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* Help Wanted
* Donations
* West Side Clinic Update
* Farewell and Welcome
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* Special Thanks
* Community Baby Shower
* We're Official!
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* Thanks
to Share
* Volunteer Spotlight
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* Retired
& Senior Volunteer Programs
* Leaders of Tomorrow
* Web Site Updated
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* Shopping
Party
* Christoffers Quintuplets
* Perinatal Loss Conference
* Smocking Anyone?
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* Delivering
Baby Items
* Agency Spotlight
* Board Members
* Work Group Meetings
We’re
looking for help in these areas:
- Pre-cutting fabric, using patterns we provide, for others to sew. This could be done on a monthly basis, or any time volunteers have extra time to help. Work meeting coordinators handle much of this work, but aren’t able to keep up with all of our hard-working volunteers!
- Fundraising and Donations Coordinator - We are looking for someone who could coordinate fundraising efforts and seek donations of goods and services for Bundles of Love. Experience in fundraising or soliciting donations is a plus, and enthusiasm and a willingness to network are an absolute requirement!
- Scrapbooking Enthusiasts – We’re looking for one or more “scrapbookers” to put their creativity to use in assembling a Bundles of Love scrapbook. This book would display thank you notes, photos, and other mementos and could be used to show others what we do.
- Accountant – We are in need of an accountant, familiar with or willing to research and apply non-profit accounting methods to our bookkeeping.
- Donations of flannel, batting, sheet fabric (2 yard lengths), diapers, diaper wipes, baby soap, yarn and funds.
If you can help in any of these areas, please contact your area work coordinator or e-mail Mary Jo at info@bundlesoflove.org.
Donations that Thank and Honor
As you celebrate the birth of a healthy baby … fondly remember a loved one who has passed on … or struggle with selecting the right gift for the person who has everything, consider a donation to Bundles of Love in their name. Click HERE for our printable donation form.
We will be happy to send a card in recognition of your donation. Please include the name and address of the recipient on the donation form. Be sure to let us know what special event is being celebrated.
West
Side Clinic Update -
and our plea for help!
As many of you know, Bundles of Love has been teaching sewing at the prenatal classes at West Side Clinic for about two years. Each mom-to-be has made a receiving blanket, bib, burp cloth and quilt for her baby, and as you might guess, it’s been a successful and rewarding venture. However, in the past few months we’ve had very few students and have had to make the difficult decision to suspend classes for the time being.
The problem isn’t a lack of interest, but rather, a lack of transportation. Most of these women are unable to take the bus because they have several small children and/or don’t live near a bus route.
Does anyone know of any organizations or grants that we could approach for help in transporting students to the West End Clinic? If you have any ideas, please e-mail Teresa Wilts at twilts@bundlesoflove.org.
NOTE: Classes are set to resume in February, but only students having their own transportation will be able to attend. We still need help finding funding for those who would like to attend but don’t have transportation.
Farewell and Welcome!
Heather Malecha, our board secretary will be resigning from our board in February. Heather has done a wonderful job on our web-site and newsletters and we thank her! In between family and work commitments, Heather hopes to join us occasionally at future work meetings.
Ed Wilts has agreed to take over maintenance of our web-site. Ed currently hosts our web-site on his server, and enjoys maintaining a web-site for the Twin Cities area Basset Hound club. (Don’t mix up those photos, Ed!)
We will be looking for help with the newsletter and other administrative work. If you are interested in joining our board of directors and enjoy keeping track of details, creating attractive written documents, coordinating information, and handling correspondence, please let us know!
