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Little Colorado River COA (Commission Officers Association) makes blankets for local foster children
by LCDR Lindsay Sampson
Inspired by Project Linus, a national organization that helps deliver homemade blankets to underprivileged, seriously ill, or traumatized children, members of the Little Colorado COA branch decided to take on a similar project that would reach the local Native American population. Officers learned about a local organization, Navajo Christian Foundation (NCF), that houses a foster home. Man children come into the home with few personal possessions, and facility usually houses around five children at any given time.
Our chapter held a fundraiser and elected to use some our funds to make blankets for these children. Several officers donated money and/or helped make the blankets: LCDR Lindsay Sampson, LT Kenya Destin, LCDR Denise Blackrock, LT Edwige Djassa, LCDR Susan Clauschee, LT Nicholas Palm, and LCDR Martin Texera. Some officers shopped for soft flannel fabric and then met at a branch member's home on a Saturday in march for a sewing day. Officers worked from about 9 am to 8 pm ironing, cutting, pinning, and sewing a total of twenty blankets. It was a fun day that allowed officers to hang out outside of work, perform a kind deed. and polish their sewing skills.
The twenty blankets were distributed to NCF on 13 April, with seven children immediately receiving blankets. The remaining blankets will be distributed throughout the year as new children come in. We intend to make this an annual or biannual project.
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LCDR Clauschee, LCDR Sampson, and LT Destin
proudly display a few of the balnkets |
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| Children with their blankets |
