Daddy's Dreams and Personal Care Donations Collection for Tornado Survivors

Please join me tomorrow

Saturday, 04/30/2011

9 am to 4 pm

Pleasant Grove UMC - LaGrange, GA

We will be working on:

Quilts for cancer patients

Packaging cards for distribution to cancer patients and families

- and -

Collecting personal care items for donation to the

survivors of the devastating tornado outbreak Wednesday.

Items Needed For Daddy's Dreams:

Volunteers

100% cotton fabrics

100% cotton flannel fabric (print and/or solids)

Personal Care Items Needed

for Tornado Survivors:

Soaps/Body Wash

Shampoo/Conditioner

(Check your stash of free hotel leftovers!)

Toothpaste/Toothbrushes

Deoderant

Feminine Products

Shaving Cream/Disposable Razors

Wash Cloths

Work Gloves

Sunscreen/Bug Repellant Spray

Chewing Gum

Bottled Water

I have 4 young ladies coming for a sleepover Saturday night

who will help me package the donated items for easy distribution.

Have a Blessed Day!!

Katie Burke

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Pine Mountain / LaGrange, Georgia

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Have a Blessed Day!!

Katie Burke

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Pine Mountain / LaGrange, Georgia

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Can you Crochet and/or Knit? Know Someone Who Does? PLEASE HELP!!

We are a far cry from meeting the "Hundred Happy Heads Before 2011" challenge.  PLEASE HELP!!  Daddy's Dreams is still in need of crochet and/or knit "happy hats" for chemotherapy patients.  If you crochet/knit please consider stitching together a hat (or 2... or 10!!) and donating them to Daddy's Dreams.  If you know someone who is able to crochet/knit, please forward this information to them.  We will need an army of yarn artists to reach this goal, but we can do it!!! 

Here are all the details from the previous post......

I am very excited to announce that Daddy's Dreams has been approved to be a part of the Charity Connection on the Lion Brand® Yarn Website!  You can visit the group page by clicking HERE.  Information on the group is found there, as well as links to free charity patterns.  You may also shop for yarn on this site.  Would love to have "A Hundred Happy Heads By 2011!"  Please help us meet that goal!

CLICK HERE TO VISIT!

GUIDELINES:  
If you would like to donate Happy Hats to Daddy's Dreams, there are a few requests that I need to make so that they will be comfortable and appropriate to the needs of a chemo patient with hair loss.  General guidelines are as follows: 

• Hats need to be full coverage with a tight/closed stitch using super soft yarns.  The tight stitch is necessary so that the head beneath will not be exposed. 
• Any color and style is fine.  Please try to be mindful of the necessity to cover the head of a chemotherapy patient for warmth and comfort. There are some cute patterns if you search "chemo cap" on the Lion Brand site!
• We are in need of male and female hats in children and adult sizes.
• Female hats do not need any "decoration" unless you choose to do so, as we will be adding removable/changeable fabric flowers to the caps before donating them to the respective organizations.

Should you wish to help, donations may be mailed to:

Daddy's Dreams

c/o Katie Burke

PO Box 1151

Pine Mountain, GA 31822-1151

Once we receive the hats and complete any adornments, they will be received by the following organizations: 

• Adult female hats will be donated to a wonderful organization, "Hope for a Day,"
• Children's hats will be donated to Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta. 
• Men's hats will go to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia (where my Dad was treated).

SEND ME YOUR PHOTOS!  Please bless us so that we may bless others!

• If you are part of a knitting or crocheting group, I would love to spotlight your organization on my website with a group photo, along with a photo of your donation!  Just email me your group photo at katie.bellabdesigns@gmail.com and let me know that your donation is on the way! 
• If you are an individual making a donation, please do the same and please let me know if you are donating in memory/honor of someone you love. 

We are also looking for donations of Cards for Cancer Patients.  All information may be found at this link: 
http://bellabdesigns.blogspot.com/2010/10/calling-all-card-makers-announcing.html

Have a Blessed Day! 

Katie Burke

Stampin' Up!® Independent Demonstrator

Pine Mountain / LaGrange, Georgia

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CALLING ALL CARD MAKERS!!! Announcing Cards for Cancer Patients Campaign

Who doesn't love a handmade card when under the weather?  Imagine being in a hospital for weeks on end taking chemotherapy.  No flowers allowed because of health concerns.  Nothing to brighten your day.  You miss your home, your family, and your security.  When my Dad was at Emory, he would make the nurses use surgical tape to paste pictures and cards to the wall across from his bed that the grandchildren had made.  By the time his first round of in-house chemo was over, he had accumulated quite a collection.  Now, imagine how it would feel to receive a surprise card from a total stranger just to say somebody cares! 

I am launching a Cards for Cancer Patients Campaign starting today and lasting indefinitely!  If you are interested in participating, please create a few (or a bunch of!) handmade cards and send them my way!  Here are the details: 

• Handmade cards only please. 
• All themes welcome - birthday, holiday, thinking of you, etc. 
• Please include a personal message of encouragement, hope, inspiration, love, etc. 
• Mail cards to: 
  Daddy's Dreams c/o Katie Burke
  Cards for Cancer Patients Campaign
  PO Box 1151; Pine Mountain, GA  31822-1151
• Receiving facilities will be Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University Hospital, and Hope for a Day.  If we receive a large number of cards, other facilities will also receive cards!  The more cards you send, the more lives we can touch in more widespread areas!
• No need to include envelopes!  I will place the cards in translucent envelopes before delivering to the respective facilities so that it will be easy for them to be appropriately distributed to the patients. 
• If you would like a card to go to any of our "works of heart" recipients, please address those to the individual you wish to contact and I will be happy to forward them along!

I am very excited about launching this program and hope that we can reach more and more patients as the Daddy's Dreams movement continues to grow. 

Please let me know if you have any questions!  I can be reached by email at:
katie.bellabdesigns@gmail.com. 

Thanks for blessing us so that we may bless others! 







Katie Burke

Stampin' Up!® Independent Demonstrator

Pine Mountain / LaGrange, Georgia

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