MISSION SEWING 2019-2020 ANNUAL REPORT

For First Presbyterian Church:

• 7 Knitted/Crocheted Prayer Shawls for seriously ill FPC members
• 3 Receiving Blankets for the newborn children/grandchildren of FPC members
• Held a “silent auction” and sale of handmade, or donated, items in conjunction with the 2019 Sew-a-Thon which raised approximately $1,800.00 to benefit the Mission Sewing Group.
• Made and delivered one receiving blanket
• 30 Pillowcases for the youth and sponsors who went on mission trips

For the Community:

Conroe Regional Medical Center

• 9 Knitted caps for newborns

Conroe Animal Shelter

• 12 Doggie Pillows (stuffed with small scraps of batting and fabric)

“It’s My Very own Bags of Love/Bags of Love”

• Held a Quilt-a-Thon on Feb 23th in which 105 people participated
• Donated 89 children’s quilts
• Collected $430 at the 2019 Sew-a-Thon for “Bags of Love” to purchase needed items for the bags
• Collected several bags full of toys and other items to be used to fill the “Bags of Love”

Project Linus Donated

• 24 Fleece blankets for children

First Baptist Church Conroe

• Collected plastic bags for the women at First Baptist Church, who crochet them into mats for the homeless

Beyond the Community:

• Texas Children’s Hospital (Butterfly Bereavement Room)
  • 30 Butterfly Blankets
  • 11 Baby layettes
  • 9 Crocheted baby blankets

World-Wide Missions:

• Children’s Emergency Relief International (CERI)
  • 1163 Knitted/crocheted Caps
  • 641 Knitted/crocheted Scarves
  • 25 Knitted ear warmers
• Seamen’s Christmas Boxes
  • 101 Knitted caps for the Seamen’s boxes.

Submitted by Joan Lowery Mission Sewing Coordinator