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OUR NEXT MEETING IS
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
6:30 p.m.
United Methodist Church (UMC),
Demarest Street, Waupaca
NEXT MEETINGS:
• Saturday, October 9,
Park Vista Retirement Community,
9:30 a.m.
• Saturday, November 13,
Park Vista Retirement Community,
9:30 a.m.
HAT OF THE MONTH REPORT
September hats are Packer hats, all crocheted by Helen Tullie! Thanks so much, Helen! Let’s
hope the Packers are as energetic and successful as you are! Additionally, thanks to Helen,
we have October’s hats ready, too. They are crocheted “candy corn” caps for those darling
little heads. Thanks, Helen!
CREATIVE DONATION
Thanks to Gary Prell, who rented Camp Cleghorn Activity Center and then donated the security
deposit, to CCH! Gary, your thoughtfulness is greatly appreciated!
SP SHARPENING
Our enormous thanks goes to Stan Parent, of SP Sharpening, who sharpened our CCH scissors,
including a really old one we never imagined would work like new, but it does! I highly
recommend Stan if you have any scissors or other cutting tools that need sharpening. His
rates are very reasonable!
Email: spsharpening@yahoo.com
Phone: 715-256-9987
Address: 699 High Street, Waupaca
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VOLUNTEER RETIREMENT
Myrtle Schroeder, of Appleton, has been one of the volunteers none of you has ever met, but she has tirelessly sewed us piles of quilts, blankets, bibs, burpies, and mittens over the years. Now, due to health reasons, she has to retire. We will miss her donations, but, most of all; I will miss her smile and generous heart. She and her husband, her definite encourager and partner in projects, are a delightful couple, who will stay on our mailing list and in our thoughts! Thanks for all the babies you blessed with your talents, Myrtle! Do keep in touch!
HUGE THANKS TO UMC
Thank you Waupaca United Methodist Church for allowing us to use your activity space for our monthly workgroups over the summer months. We enjoyed our evenings there and look forward to returning in May 2011!
UPCOMING EVENT AT DRAGONWINGS
On Thursday, September 2, an article will be in the Waupaca County Post telling about “Storytime with Mrs. Strassburg”. This month-long event is a memorial to Ruth Ann Strassburg, who, along with Evie Brown, started the Waupaca Preschool here in Waupaca. My sons attended there and maybe some of your children did, too. People who would like to honor this wonderful woman who believed so much in children and the wonder of books for children may stop by Dragonwings and purchase a book (or more) in her honor. At the end of the month in honor of the importance of books for children from birth to elementary, all books will be donated among three recipients: Waupaca Preschool, Children’s Department at Waupaca Public Library, and Creative Caring Hearts, all recipients of Mrs. Strassburg’s love and support over the years. Do spread the word!
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August 2010 TOTALS
Donations given to:
Private request.........................26
Riverside Hospital..................158
St. Michael’s Hospital............252
TOTAL................................436
Donations In........................... 434
(Amazing when you consider, we took the month off!)
plus polar fleece and $25
Volunteer Hours..................... 453
Bags given out: 5 boys, 7 girls
WAL-MART GIFT CARD
We have received a $40 gift card from Wal-Mart of Plover, which we will probably use for yarn as our Herschners’ supply dwindles. If you are a Wal-Mart yarn user for CCH baby items, let me know what kind of yarn you prefer, so we can pick it up.
NEED OF THE MONTH-SWEATERS
We have a drastic need for sweaters, either knit or crocheted, either girl or boy. Thanks!
UPCOMING NEEDS
For you who cannot come to our workgroup meetings, we always discuss where our projected needs are going to be for the next month or two. In case you wonder,
- Girl and boy sweaters
- Girl sleepers
- Girl gowns
- Girl onesies
Why are we low on girl items? Not sure. Since January, we have donated 51 girl layettes and 50 boy layettes, so it isn’t that a lot more girl layettes are given out. Whatever the reason, we need to build up our girl supplies, all the while remembering it is all too easy to then get low on boy supplies.
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