We have had children have a birthday party and ask for no gifts except for yarn to donate to Blankets. Children in schools are also making squares, not only learning valuable life skills, but also learning to care for their fellow Canadians who are in need. We have many volunteers who are retirees living in condos or lodges, who enjoy an afternoon of "Stitch and Chat" as they make squares for blankets. The oldest volunteer who I had the privilege of meeting was 102 years old! She was a very happy person who was very proud of the good work she was doing for people she would never know. Our volunteers come from most age groups, and many cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
So many people are stepping up and fulfilling the needs of Canadians who need some warmth. Laid end to end, those squares would stretch at least 768 kilometres!Įvery year the demand for our blankets increases, particularly with the unstable economy. To give the reader an idea of just how many blankets that would be, eight thousand blankets would be made of approximately 384,000 eight-inch squares. Blankets for Canada has spread across the country in the last ten years, right from Vancouver Island to Nova Scotia, and last year, 2009, more than 8,000 blankets were made and distributed. We started in Lethbridge, Alberta, in 1998, where 200 blankets were made and distributed in that first year. Welcome to Blankets for Canada Society web site.Īs I look back over the eleven years that Blankets for Canada has been a registered Society, I am humbled at the large number of people who are so generously helping others.
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