Carole Gilbert Quilts

Carole Gilbert from Royal Oak, Michigan, contributed these two lovely quilts for 2012... Pooh is one of my favorite characters!

Amy Frey's 2012 Blankets

Here are some wonderful blanket and book contributions from Amy Frey (Hospital for Special Care, New Britain, CT).

Blankets already in Seattle

Some of our WRAP 2012 blankets have already arrived in Seattle, where Susan Klawansky (Seattle Children's) is collecting them for those of us that can't attend MLA. These were crafted by Karen Roth (Morton Plant Mease Health Care, Clearwater, FL), Doorothy Sinha (VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN), and Donna McCloskey (Presbyterian Hospital, Huntersville, NC).

Knit baby blanket in spiral

Here's a spiral baby blanket knit by Dena Hanson (Cook Children's in Fort Worth,Tx). Two favorite books will accompany it to Seattle.

Wrapping up the 2012 projects!

As creation of the WRAP 2012 projects "wraps" up, we recieved a photo of this lovely blanket contributed by Abby Adamczyk in Utah!

2012 Donations already happening!

Since the American Turkish Association of North Carolina (ATA-NC) Knitting Club members cannot get to the 2012 annual MLA meeting, and have a difficult time mailing blankets, they have decided to donate their 2012 blankets and books to their local Ronald McDonald House. Click here and take a look at the lovely projects and group visiting the Chapel Hill, North Carolina Ronald McDonald House!

WRAP-up at MLA 2011

Here are the WRAP projects that were brought to Minneapolis this year and displayed at the Hospital Libraries Section meeting during MLA 2011. What a great showing!

MLA 2011 Project a Success!

Many thanks to Kolleen Olsen (Manager, Fairview Library Services in Minneapolis) who accepted WRAP projects from all those who couldn't make it to MLA,
AND who graciously delivered all of the 2011 WRAP projects to the Ronald McDonald House in Minneapolis! This year, 31 projects were created and accompanied by books and a few baby hats (thanks to Nancy Clark). Here is Kolleen at home with a few of the projects.
Thanks to all of you who participate in any way. We hope you'll join us in creating WRAP projects for Seattle in 2012.
Dena and Amy

Quilts from Carole Gilbert

These classic quilts are from Carole Gilbert, Royal Oak, Michigan.

Pat Hammond's & Pam Lovera's story

Frequently opportunities surface at the most unlikely time. When HLS members Amy Frey and Dena Hanson called upon other librarians to bring handmade "wraps" to our annual meeting for donating to a Ronald McDonald house, I was inspired. However, needlecraft is not one of my talents. During MLA '10, I asked Pam Lovera, Librarian at Prince William Hospital, about teaming up. She would do the stitchery and I would provide the book.

Last summer I started dating a widower. While cleaning his wife's sewing room, we found a beautiful unfinished afghan. When I showed it to Pam, she agreed to finish it for a Project WRAP donation. The fun continued during a trip to a bookstore with my beau's seven year old granddaughter. She picked out the books to accompany the afghan.

Sometimes all the pieces fall into place at just the right time.

Thanks,
Pam and Pat

Pam Lovera, Prince William Hospital, Manassas, VA
Pat Hammond, Sentara Potomac Hospital, Woodbridge, VA