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Comforting Blankets started March 15, 2007, in that time I given blankets out to over 227 cancer patients. With the help of my family, friends and local bussness. These blankets mean the world to not only the cancer patients, but also to thier families. I have had patients tell me how they have brought their blanket with them to Boston when they had received their bone marrow transplant. Some have even mentented how they made thier family turn around because they had forgot thier blanket and they need it with them when they where in the hospital. Just recently I had a patient's widow call me up and said that she had some quilts for me. She had said that she never had learned to make quilts, but her husband's quilt had never left his side while in the hospital. She know how much his quilt had ment to him, so she asked some of her friends to make some quilts to give to me. Those quilts will mean alot to the patient the receive them, its like they can just feel the love coming from those quilts. All the blankets that I receive have some kind of story behind them and it seem like the patient can always feel how much giving thier blanket had ment to the person who had donated it.

If you would like to volunteer to make a blanket that is homemade of any type or donate one from a store, the only requirement is that the blankets are new and unused. The size needs to be big enough for an adult to wrap up in, although donations of lap blankets are also welcome. Also if you like to help with fundraising ie; bingo, bakesale. Please contact me if you would like to help out in any way, thank you Bobbie Dumond.

This opportunity is sponsored by: Comforting Blankets

We need volunteers who are free at these times

Evenings Weekdays Monthly Weekends Occasional Weekly One-Time

This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers

Adolescents (13-17) Individual Adults (26-54) Large Group (11+) Adults (55+) Small Group (2-10) Children (5-12) Unpaid Interns Court-appointed Young Adults (18-25) Families

Contact Person:
Bobbie Dumond, President, (phone), (email)

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Address:

P.O. Box 566 Milford, ME 04461

This opportunity can also be performed in these locations:

Nationwide:

Available throughout all of the US

Web Site: http://www.comfortingblankets.org

Miscellaneous Information

Average number of hours per volunteer that are required weekly to do this task.
	unlimited
We need the following number of people to fill this position.
	unlimited