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VIDEOS
​Learn about MVOB, our mission, and how to make fleece blankets.

How My Very Own Blanket began - TED Talk

Jessica Rudolph's TEDx talk is just under 5 minutes and tells one way how a child comes into care through the school system, and the next part shares how she founded MVOB 25 years ago!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Fy5xJ4FdX
" Someone made this just for me ?"  How special is that?
Video created by Perry Finley

How to Make a Fleece Blanket

All about attaching our special tags

In this video, Jessica gives the basics about how our special tags are attached to completed blankets.

​How to make a "no-sew" fleece blanket

In this short video, Jessica shows the easy steps in creating a fleece blanket.  The only tools you need are your hands and a pair of scissors! 

​Our video tells the MVOB Story

The Story of My Very Own Blanket.  This is a great way to introduce volunteers to MVOB.  The video (about 6 minutes) shows how MVOB started, why we do what we do, and the many ways that volunteers get involved.  (No sound but lots of great photos)

​Here's why we do what we do.  Every blanket is important.

What it's like being taken away from your home

What a blanket can mean

Jessica talks to a former foster child about the blanket she received at age 2 and what it meant to her.

Belongings in a paper bag

In this video, Betty tells us the story of her husband that contains echoes of the stories of so many children entering foster care with their belongings in trash bags.  Her work with MVOB is in honor of her late husband.

MATERIALS
Enhance your event with helpful information and handouts to print.

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​Full color infographic showing the need for and impact of MVOB's mission, providing comfort and love for children living in foster care through the gift of handmade blankets.  Click graphic to download a copy.
Print size: 8.32" x 20.82"



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​Half-page information sheet (8.5" x 5.5")
Click graphic to download and print.
•  Fringe-cutting template (full sheet of templates)
•  Blanket kit directions (4 to page) front 
​•  Blanket kit directions (4 to page) back (tag message suggestions)
•  How to make a fleece blanket from our kit (8.5" x 11")
•  Ideas for notes to write on your tags

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