Lebanon, NH Charity: A Partnership with the Alice Day Park Memorial Hospital

Since my life, no matter how busy it gets, doesn't seem complete with giving back to the community, I have contacted the Alice Day Park Memorial Hospital (ADP) and have found that they have two retirement/assisted living/nursing home facilities on their campus. What I found most appealing about this is that those who moving into the facilities can do so when they choose, and can start out living completely independently. As they age or as become ill they can increase the level of care they receive without moving. This makes the aging process as seamless and easy as possible. Many of these people live for a long time in this setup and do not get many visitors. It is therefore my projects main goal to provide items to brighten their personal space as well as warm their hearts and make them feel as important as our elders aught to feel.

The best part about a charity project like this is the many items that could be nice and useful for these people.
This is the list I have generated thus far
- Wheel Chair Totes
- Lapghans
- Shawls
- Eye glass cases
- Scarves
- Hats
- Mittens
- Pillows for propping up heads and putting between knees
- Tissue box covers
- Book marks
- Bible/ book covers
- Slippers
- Little bags they can keep things in (like candies)
- Anything else you can think of that would make there lives brighter and more cheery

I have started a thread on the Crochet for Charity page at www.crochetville.org
for more information you can see the thread Here.

If anyone would like to contribute to this charity effort who is not a member of crochetville you can either join the 'ville, post a comment, or send me an email.