Afghans 4 injured Military UPDATE

[MrsAbi]

My manly-man DH just got home and I showed him the site and he agreed to learn how to crochet ust for this.

[nascardudette]

MRS ABi and hubby...
First and foremoste THANK YOU to both of you, for your service to our country! We are so blessed to have people like you in these very important roles. I so understand the sacrifices you make in your personal life and want you to Know that you are in my families prayers.

My husband was in the army for 14 years and was stationed in Ft Lewis for a few years as well! As a matter of fact we were just up in Eatonville over 4th of July for a family reunion, what a small world.

I hope you enjoy the knitting and crocheting as it is for a wonderful cause. And yes .. it is very theraputic in many ways.

Gods speed to you. KC

[nascardudette]

Anyone interested in donating to this wonderful cause should contact Deborah at Email: Rectangle6x9@comcast.net

She will send along a Welcome email with all the information needed to participate in this program.

Thanks so very much to all of you that have contacted me regarding this project. Can't wait to see the next sets of afghans that will be finished in September!

God bless ... KC

[nascardudette]

Hi everyone .. I am posting a link to pictures of the beautiful Handmade Afghans for wounded military service members.

www.rectangle6x9.shutterfly.com

I sent off my squares for this septembers put together event. Time to start a new stash

There is still time to get them out for this event. They need to be in Maryland by 9/18/07

Have a wonderful week... KC

[StarStrong]

Hi! I thought I would jump in and get this thread going again...
The Handmade Afghans to Thank Our Armed Forces Project
still needs your help!!
In 2008 we will need 600 handmade afghans to make our deliveries to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. and
to Bagram Combat Medical Center in Afghanistan
YOU can help by making
6"x9" acrylic rectangles (ww yarn)
Hope you will join us!!!
For more information check our website at www.rectangle6x9.org
To join drop me a note at rectangle6x9@comcast.net
Thank you for helping to thank those wounded in service to our country, Deborah

[StarStrong]

A big thank you for nascardudette for the
6"x9" rectangles!
They arrived yesterday in plenty of time for our design event on Sunday.
Thanks!!!!!!
Deborah

[nascardudette]

This is such a wonderful organization .. a great way to say thank you for the sacrafice these wonderful men and women have made so that we are SAFE and FREE here in the USA!!!
Anyone else have a little bit of time and yarn to contribute some squares towards these beautiful afghans?

[salos]

This is a great group to be associated with.

[StarStrong]

The Handmade Afghans to Thank Our Armed Forces Project is a day away from our next Put Together Event (PTE) where we design the handmade afghans for our military members wounded in service to our country.
Thought I would give you an update on our 6"x9" rectangle count...right now we have/have coming to the event
over 8,000 6"x9" rectangles!!!
Enough to lay out over 170 handmade afghans.

Thank you to EVERYONE who contributed one or more 6"x9" rectangles!!!

We will need more 6"x9" (acrylic) rectangles soon - please think of making one or more. If you are interested drop me a note at rectangle6x9@comcast.net and I'll send you more info.
Thank YOU for helping to thank those wounded in service to our country!!! Deborah

[SabrinaJL]

We'll be going though our first deployment in the spring and it has just been tearing me up inside that we'll probably only get to spend about 1 1/2 months together over the next 2 years.

Hugs to you, MrsAbi. My husband has been in the navy for 13 1/2 years so I know how much being apart sucks.

This is a great idea. Count me in for some rectangles.