My Very Own Blanket
  • Home
    • News >
      • Recycle with MVOB
      • Newsletter Archive
      • True Stories
      • Video & Audio
      • Thanks to You
    • Foster Care Insights
    • About Us >
      • Board of Directors
      • Meet Our CEO/Founder
      • Contact or Visit Us
      • Meet Our Partners
      • History
      • Our Non-Profit Partners
      • Financials/Annual Reports
      • Privacy Policy
      • Position Open
  • Get Involved
    • Material Blankets/Quilts
    • Yarn Blankets - Knitted/Crocheted
    • Fleece Blankets >
      • Things to Avoid
    • Provide Transportation
    • Host a Blanket Making Event
    • Host a Blanket Making Event - Business
    • Blanket Birthday Party
    • Earn Service Hours
  • Delivering Blankets
  • FAQ
  • Donate
    • Gift to Support Our Mission
    • Invest in MVOB
    • Sponsor Blankets for Others
    • Donate to Set Up Webpage
    • Donate for Event Speaker
    • Donate to Create Custom Tag
    • Wish List
    • Giving Tuesday 2022
  • Order
    • Blanket Making Kit - Pick Up
    • Blanket Making Kit - To Ship
    • Special Tags - Pick Up
    • Special Tags - To Ship >
      • About Our Special Tags
      • Create a Custom Tag
    • CASEWORKERS to receive completed blankets
    • Rotary Club Members >
      • Rotary Blanket Kit - Pick Up
      • Rotary Blanket Kit - To Ship
      • Rotary Blanket Tags
      • Rotary Blanket Sponsorship
    • Rotary All Ohio PETS
    • Birthday Placemat
    • FUN Patches
    • Coins for Kids Baggies

MVOB News

August 26, 2019

8/26/2019

0 Comments

 
 

Gift of sock animals allows fun matches with fleece blankets  

Picture
Since fleece comes in an endless variety of patterns and colors, we were able to match this adorable llama with a fleece blanket recently made by a volunteer. Scroll down for other photos of the sock animals and some of the matched blankets.
​Susan made The. Most. Adorable. sock toys for children in foster care! 
Thanks, Susan, SO MUCH for your time and creativity!! 
We’re having lots of fun matching them with blankets that feature similar animals and colors.  
​What a wonderful little extra comfort these soft critters will be for kids to snuggle with!
0 Comments

August 8, 2019

8/8/2019

0 Comments

 
 

Sometimes good things take time to come together

PictureKaren admires one of the quilts Bridget made from her daughter's hospital gowns. See several more quilts and event photos below.
Sometimes good things take a little time to come together.  Here's a story connecting our Blanket Angels…

One of our Blanket Angels, Bridget, turned 90 years old in July.  This amazing woman has been making quilts for us for some time.  Bridget was asked to make quilts from some very special fabric that was given to us a couple years ago by a mother who cared for her daughter with severe medical issues. 
 
A little more than sixteen years ago Kerri was a college student, in the ROTC program, and engaged to be married. She became ill, which resulted in brain damage that made her completely dependent on others.  Her family took her home to care for her.  The doctors told her mother, Karen, that seeing holiday reminders would possibly help stimulate Kerri's brain. 
 
Kerri's Grandma, also wanting to be able to help, started making hospital gowns out of colorful fabrics for her. They were pretty and cheerful, and they matched the holidays throughout the year. There were gowns for July 4th, Easter, Halloween, Christmas, so many holidays and so many prints with vibrant colors! 
 
After 13 years of caring for her daughter, Karen and her family lost Kerri. Karen then went to work finding charities and others in need who could use Kerri’s medical equipment and supplies and, yes, the hundreds of gowns that were possibly worn for just a week as Kerri lay in her bed or sat in a chair.  Karen contacted My Very Own Blanket with the thought that making quilts out of these fabrics for children in foster care would have pleased Kerri. So she gathered up the gowns and donated them. There were over 400 gowns.
 
Bridget made several quilts out of those gowns. We saved a few for this special day when Bridget came in for us to celebrate her birthday at the blanket workshop. As a special surprise we invited Karen to also come in to see the blankets and meet Bridget.  As you can imagine, there were tears when Karen saw the quilts and met the amazing woman who made them. Bridget went around to the quilts and explained a little about her thought process for designing each quilt. As Bridget explained everything, Karen was touching the fabric and remembering each piece that Kerri wore.
 
What a special birthday celebration it was!  Happy birthday, Bridget!  And thank you Karen for sharing a little piece of Kerri with us…to pass on to children in foster care, providing them with a handmade blanket to bring them Love, Comfort & Hope.  

0 Comments

    Archives

    November 2022
    October 2022
    June 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    January 2022
    November 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    May 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    May 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

    To get the latest MVOB news delivered right to your inbox, join our mailing list below.
    Join Our Email List
    For Email Marketing you can trust.

We Would Love to Have You GET INVOLVED!


Hours

Monday - Friday:   9 am - Noon
Closed Saturday and Sunday
 

Address

407 W Main Street
Westerville, Ohio 43081

Telephone

614-530-3327

Email

info@myveryownblanket.org
My Very Own Blanket is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.  Tax ID 90-0198206                                                      MVOB Privacy Policy
Picture
Text2Give.  Try our new Text2Give option. Text blanketsforkids to 243725.  You'll receive a link to our donation page. Fast and easy!
Message and data rates may apply. SMS Terms & Conditions.
  • Home
    • News >
      • Recycle with MVOB
      • Newsletter Archive
      • True Stories
      • Video & Audio
      • Thanks to You
    • Foster Care Insights
    • About Us >
      • Board of Directors
      • Meet Our CEO/Founder
      • Contact or Visit Us
      • Meet Our Partners
      • History
      • Our Non-Profit Partners
      • Financials/Annual Reports
      • Privacy Policy
      • Position Open
  • Get Involved
    • Material Blankets/Quilts
    • Yarn Blankets - Knitted/Crocheted
    • Fleece Blankets >
      • Things to Avoid
    • Provide Transportation
    • Host a Blanket Making Event
    • Host a Blanket Making Event - Business
    • Blanket Birthday Party
    • Earn Service Hours
  • Delivering Blankets
  • FAQ
  • Donate
    • Gift to Support Our Mission
    • Invest in MVOB
    • Sponsor Blankets for Others
    • Donate to Set Up Webpage
    • Donate for Event Speaker
    • Donate to Create Custom Tag
    • Wish List
    • Giving Tuesday 2022
  • Order
    • Blanket Making Kit - Pick Up
    • Blanket Making Kit - To Ship
    • Special Tags - Pick Up
    • Special Tags - To Ship >
      • About Our Special Tags
      • Create a Custom Tag
    • CASEWORKERS to receive completed blankets
    • Rotary Club Members >
      • Rotary Blanket Kit - Pick Up
      • Rotary Blanket Kit - To Ship
      • Rotary Blanket Tags
      • Rotary Blanket Sponsorship
    • Rotary All Ohio PETS
    • Birthday Placemat
    • FUN Patches
    • Coins for Kids Baggies