Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Summer Service



We drove to Heber, Utah to deliver doll kits to a Youth Summer Camp (Manilla 1st Ward). I had presewn 30 doll kits for the service activity. The camp was located up in the mountains and it was a beautiful day. The view was spectacular and we were so high up it felt like you could reach up and touch the soft white clouds that floated through a sunny blue sky. What was even better was the cheerfulness of these teens and how they sacrificed their time to help stuff and stitch these dolls, which will be delivered by them to a hospital. Thank you for your help!



Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Just Black Markers!!!

I heard today from Bob Weil, the owner of the company that sells the brand "Just Black Markers". They are black, washable markers. He has so, so, so generously offered to donate 200 black markers for dolls! Isn't that amazing? I can't get over how kind people are! I am super excited!! If anyone out there needs black markers, please support this amazing company. You can find them at: www.blackmarkers.com .
It is a good day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday, March 13, 2009

Working Away!

Although I have been quiet on this blog the last few weeks, I have still been working away on this project! I am trying to see if I can get a discount of any kind on black washable markers for the dolls. It is not ideal to have color markers (so the dolls face ends up being purple or pink or something). Black would work much better but they are not easy to find! I have had help locating one company and sent a query for a possible discount. I hope, hope, hope it works out!

Also, I have a new order fr 80 dolls from a fantastic group in Pleasant Grove. They are going to have a 'Service Saturday' in April. I have been cutting, sewing and turning the dolls....and am a little over half way done w/ the order. I will supply the pre sewn dolls, markers and poems and also talk about the dolls, what they are used for in therapy situations and how we can recognize and respond to abuse issues in our own neighborhoods. The education is such an important part of this program. They will provide the willing hearts, needles and thread and stuffing.

If anyone out there spying on this service blog is interested in helping then just leave a comment below w/ your e mail and contact info. I never post the comments (they are always moderated and deleted) so your info won't actually go out over the web. Anyway, spread the word!

Monday, January 12, 2009

The Flu Strikes!!!!

We have been working towards an order of 100 dolls that I was hoping to have delivered before the Christmas holiday. The AMAZING Parents Organization at American Heritage School in American Fork helped with sewing heads, hair and stuffing and my family has been working with me to get this order in line as well. And then.....

the flu.

It went through our family one by one taking its sweet time and messing up everyone's schedule for the last THREE WEEKS!!!!

But, now we are all breathing well, fever free and full of energy. The order will go out late but we hope to get it out soon. I plan on taking some to the Christmas Box House in SLC and some to the Childrens Justice Center.

Saturday, September 20, 2008

And....

And, I got my braces off last month!!! A great summer, indeed!

ONE CRAZY SUMMER

It has been such a busy summer in our family, but the Nightingale Dolls work has continued. I can't get over how many people want to help sew, stuff, spread the word, etc. We had two scout troops help stuff dolls and sew necks, we had two stake girls camps complete 350 dolls (amazing!!!!), we had neighbors and family do work parties.... it just goes on and on. I have sewed kits for and helped with a grand total of 726 dolls since we started just 17 short months ago! I am currently finishing a batch of 75 that will go up to the Christmas Box House in Salt Lake. That is a children's placement shelter. I'll let you know how it goes.....

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Grateful

Grateful. It is the word that best fits how I am feeling. In the past couple of months, I've had Kevin Simister from Hawkins, Cloward and Simister in Orem give me some great advice and also help with a very, very generous donation to Nightingale Dolls. It will go towards fabric, thread, pens, printer ink and paper. I've had two different Stake Girls Camps take a total of 350 (that's right!) doll kits. It was a lot to sew, but they will finish them and deliver them in the Myton and Springville areas. How cool is all of this? I even had a teacher from South Jordan contact me - she took 20 doll kits to do on her own time. My G'ma in California had a service party and completed 27 dolls. Grateful. I think our total dolls (once these kits are all completed) will be somewhere around 650. IN JUST OVER ONE YEAR! Thank you.