2020 Lansing/Holt Community Blanket-Making Event

Children Tying For Children

Join Girl Scouts from Heart of Michigan for this historic event as we attempt to make fleece blankets for kids facing extended stays in the hospital. All blankets made will go to children in the Greater Lansing Area, including patients at Sparrow Children's and McLaren.

Community members and groups from Lansing, Holt, and all surrounding areas are invited to participate with our Girl Scouts from the Holt/Dimondale area, troops 30115, 30652 and 30782. This will be a great event for families at home or business with remote employees. There are two ways to support:

Option #1

Donate to the group fundraising page, even if you don’t have time to make the blankets yourself. Members can contribute any amount of money; it all counts! Every $25 contributes toward another blanket to be made by the group for a child in the hospital. We have a goal of 100 blankets for this epic event!

If you also want to help tie blankets, you can use this link to sign up, and then you can pick up your Fleece & Thank You Blanket Kits from Cynthia’s home.

Blanket Kit Pick-Up Location:Home of Cynthia Burton, 4903 Wilcox, Holt, MI 48842

Option #2

Order your kits directly through this page and have them shipped right to your front door. All kits ordered directly through here will be reflected on the total number of blankets provided to kids through this event!

After finishing your blankets using either option, you can drop it off in the original box/bag.

Blanket Kit Drop-Off Location: Home of Cynthia Burton, 4903 Wilcox, Holt, MI 48842

Let’s Make a Difference During This Time

The Fleece & Thank You Blanket Kit allows the blanket makers to record a video message that goes to the patient who receives the blanket. The patient can then send a message back to the maker. We are excited to feel our own sense of connection during this time while also being able to give connection to kids in the hospital.

For help with blanket and video making, you can reference Fleece & Thank You’s Resources Page for downloadable instructions.

The process is fast, easy and secure. Thanks so much for your support... and please don't forget to send this page to any friends you think might be interested in donating! For any questions, please contact the GS leaders: Cynthia, Elijah, Jessica, Kate or Nicole at GSHDSuperTroop@gmail.com or Fleece & Thank You at info@fleeceandthankyou.org or call us at 313.451.3665.

Lansing/Holt Blanket Kit

$30.00

Our blanket kit is much more than just the fleece. Our blanket kit is an inspirational experience for the sick child, paid forward by you and made by your hands.

Your purchase of our blanket kits helps us cover the entire process of blanket delivery from raw materials to hospital bed. Instead of purchasing fabric at the fabric store, purchasing the kit from us is a critical part to keeping our service to hospitals sustainable.

Blanket Kit Cost Breakdown

Our kits are unique in the way they provide comfort to kids in the hospital!

The most impactful part of our blankets is the video message that goes along with them from the makers. At a time when children are missing their friends and becoming disconnected, we give them a friendly face and message of support.
These are the central source of funding for our mission. Where a fabric store sells you just the fleece, our kits are an all-inclusive donation that gets the blanket from the maker’s hands to a hospital bed with a video message for the warrior receiving it.
Our blanket kits are a special part of the process because they have the unique tag already pressed onto them that carries your video message with the blanket.
The cost per kit is $25, and that donation helps cover everything from fleece to video to hospital delivery and gives each sick child comfort for their hospital journey and a friendly face of support in a video.
Our kits are made in our warehouse by a group of young adults and adults with disabilities. It is our goal to employ them full-time soon, and the purchase of our kits supports that secondary mission.
With 22 hospital partnerships across the state, we deliver your blanket to the next children’s unit in Michigan with kiddos that need your comfort.

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