Monday, November 28, 2011

The Weekly Stitch / Field Trip / December Events

Hello ladies,

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are getting ready for a Blessed Christmas season.  Here is what is going on with YOH this week - pay attention closely as there are lots of changes!!
  • Tuesday - Meet at the church at 9:45 in the Connection (large open area just outside of regular room) for our Field Trip to Fiber Circle in Farmersville.  We will leave no later than 10 so make sure you are not late!!!  Also, please let me know if you are planning on going so we will look for you.  If you need to contact me, my cell phone number is 972-658-0576.  We still have our regular room reserved for the morning so if you are unable to go with us, please feel free to come and knit/crochet as usual.
  • Wednesday - We will meet at 6:15 in the Fireside Room as usual.  I am waiting on confirmation that we will have childcare available - will let you know as soon as I hear back from the Children's Ministry.
  • Thursday - I am making a delivery to MCCH and Texas Oncology on Thursday morning.  If you would like to go with me, please let me know.
Upcoming events:
  • December 13th (Tuesday Morning) - We will have our annual Christmas party at Susan Butler's house.  Plan to come at 10AM and bring a brunch dish to share.  We will also have a gift exchange - please limit the gift to $10.
  • December 14th (Wednesday Night) - We will have a Christmas party for our Wednesday night people on this night!  Bring a sweet or savory treat to share.  We will discuss at our next meeting whether or not we want to do a gift exchange.
That's about as far in advance as I can think right now!  Hope to see all of you soon.  Take care and God bless each of you!

Sunday, November 20, 2011

The Weekly Stitch

Hello all,
Happy Thanksgiving to each of you! I pray that each of you have a wonderful holiday filled with friends, family, and lots of turkey!

I am so thankful for each of you and what you mean to our group - because of your love of knitting, crocheting and/or sewing, we are able to share hope, comfort and warmth with cancer patients and their families. Thank you for your dedication to our group.

Because it is the week of Thanksgiving, we will not be meeting this week. Our meetings will resume as usual on November 29th.

On November 29th, we will have a field trip to the yarn shop, Fiber Circle, in Farmersville. Please arrive at the church by 9:45 so we can depart before ten. We will carpool out there for a special time of shopping.  Diane, the shop owner, will also have a craft available for us to enjoy. I'm so excited about this - hope you can join us. (Thanks to Lynda Moore for organizing this for us!)

And, last but not least, you may recall I mentioned in my email last week about a surprise to be revealed at our meetings last week. In case you weren't there, be sure to check out our blog at http://yarnsofhope.blogspot.com/ for details about the big announcement!

God bless each of you!

Gina

Creative Ways of Donating

Sherri Jurak just turned 50 and wanted to celebrate the exciting time with friends that she loves.  Sherri also wanted to celebrate this time by not only focusing on her but a group she is passionate for: Yarns of Hope.  With a ministry dear to her heart, Sherri has contributed her time, materials, projects and actively promotes the group by adding the Yarns of Hope website as part of her signature in e-mails.  Sherri wanted to continue to give to the group by requesting yarn and items be donated in lieu of gifts.  An outpouring of yarn-related gifts arrived: 1 Crochet hook, 26 skeins of yarn, a $30 gift certificate to the Woolie Ewe and $345 to be used for purchasing more yarn and related materials!

Thank you, Sherri for your wonderful donation to Yarns of Hope!  We hope you have a wonderful time celebrating and embracing being 50!

Monday, November 14, 2011

The Weekly Stitch

Hey there, ladies,
So, I have some very exciting news to share with all of you - but, you have to come to one of our meetings to find out what it is!! (okay, I know not everyone can come to a meeting so i will ask Jennifer to post the announcement on our blog on Thursday so everyone will be in the know.) It's pretty great, though, so try to come to one of our meetings and find out what is going on!

Next week is Thanksgiving week and all YOH meetings are cancelled. I will try to send out a reminder but here is your advance notice! 

Meetings this week
Finch Knitting Club
We can still use more teachers for the Finch knitting club. We had to cancel the club this last week because too many of us were sick or had conflicting plans. Please let Becca Masters or me know if you are interested. 

Current Projects
  • Chemo caps and scarves for both adults and children - donated to Texas Oncology McKinney, UT Southwestern in Dallas and MCCH oncology unit.
  • Blankets for MCCH - either a child-sized blanket or 12 x 12 squares to combine into a blanket for them.
I love you all and wish you a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving! All of you ladies are truly something to be thankful for!

Monday, November 7, 2011

The Weekly Stitch

Hey ladies, 
Here is what is happening with YOH this week.
Finch Knitting Club
We had a great 2nd week at Finch Elementary. All of the girls returned and are catching on unbelievably quick. I think they will be knitting their first project in the next couple of weeks! Very exciting. Of course, we can still use more teachers - so let Becca Masters or me know if you are interested.

Blog 
You should be getting periodic updates from our blog now. if you aren't, check your spam folder. You can also access it by going to http://yarnsofhope.blogspot.com.

Current Projects
  • Chemo caps and scarves for both adults and children - donated to Texas Oncology McKinney, UT Southwestern in Dallas and MCCH oncology unit.
  • Blankets for MCCH - either a child-sized blanket or 12 x 12 squares to combine into a blanket for them.
Love you all,

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

The Weekly Stitch

Happy Halloween! Hope your Halloween was filled with lots of treats - especially chocolate covered ones! By the way, if you find your goodie bags filled with too many leftover treats, my son's school, Valley Creek, collects candy and distributes it to local nursing homes, fire stations, and various other places in exchange for free shoe certificates (donated by local dentists, then given to local children in need). This is a great program and fantastic way to get rid of all of the extra sugar. Let me know if you would like to help by donating candy and I will pick up.

Here is what is happening with YOH this week:

Meeting Locales
Finch Elementary
I am happy to report that we had a great first week at Finch Elementary knitting/crochet club! We had 10 excited girls and 5 teachers! Yes, God is good and He provided the teachers that we so desperately needed. Now, if you are thinking about helping or volunteered to help but didn't this first week, we can still use your help. It would be great to have enough teachers that we could rotate. I also know that we will have more girls to join the group and some teachers that can't teach every week. So, off to a great start but we can still use YOUR help!

Blog
You should be getting periodic updates from our blog now. if you aren't, check your spam folder. You can also access it by going to http://yarnsofhope.blogspot.com

Current Projects
  • Chemo caps and scarves for both adults and children - donated to Texas Oncology McKinney, UT Southwestern in Dallas and MCCH oncology unit.
  • Blankets for MCCH - either a child-sized blanket or 12 x 12 squares to combine into a blanket for them.
Love you all,

Gina