Three years ago, I started teaching an after school program for first- through fourth-graders at my sons' school. Once a week, I teach the students who sign up how to knit and they spend the year knitting 7" x 9" squares "Warm Up America"-style. At the end of the year, I assemble these squares into a blanket, and this blanket is raffled off in support of the Copley Police Department's Share-A-Christmas Program (a wonderful program which provides Christmas presents for less fortunate children in the area).
You may have noticed the very colorful picture over there in the "Artists Spotlight" album, the one with all of those fantastic squares...
This is a close-up shot of the blanket, and you can see how beautifully creative the children get! I am terribly proud of them, every year, and hope that they know how much good their efforts do.
For those of you who live in the Akron area, you will find a nice picture and write-up in the Leader on page 3. You may all see the online version here.
The blanket is currently on display at River City, right next to my booth, and will remain so until December 8th and the drawing takes place. Tickets for the raffle are available at the register at $1 per ticket or $5 for 6 tickets.
Please come on in and show your support for this heartwarming cause, and for all of the work the children put into knitting this one-of-a-kind blanket. After all, you cannot but smile when you look at the blanket and imagine the kids as they knit it. And while Christmas morning may yet be a few months away, we can all understand the importance of a child's smile then.
