Presbyterian Blume Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Clinic

Take a look at these cuties wearing Stitches of Hope caps!

Hello! Are you enjoying the spring weather? Mom and I visited Foster Park in Ft Wayne during a warm day and saw hundreds of tulips in every color. It was a feast for the eyes!

If you have not already done so, please look for these precious posies before they’re gone and be thankful to God to celebrate fresh air, beauty in nature and the ability to see and smell these items.

Every day is a blessing. Some days are easier to call a blessing than others, I admit that’s true, but just continue to count your blessings and they will continue to fall around you.

I want to share a thank you note we’ve received lately from Katy Field, Certified Child Life Specialist, Presbyterian Blume Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Clinic, Charlotte, NC.

Stitches of Hope has sent dozens of caps to this facility.

Katy said: “I just wanted to say thank you for the wonderful and beautiful caps you are sending to our kids. We recently received two shipments of hats from you all. They are a huge hit. We should be good on hats for a little while from these last two shipments. Thank so much for all that you do, and for sharing with our children and young adults!”

The Blume Clinic is an outpatient facility and part of Presbyterian Hemby Children’s Hospital in Charlotte, NC. They have usually 50 oncology patients at a time and see hundreds of hematology patients ranging in age from birth to 22, though they may have patients in their mid- to late 20s if diagnosed with a pediatric cancer.

The Presbyterian Hemby Children’s Hospital includes a 42-bed pediatric unit, 8-bed pediatric ICU, 14-bed pediatric emergency department, 6-bed pediatric observation unit, and 65-bed NICU.

Katy also emailed me photos of the clinic, which I’ve pasted at our website. Please take a look at what this marvelous staff is doing for children. I plan to paste other thank you notes at the website as well so keep an eye on this site to see what our recipients think of our efforts! You’ll be blessed!

Volunteers of Stitches of Hope distribute each high quality cap or scarf at no charge to recipients, usually cancer patients, at medical facilities around the US.

We meet the 4th Monday night of each month from 6pm-8:00pm at the 1st United Methodist Church, 325 W. Washington St in Bluffton IN. We do our best to notify members if there is a change.

The next Stitches of Hope meetings will be on the following dates: April 26; May 24; June 28.
Everyone is welcome to bring projects to the meetings to work on or come to learn how to make a cap or just help us tag them.

Donations can be dropped off or sent to:
Quilts n Gifts Shop
2035 Commerce Dr
Bluffton IN 46714
http://www.quiltsngifts.net/

Thanks for all of your help! We couldn't do it without you!
Kayleen Reusser (260.824.8573)
Karen Story (260.824.8743)
stitchesofhope@gmail.com K4storys@gmail.com.