Making an impact, one blanket at a time!
Last week, "Clementine" (my orange VW Beetle) and I delivered the remaining 65 blankets to two DC-based charities -- N Street Village and Community Family Life Services. N Street Village is primar...
Tagged: status, charities, blankets
Started by Karen Huffman in 2008: Keeping Count Dec. 14, 2008.
On Monday, December 1, 2008, Karen delivered another 155 blankets to the Polaris Project (a group named after the North Star who guided slaves towards freedom along the Underground Railroad), work...
Tagged: paying-it-forward, charities, blankets
Started by Karen Huffman in 2008: Keeping Count Dec. 8, 2008.
On Sunday, November 23, 2008, My husband Rick and I dropped off at Summer Parrish's home 150 blankets with contributions spread among 18 different people/groups. Summer is Director of Development a...
Tagged: paying-it-forward, charities, blankets
Started by Karen Huffman in Impact Nov. 25, 2008.
We just made our goal of 365 blankets! A few more friends with whom I work at National Geographic and through my Special Libraries Association ties are donating blankets. After receiving these blan...
Started by Karen Huffman in 2008: Keeping Count Nov. 25, 2008.
I can't believe that we have nearly reached our goal! We currently have 362 blankets (which includes blankets friends have promised to deliver). Over the last few weeks many friends, family, and co...
Started by Karen Huffman in 2008: Keeping Count Nov. 24, 2008.
While visiting my friend Christine near Philly last week, we pillaged (of course legally) WalMart for blankets! Christine added 13 more blankets to our project. We are now up to 325 blankets! Keep ...
Tagged: economical, store-bought, blankets
Started by Karen Huffman in 2008: Keeping Count Nov. 1, 2008.
On Saturday, October 11, a handful of women from Pilgrim Lutheran Church finished five more blankets in less than an hour! My Dad's wife Pauline has been marketing the project through her church an...
Tagged: fleece, church, blankets
Started by Karen Huffman in 2008: Keeping Count Oct. 12, 2008.
Pauline is planning a silent auction at Pilgrim Lutheran Church to raise money for charities. Two blankets are being donated to raise additional funds to purchase material and/or ready-made blanket...
Tagged: fleece, blankets, store, online
Started by Karen Huffman in 2008: Keeping Count Sep. 22, 2008.
In just over two months, we've gone from less than 100 blankets to over 200 blankets! It's exciting to see our incremental progress of reaching our goal of 365 blankets. Our cut-off will be mid-Nov...
Tagged: goal, blankets, status
Started by Karen Huffman in 2008: Keeping Count Sep. 1, 2008.
We've reached 170 blankets so far! Keep them coming. Everyone's contributions help!! Many, many thanks to family and friends for helping us get closer to our goal. Chinese proverb: If you want hap...
Started by Karen Huffman in 2008: Keeping Count Aug. 11, 2008.
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