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While you're enjoying summertime activities with friends and family, please take a few minutes to join our on-going efforts to bring love to kids living in foster care. We encourage you to become a recurring donor. Just $12/month provides handmade blankets for 12 children this year.

 
Try our new Text2Give option. Text blanketsforkids to 243725 for a quick link to our donation page. Message and data rates may apply. SMS Terms & Conditions.
Blanket made to honor quilter, age 100
We recently received the beautiful quilt shown here, made by Becky in honor of Jean Spero, a 100-year-old quilter and former Chair of Otterbein University’s Department of Human Ecology. The quilt was made with fabric from Jean’s supply.
Our 2023 goal: Blankets for 35,000 Children in Foster Care

Together we can do it, one blanket at a time!
• Make Blankets
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Fourth graders fundraise for blankets

We were thrilled and thankful to receive this story from Alison, a fourth grade teacher at St. Mary's School in Delaware, Ohio.  


A Little Excitement Can Go a Long Way

Back in December, my 4th graders were doing some research on organizations that help out the needy. We came across one organization with a button that said, “Click Here to Donate.” The whole class erupted in the cheer, “Click the button!”
IU Student Knits for Service Hours

Ashlynn, a student at Indiana University in Indianapolis, knitted two blankets for children in foster care while fulfilling her school’s service hour requirement.

She made blankets in two sizes, suitable for younger and older children, and donated them at The Villages, a non-profit child and family services agency in Marion County.

Ashlynn shared with us her thoughts on the project from her service hours application. Read excerpts here.
Do you advocate for children in foster care?
If you are a caseworker or advocate for children in foster care, we would love to provide blankets that you can share with kids who could use something to hold onto. Questions? info@myveryownblanket.org

Order online. Free blankets, free shipping, no paperwork.
Blanket Angel Snapshots
Betty tells us how her husband's past as an orphan inspired her to volunteer for My Very Own Blanket.
We were very pleased to partner with Chad, Life Scout for Troop 396 of Brooklyn, New York, on his Eagle Project. Chad chose to lead a group of volunteers in making 50 blankets for MVOB and donating them to MercyFirst Foster Care in Brooklyn. More photos
Upcoming Events

Watch for information coming soon about how you can participate in these fun opportunities to support My Very Own Blanket!
Columbus Kiwanis Virtual Charity Regatta
July 2023
Quilt Show and Fundraiser at Westerville Recreation Center - August 2023
Recycling Goal Reached! New goal set.

Thanks to your donations, we have collected more than 500 pounds of plastic to be recycled. Our partner NexTrex will donate a FREE composite park bench to sit outside our international headquarters.

New Goal: We are still collecting plastic and hope to receive another 500 pounds!
Drop off your recyclable plastics donation anytime in the white donation bins in front of our workshop.

Would you like “your very own park bench”? Partner with My Very Own Blanket to receive one of your own! Email info@myveryownblanket.org.

Please limit your donation to these items. Thank you!
Give while you shop at Kroger
Kroger Community Rewards
Shop with your Plus Card to earn donations for MVOB.
Enroll here. Our account: CG546.
Text2Give
Try our Text2Give option. Text blanketsforkids to 243725.  You'll receive a link to our donation page. Fast and easy!

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National Headquarters Blanket Workshop Hours
Monday to Friday: 9:00 am - Noon
 
Drop off your donation of finished blankets at any time in the brown donation bin in front of our Blanket Workshop at 407 W. Main Street, Westerville, Ohio 43081
 
Questions? Need information?

Many thanks to our shipping partners at United Health Care Community Plan