Our efforts are being appreciated by more than the patients, nurses, doctors, and hospitals.
The folks at Volunteer Houston have selected Common Thread Circle as one of the recipients of the 2010 Mayor’s Volunteer Houston Awards. How very exciting for our group!
Stay tuned to find out more as we learn more. We’re thankful to St. Luke’s Hospital for nominating us, and to Charles Peirsol and Starbucks for supporting us in the very big way they do. And none of this would have happened without you, our volunteers.
Hospitals
Since our last newsletter, we have donated handcrafted fabricworks to the following hospitals:
- M. D. Anderson
- St. Luke’s
- Methodist
- Texas Children’s
- Memorial Hermann
- Memorial City Memorial Hermann
- Harris County Hospital System
- Children’s Memorial Hermann
- Katy Memorial Hermann
- Sugarland Memorial Hermann
- St. Luke’s Woodlands
- Shriners Hospitals
Calendar
Meetings for you to note on your busy calendars:
| April 12, Monday | Starbucks Town and Country 2-4 p.m. |
| April 19, Monday | Starbucks Town and Country 2-4 p.m. |
| April 20, Tuesday | Memorial Drive United Methodist Church, Room D220, 9:30-12 |
| April 26, Monday | Starbucks Town and Country 2-4 p.m. |
| April 28, Wednesday | Spring Branch Presbyterian Church 9:30 a.m. |
| May 3, Monday | Starbucks Town and Country 2-4 p.m. |
| May 4, Tuesday | ++Common Thread Circle Honored++ How wonderful it would be if we turned out in force for this meeting of United Methodist Women in Wesley Hall 9:30 a.m. |
| May 10, Monday | Starbucks Town and Country 2-4 p. m. |
| May 13, Thursday | Kendall Branch Library, 1-3 p.m. Knitters/crocheters-a new sisterhood |
We’re a busy group. But no matter how high the numbers go, or how many awards we get, what keeps me going is the good that we’re doing. Look at what showed up in our mailbox:
April 4, 2010
I have witnessed how much the pillows Common Thread makes mean to the patients. I am spending quite a lot of time with a terminally ill patient at The Vosswood and when a church member (actually a Pastor) delivered her pillow to her she grabbed hold of it and wrapped her arms around it — and hasn’t let it get far from her ever since.
We also have another member at The Vosswood and I can’t help but see that her pillow stays close to her all the time. The pillows seem to be security blankets for the patients… and how wonderful that is when your life is controlled by the sterile world around you!
– H.H.
Spring Branch Presbyterian Church
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