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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Well, I gotta disagree with lots of this.  Some of us can't afford to hop in
the car and drive 9 hours or even pay postage.  However, we can take scraps
of material and make quilts or crochet/knit afghans and blankets or make
slippers or lap robes or even bake cookies, etc.

The kidlets and I do all of the above every year and find out who is house
bound or stuck in a VA hospital (there isn't one close) or out on the rez
and don't have family.

We call and talk to the nurses, find out favorite colors, things they like,
etc. We gather donations of postage from local stores or find truckers
heading in
the right direction that will take a small box along and then we send off
packages so these folks will know that someone cares.

We send cards during the year (the youngest has a card making program on her
computer and loves to make cards), for holidays or just because.

And why blankets or afghans.  Because they are personal in an impersonal
world.  We make them specific for the person we send them to, favorite
colors, and always put their names on them.

We had one older gentleman who was at the VA in No. CA who asked the nurses
for a stump warmer.  So we made that and a matching slipper for his foot
(after checking to see if it was right or left) and she said he was
absolutely thrilled and paraded the things around all over the place.  They
were special, just for him.  Someone had taken the time to remember him.

Lynda

----- Original Message -----
From: clhw <clhw AT InfoAve.Net>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] "... they also serve, ..."


> Walking for cancer.
> Doing a treadmill for another non-profit.
> Making a quilt for veterans.
>
> What purpose do these serve other than make the ones doing the activity
> feel good? Why not just give the money in the case of the first two. Or
> give blood to really help save a life? Or teach or learn CPR?
>
> In the case of the veterans, are they really cold?
> Why not find a veteran and sit and hold their hand? Visit ones in the
> hospital. Or take them out for a beer?
> Or bring them a small gift and listen or just sit with them? Tell them you
care.
> Unless they are cold and blanket-less, I just don't understand the
> blankets. I like making them for people who need them and don't have any.
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