Well, brace yourselves.
When you came to enjoy soup last Friday. When you slip currency into my hand at the Tuesday Market. When you tuck a ball or two of yarn or a few yards of pretty quilt fabric into your suitcase on your way back from the States.
THIS is what you've done. And it's high time you owned up to it.
I have just sorted and packed up the latest batch of baby things for delivery to the clinics.
51 Blankets
34 Sweaters
64 Knit Caps
And that's just this batch. When you add these figures to what we've already distributed this year, it adds up to around
250+ Blankets
350+ Sweaters
500+ Knit Caps
200+ Quilts
Countless Pairs of Booties
Do you know what this means???
It means newborn babies who come in to the clinics carefully and tenderly wrapped in newspaper (because that is all the mothers have) go home wrapped in a soft, warm, beautiful blanket. It means toddlers who are shivering in the reception area waiting to be seen come out from the exam room wearing a sweet little sweater -- and a sweeter smile. It means the nurses and doctors see greater compliance with follow-up visits because they can tell the moms that there are sweaters in all sizes so when the baby grows there WILL be something to fit. It means pediatric cancer patients get the softest of the caps when they lose their hair during chemotherapy.
It is you who make it possible for us -- The Boquete Knitters and Quilters -- to do our part. We get to take your love and compassion and caring and make it tangible.
Just thought you should know.
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