A very Merry Christmas to everyone!

It’s been a whirlwind of a month this December.  As the holidays approach and the weather gets colder, we tune up our sewing machines and sergers and move it!  The donations have been flying in and out faster than Santa’s elves!

Twin size quilts have been made and donated to Shriners Childrens Hospital in St Louis, Missouri for the patients beds.

Donations of nursing pillows and covers were sewn and donated to Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston, MO.

A large donation of baby items was delivered to a new Mom in hospital for a beautiful new baby boy in Houston, MO.

A donation of baby beds were donated to a family in Wyoming.

A donation of cone yarn was accepted from E Warner for volunteers to knit up into warm snuggly afghans and clothing for the sick and needy.

A large donation of yarn was given to Newborns in Need, Ozarks Chapter along with other hand made and knitted items for their distribution over southern Missouri.

A Christmas donation of stockings and baby clothing and items was donated to a small town hospital in Missouri.

Donations of food, clothing and bedding were donated throughout Texas County in Missouri to needy families.

A donation of toys and food was delivered to a local church in southern Missouri.

A large donation of household goods was donated anonymously and immediately used where it was needed the most.

There are a number of other donations in and out that occured during the month of December, including donations of sewing supplies, fabrics, yarn, craft supplies and other goods that are needed by our volunteers to create the items requested by donors.

May 2010 be a wonderful one, filled with love and caring for our fellow man.  You can get involved with making the world a better place for those who are struggling.  Relief Share accepts any kind of donation – monetary, volunteer or goods.  Goods that are gently used, irregulars, returns from store purchases, new, or otherwise clean and usable are gratefully accepted.  We do have a flea market booth for items that are not generally requested as donations but can be sold to purchase items that are needed – for example – a china cat brought $5 in the flea market, and that allowed us to purchase 5 yards of flannel on sale and make 5 baby receiving blankets that were donated to the NICU unit at the hospital.

We make every donation count.  Your donations are treated with care and respect and every single item or penny is put to good use.  A donation of gift boxes was perfect for us to put our handknit baby layette sets in for the hospital.  Now the nurses can quickly and easily see if the layettes or boy or girl and what size as the information is written on the end of the boxes and stacked neatly for quick access.

Address to send donations to:

Relief Share

6078 Lundy Rd

Houston, MO 65483-2225

All donations are tax deductible as we are a 501 (c) 3 charity registered with the IRS.

May God bless you all for your compassionate service and donations for others.

Carol C Green

Relief Share President.