Blanket Deliveries in July

Blanket Deliveries!

You all so graciously make hundreds of blankets each year. The logistics of getting blankets to all the facilities can be complex, but I try and simplify it when I can. As you may know, we work with hospitals from Nassawadox Va in the southern most part of the DelMarVa Peninsula to AI duPont Regional Childrens Hospital way up north in Wilmington DE-- over 4 hours drive time between these 2. I make sure that we get blankets to all the area hospitals about every 3 months.

Last week I was able to arrange for delivery of blankets to most of our facilities. I took 60 blankets to Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Pediatric department and the Special Care nursery. The nurses in Peds were so glad to see the blankets! They just love to give them to their little patients. Newborn hats knitted by June Davis went to the NICU too.

The rest of the recent deliveries were about delegating and cooperating! Pat Rebman took 25 blankets to Nanticoke Memorial in Seaford, where the volunteers at the desk in the front lobby take care of getting our bags to the nursery and the Pediatric areas. Thanks, Pat! Nanticoke is also served by the Dover Delaware PL group.

A friend who works parttime at McCready in Crisfield took 10 blankets to the ER. There is no pediatric department but the ER nurses find children who are really comforted by the blankets during their emergency procedures. Thanks, Kristen!

A I duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington is a 3 hour drive from here. We now have a cooperative arrangement with Sysco Foods. Becki Shumaker picked up 50 blankets and 103 pillowcases and took them to Elvin White, the Asst. Transportation Manager. Thanks to Elvin, the blankets and pillowcases are now in the child Life Department there!

50 blankets were delivered to Nassawadox VA by Jennifer Langley. They will be used in Pediatrics, ER and newborn areas.

Lastly, I sent 5 patriotic themed blankets to Florida for the children of returning soldiers. This week a large number of badly injured military personnel will see their families for the first time since they were injured. There are some who come home with horrific things for the children and spouses to deal with. Project Linus groups from all over the country sent patriotic blankets to eash the stress on the children of these veterans.