An act of kindness

I received an email from a friend who thought I might be interested in a project. And it was such a 'feel good' thing, I feel compelled to share it with whoever out there who might read the Fairy Blogmother's blog.

Sometimes when you help someone else, you help yourself even more. And the price of the assistance is simply that of a baby blanket for a child who might never have one. A quick trip to the baby department when you're in a mall shopping will do it.

Think about the blanket that you held and dragged around as a small child. Were you in agony on laundry days when it disappeared? Wasn't its feel important to you? My own children saved a piece of their own baby blankets for years. I remember sending my son to middle school with a piece of the blanket binding tucked into his pocket, just for security. Consider your gift of a baby blanket to a child in , and mail your purchase to make a difference in someone's life. A child will know that someone cared. Read on:


A few months ago I was having dinner with my good friend Sid Mohn, president of HEARTLAND ALLIANCE, who had just returned from a missionary trip from Guatemala. He shared with me the story of newborn babies being wrapped in newspaper to be brought home from the hospital.
I immediately felt that through my network of wonderful friends, I could help these women and their children, so I launched the "Baby Blanket Project".
My goal is to collect 1,000 small, lightweight blankets to bring to Guatemala the first week in February, when I will be joining the Heartland Alliance group on a missionary trip to visit the hospitals and orphanages in the impoverished villages. Our goal is to ensure that all babies delivered at the hospitals are sent home wrapped in cloth and not in newspaper and to provide dignity to families and communities who were victimized by both violence and poverty.
Heartland Alliance is a 100 year-old service based human right organization providing paths from harm to hope for the most poor and vulnerable.
Heartland has had a health partnership with a hospital in the highlands of Guatemala for the past five years. During the civil conflict in Guatemala during the 80's and 90's, a significant number of the population in the highlands were tortured or saw family members killed.
Heartland is assisting the medical staff in integrating mental health therapies into their health care practices for treating individuals with post traumatic stress disorder. With such extreme poverty in the highlands, families and hospitals often lack the financial resources to purchase blankets for the newborn infants. The "Baby Blanket Project"
will offer free blankets that have been donated, so that the littlest children of the world will have the warmth and comfort that a soft blanket can bring.
I will be collecting lightweight blankets through the end of 2005 to bring to Guatemala on our trip in February, 2006. If you can donate a new or gently used baby blanket for this cause, please send them to me at the following addresses:
BEFORE SEPTEMBER 25th :
Keek Lee
"BABY BLANKET PROJECT"
16152 First Lane
PO Box 512
Union Pier, MI 49129

AFTER SEPTEMBER 25th :
Keek Lee
"BABY BLANKET PROJECT"
545 Spring Lane
Wyndmoor, PA 19038
Please feel free to pass this message on to all of your friends and co-workers !!!!
Thank you all for supporting this worthy project for the babies of Guatemala. I am grateful for your friendship and wonderful generosity.
Fondly,
Keek