2020 Goal ~ Blankets for 25,000 Children in Foster Care Current blanket count - 6,950

Blanket Connections News just for our Blanket Angel Coordinators!

Sharing love with kids in foster care all across the country You are part of a growing network of almost 100 Blanket Angel Coordinators living outside central Ohio and in 29 other states: Alaska, California, Colorado, Delaware, DC, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin. Thanks for sharing, wherever you are!

COVID-19 Update Because of COVID-19, things have slowed down in our workshop. While we still have faithful individual Blanket Angels, few groups are getting together to make blankets right now. Most case workers in Central Ohio are working from home, and only about half of the agencies are accepting blankets. They hope to be able to do so in August. But the "Good News" is...we are still here! Accepting donations and greeting people who want to sponsor fleece kits.   We are very thankful for you, making blankets where you are. You also may find that your agencies aren’t accepting blankets right now. But the number of children in foster care hasn’t decreased, and this situation won’t last forever. Please keep on creating blankets and donating when you can. Thank you!

Inspiration & ideas for your creativity! Sometimes our creativity runs low and needs some new energy! This section of our newsletter is to share with you some blankets and quilts that we receive as well as some new ideas & techniques you may already know or can learn! Fun with half square triangles - 2 ways to make them, ENDLESS ways to make them into beautiful blankets!!

Let's not forget knitted and crocheted blankets! In addition to many extraordinary quilts, we are blessed to receive many knitted and crocheted blankets. Here are just a few of them -- plus some resources that may inspire you to pick up your knitting needles or crochet hook.

We know that children in foster care will enjoy snuggling into these colorful crocheted blankets.

Best stitches for blankets! How perfect is that?

Sharon crocheted 25 of these very soft blankets. Perfect for some of the smallest foster children.

Click the photo to find more information on this patchwork baby blanket that caught our eye on Pinterest.

Our blanket angel Jenny knits unique diagonal-stripe blankets with unusual and fun yarns . . . . .

. . . in a rainbow of colors like the ones above and on the left.

Meet Our Rhode Island Quilter - John! John is our Blanket Angel Coordinator in Providence, Rhode Island! He donates his quilts to Child & Family Services. In the photo at right he delivers 9 quilts to Arlene at CFS in Providence. Thanks, John, for sharing quilts made with love with foster children in your hometown.

Do you have pictures of your quilts or photos of you donating them? Send them to us and we will share them with your fellow BAC's!

Did you register for our yearly membership?    Send yours in today and we will send you a special gift in thanksgiving for your partnership to help us give LOVE, COMFORT & HOPE to children in foster care in your area!   Your $25 yearly membership allows us to make and send you (any number) of our special tags to be sewn onto each and every blanket, AND it helps us keep our charity running and alive! Even during a pandemic!   Please go to https://www.myveryownblanket.org/donate.html to register your membership for 2020. Click on the Make a Donation button, enter $25 in the amount box, and enter “BAC membership” in the comments section.   Would you like more support? Have ideas? Please email  [email protected] !

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