Thanks to the Sassy Stichers

The ladies in the Sassy Stitcher group from Oregon sent in another box of beautiful gifts for the babies. This time they included several knit and crocheted blankets, two sweater sets, many cute hats, and some darling fleece scarves for some of the older children.

These ladies are incredibly talented, and are so generous with their support of our military families! Thanks to all of you for your ongoing support!!

A thank you note

"Dear Marine Corps Kids:

Thank you so much for the baby blanket, burpie, booties and hats. It is so nice to have you think of us as we prepare for baby. We are due Dec. 18 with our first son & can't wait to meet him. My husban will be here for the birth and will deploy with 1/7 in March.

Many Thanks,
Captain & Mrs. Lonnie Wison & Baby"


Our thanks to your family for your service and sacrifice! Best of luck to you and your family as your little one arrives!

Thank you, Barbara!

Barbara from Florida read about Marine Corps Kids in the October issue of First For Women magazine, and wanted to knit some hats to support our military families. She sent in a box full of lovely warm hats in beautiful baby colors.

Thank you so much, Barbara! We're so happy that you decided to join our family of crafters!

Donations from the Girl Scouts

Our Florida Girl Scout Troop just sent in another box of donations for the babies. These girls are so warmhearted and generous. I love that they are using charitable crafting and support of our military as their special project! (The girls have also made and donated Christmas Stockings to Operation Santa).

This time the girls made several blankets, hats, wash cloths and booties for the babies. You can see their skills developing with each package they send! There are making more challenging projects and are doing such a great job! They should be so proud of themselves! I know I'm proud of them!

Thank you, Sassy Stitchers!

The Sassy Stitchers group from Oregon sent in another box of beautiful gifts for the babies. Inside were these gorgeous hats, mitts and booties. I wish the photo better illustrated how talented these ladies are. The texture and detail in these pieces are so lovely!

They also sent in 8 colorful and textured burp cloths. I thought that they were too pretty for burp duty, but the ladies attached a note to each cloth explaining that studies show that babies who have colorful and textured burp cloths and higher SAT scores later than babies with plain burp cloths. I love that these ladies are thinking of the babies comfort and happiness now and down the road.

Thank you ladies for your ongoing support!

Thank you, Charlene

Charlene from Utica New York writes:

"May God bless you and all who are serving our country. My husband served in WWII in Pacific and Korean war.

Found you in First magazine. I had these capes made so am sending to you to help families whose fathers are deployed."

Thank you Charlene, for these beautiful caps and for your family's service and sacrifice!

I had a hard time getting a good photograph of these hats and took the close up picture to try and show the gorgeous detail in Charlene's work. The hats are really lovely!

Thank you, Iris

Another box arrived today from Iris in Mississippi. In it were 7 gorgeous blankets!

Iris wrote: "May these blankets bring warmth and comfort to the babies and their families at this joyful time of the year."

Thank you, Iris. I'm sure that they will!