June 2022 News
It Started One Year Ago Today
All great things have a beginning, and for the Homeless Remembrance Blanket Project, it was the idea to display and share a massive blanket in Carlisle, PA. On June 9th, 2021, Pat LaMarche spoke at graduation to some wonderful people who are victims of poverty. They had taken a course on money management. Laughable when you have no money, but these courageous women did it. One young lady shared that she just loved working with yarn and wished she had a reason to do it more. Walking home, the idea for an art project for her that would highlight the poverty she knows all too well came to be. A Homeless Memorial Blanket Project to bring volunteers together to make hand-made blankets for those experiencing homelessness and to display them at Memorial Park on National Homeless Persons' Memorial Day, December 21, 2021, was born. Although the event was later moved to the First Lutheran Church in Carlisle, it produced more than 200 blankets for persons experiencing homelessness, covering over 3200 square feet of the church lawn. Fast forward to the anniversary of this idea, and we are now well on our way to a goal of producing more than 5000 blankets, 100 for each of the 50 US states. 500 will be transported to the Capitol Lawn in Washington, DC during National Homeless Persons' Memorial Day for a display covering more than 9,000 square feet. The young lady who inspired it all will even be with us in Washington, DC to be part of our now new #memorialblanket - taking it to a huge level in just ONE YEAR! She is truly inspirational. Join us if you can - anyway you want. Learn more at www.memorialblanket.org. To see more pictures from last year's project in Carlisle, click the link below for the full slideshow featured on our official website.
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Action Challenge
The Carlisle Summerfair Craft Show is typically filled with artists and craftspersons who create pieces that they sell. but what about those who prefer to just do good through their creations? This year, you can stop by to watch a group of the fastest fingers in Central PA as they volunteer to create a blanket for #memorialblanket in just 6 1/2 hours. This marathon one-day blanket creation will take place Saturday, June 25, 2022 from 8:30 am to 3:00 pm on the John Dickinson Campus in Carlisle, PA. For more information about Summerfair events, click the link below.
It is Finished
54 students in Maire Trombley's Fifth-grade class finished up the school year in style. Tying classroom lessons to creative tools, the mini helpers at Wentworth School in Scarborough, Maine produced two beautiful quilts for the Homeless Remembrance Blanket Project. The students then presented the blankets personally to Pat LaMarche during her visit on June 7th. For news coverage about this and other projects related to the project, click the link below for press coverage featured on our official website.
Facebook Features
See what these active states are doing to support the Homeless Remembrance Blanket Project by requesting to join their page...or visit our website by clicking the link below and ask to join the official Facebook page for your own state.
As promised in last month's newsletter, here are the Facebook pages with the most members:

*Utah - https://www.facebook.com/groups/351455930172842
*Massachusetts - https://www.facebook.com/groups/5361533263876640

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