Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
Barbara Bush
You might be wondering why I am putting effort into extra afghans. You haven’t seen the piles of squares at my house! The generosity has been absolutely overwhelming. But, we aren’t through yet, so be sure to scroll to the bottom of the post!
Just an update on the status of Share A Square:
Right now, there are
- 82 finished afghans for the Share A Square project.
- 56 afghans being pieced together (which makes 138!!!)
- Enough kits with 48 different names to make 15 more afghans…and I’m not finished sorting!
- Enough squares with no tags to make at least 20 more afghans
- I still have people wanting to help
- And, out of all the “strangers” to whom I have sent afghan squares, only one person was unscrupulous enough to “steal” an afghan
I’d say that’s pretty marvelous, since we have only been working on this since last June. My heartfelt thanks to every one of you!
Didn’t I tell you we aren’t through? We need some major help. We are wanting to give cloth gift bags to the children to hold their tags from their afghans. Sherry and Barbara are working on this, but they need some help promoting AND getting those bags made! If you have a blog, would you please link to them? And, if you feel handy at all, could you make one of the bags?
My friend, Alice (in Dallas) donated some bags that I have sent along to Barbara and Sherry to be decorated. If you think you could bead, embroider, or applique, write them and ask them to send you a bag or two.
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Love it!! Thanks for the shout out! Got your package today, my daughter got excited, she already has plans how to decorate some of those bags!
Cool! Can’t wait to see what she does with them!
hey there! Got the box today – so glad it wasn’t snowing (or raining!!!) as the postal lady dropped it at the garage door, instead of putting it into the box. Maybe she wanted to talk, but I was not home.
ANYway . . . THANK you for the tablet! And – am looking forward to working on the bags. talk to you soon.
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I hope you are feeling better!
Confused, how the ghans are extra? Do you other places to send them?
Left you a message on your other page, but haven’t heard back. Unsure whether or not you want squares, whether you need moreplaced to send ghans, or whether you need or want more assemblers????
Sandy
please respond on my blog rather than email…taking care of some email issues
Hi Sandy, All the afghans beyond the 140 for SAS are “extra,” and yes, they are going to kids with cancer in other parts of the states and beyond. I can use another assembler or two, but I don’t need any more squares…thanks! Let me know via e-mail if you can.
I see that it has been a while since you posted pictures of squares. My church (Union First Presbyterian of Cowansville PA) sent out a big bundle and I’m not sure if you received them.
Yes, Jen! I received them, but sadly I lost the picture in the camera, and by the time I realized it I had already split them into afghan kits. I sent a thanks to the church, but in case it gets lost in transit, please tell everyone a huge thank you for your generosity!
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