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It’s a Wonderful ELK Studio – From the Heart Fall Event!

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The packages rolling in to my house this month has given me so much excitement!  I want to thank everyone that decided to give a little bit of your time to let someone else you they are thought about and loved (even if it is coming from a stranger).  Patients fighting cancer need all the support they can get don’t they?

Look at what the “ELKies” have done for our fall event!  I want to thank each person from the bottom of my heart.  When the ELK Studio group was started, I had the intentions of giving back and because of YOU…..it’s possible!  We will take the remainder of the year off with the charity and start back up again after the holidays!

ELK Studio - From the Heart Charity Fall 2016 Event

We had 51 donations come through this event!  Everyone should be proud and know that YOU are making the difference in the life of someone.  Thank you so much, and I can’t wait to do it again soon!

~Kathy

 

ELK Studio – From the Heart 2016 Fall Event!

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Yay!  It’s time to kick off the ELK Studio – From the Heart 2016 Fall Event!  The Fall Event will include a couple of cancer centers.  They are all small centers but still need the donations of hats and such from the wonderful ELKies!  Crocheters are some of the most generous people I know and this event is very meaningful and we do make a difference!

ELK Studio - From the Heart 2016 Fall Event

The centers included are:  East Alabama Cancer Center and the John B. Amos Cancer Center

Charity Details!

Here is what they need:

  • hats (Adult Size)
  • lap blankets
  • scarves

Here are some guidelines for you:

  • Please remember to use acrylic or cotton yarn.
  • NO WOOL ITEMS.  
  • Place your items in a zip lock bag.  (A note with encouraging words would be wonderful)!
  • Please keep your furry buddies (cats or dogs) away from the item you will be donating.

If you need some inspiration for hats, I have a collection of hats my fellow designers thought would be good for chemo patients too.

Click HERE to take a look!

Mail your items to the following address no later than October 24 , 2016 :

Kathy Lashley
923 Lee Road 2049
Salem, AL  36874

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Traveling with Tracy to Emory Winship Hospital!

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I wanted to give everyone an update on the ELK Studio – From the Heart Winter event!  I had a fabulous time with Tracy delivering our beautiful hats to Emory Winship Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.  I asked Tracy if she would be interested in telling her story of what it meant to her to join the event.  Traveling with Tracy to Emory Winship Hospital by ELK Studio(Pictured from Left to Right) Kathy, DaVida and Tracy

“Back in Jan I turned 50, having spent the previous few months feeling down and overwhelmed I decided to treat myself to some ME TIME. That translated into making a trip to Yarnhouse in Opelika, Alabama to meet Kathy Lashley and other members of the ELK Studio group for an afternoon of crochet and chatting.

This was a fun-filled afternoon that was refreshing and energizing. During the course of the afternoon I shared with the group that my mother and my best friend were both battling cancer, and I was working to make hats for both infusion centers. Kathy offered to let me host the upcoming From the Heart event. I accepted. This turned out to be the best thing that I have done for myself in a long time.

Kathy posted the event and the hats began to show up at my house. After long days at work I would come home exhausted and defeated. I would check the mail and find packages from members of the group. My depression and anxiety melted away as I discovered gorgeous hand-made hats from members who were giving their time and talent to comfort people they would never meet. It renewed me and renewed my faith in people.

On Wed March 16, Kathy and I rode to Atlanta and delivered half of the 150 hats, scarfs and headwraps to Emory Winship where my mother is currently receiveing a stem cell transplant. We arrived unannounced and were received with a huge smile from DaVida Lee-Williams, the director of Guest and Volunteer Services. DaVida’s warm smile and caring spirit lifted my spirits and confirmed that I had made the right decision by accepting Kathy’s offer to allow me to host this event.

I want to thank everyone that made this possible. Your help with making hats for these two infusion centers helped me to achieve a goal that I would not have been able to accomplish alone.

I will be shipping the balance of the items to Wake Forest Baptist Hospital where Donna Browning Mitchell is receiving treatment. Donna and I have been best friends for 21 years, she is currently battling Ewings Sarcoma.”

I want to thank Tracy for helping me make this event so successful!  I hope you’ll join us for our next upcoming event.  Stay tuned for details soon!

 

Kathy

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