A fundraising project for 2025
Mariot, the middle of Mamie and Jack Martin’s three grandchildren, has news for us about ‘Blanket Buddies’, a fundraising project for 2025. She writes:
“If you are a crafty person and enjoy knitting, crocheting, sewing, or any other method of making lap blankets for residents of care homes, then we invite you to consider joining Blanket Buddies for MMF in the coming year. Here is how it works …
What are we doing?
The BBs produce lap blankets to donate to care homes and hospitals in their neighbourhood. As they get busy making the blankets, the MMF marketing team helps to publicise the project and has already set up a fundraising page. So friends of the Blanket Buddy can encourage their blanket making with donations and sponsorship. ( I’d like to call the marketing team Blanket Buddy Headquarters, of BBHQ, but maybe that’s a step too far ..)
Why ?
How does this connect to Mamie Martin Fund’s support for girls in secondary schools in Malawi? Read on ….
Blanket Buddies for MMF will have two important outcomes:
- Locally donated gifts of blankets to care homes or other good causes
- Donations to the Mamie Martin Fund as supporters and friends encourage the busy Blanket Buddies with donations and sponsorship.
By now, you’re probably reaching for your needles and wool, but there’s one more thing to mention…The Blanket Buddies for MMF Knitathon.
We hope to have a weekend daytime get-together in person, where we knit and crochet together. We’ll have time for refreshments and chat and an opportunity to talk to local radio and local papers about what we are doing, take publicity photos… you get the idea !
Get involved
If you would like to be a Blanket Buddy for MMF, please contact me on email or text me on +44 7908 415945″