, here are some pics of past deliveries to ‘our boys’":
HALLOWEEN DELIVERY
SEAN & TERRAY’S BIRTHDAYS
From times past...
Do these pictures bring back memories?
If you’d like to participate in our work, but can’t come to workday, you can still participate by making a donation or choosing something you'd like to do at home. Just contact the specialist from your ward or congregation. If you do not have one, contact Jean Arnott at jeanarnott@gmail.com.
If you would like to contribute financially, you may do so by making a check out to the Redlands California Stake and mailing it to Jean Arnott, 31838 Florida Avenue, Mentone 92359. Currently, financial contributions are going towards the purchase of fleece to make children’s and youth size blankets.
If you know someone who doesn’t know about our efforts and might like to help, please pass the word along to them.
We’ll continue to have workdays on the 2nd Thursday of each month. So put a star on those dates and see you next time on February 10th – same time and place.
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