- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
Make Blankets for Hospice Patients
ORGANIZATION: APEX Hospice and Palliative Care
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
Are you looking for a project that you can do on your own time?
Make Fleece blankets for Hospice patients! People that are suffering with a terminal illness are chilly all year long.
Fleece tie blankets are simple to make. They are lovely and they are warm. Plus, they have the bonus of fidget ties on the edges for our memory care patients! Bright colors and friendly patterns can add cheer to a nursing facility room and bring a smile to our patients.
Blankets are accepted at the Westmont office or can be coordinated to be picked up when you have completed them. Volunteers are asked to provide their own supplies.
Making blankets is an excellent Community group project for schools, churches and businesses that are looking for a way to give back in their community. Holiday/winter blankets and designs are in demand as we move into the season
Apex staff support is available to teach blanket making and explain hospice care to the group in an age appropriate manner.
Groups would need to provide 2 to 3 yards of fleece per blanket, sharp scissors and tables or clean floors for working spaces. We suggest 2 people to make each blanket unless you are making them at home with no time constraints.
Make a warm difference today!
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About APEX Hospice and Palliative Care
Location:
510 Oakmont Lane, Westmont, IL 60559, US
Mission Statement
Our team of hospice experts is committed to providing excellent care that promotes dignity, respect, choice and voice to those patients and their families with a chronic or end of life illness.
Description
APEX Hospice and Palliative Care seeks to meet the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of patients and families who are facing a terminal illness. We focus on quality of life by providing comfort, company and active treatment of distressing symptoms, with the patient and their family as the focus of care.
Volunteers are an integral part of the Apex team and can find meaning, purpose and peace in supporting patients and loved ones during this time. Apex Hospice has successfully placed volunteers in roles that add to the quality of life of the patient and family while using the gifts of the volunteers. Learn more about volunteering as a patient companion, music companion, respite caregiver or errand runner .
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Multiple locations Naperville, IL 60540
DATE POSTED
April 30, 2024
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- A blanket making event will be approximately 2 hours. At home blanket making times vary by skill level of the person making the blankets
- Provide 3-4 yards of fleece per blanket and sharp scissors. Fleece can be 1.5 to 2 yards of a solid color and 1.5 to 2 yards of a coordinating pattern to make a top and bottom for the blanket.