Every Monday the Starbucks at the Town and Country shopping center is taken over by a group of ladies armed with knitting needles, spools of thread, and bags of colorful material.
"I've always knitted my whole life and I love it. It's a real passion," said Joan Adler.
It's a passion Adler puts to good use as a member of The Common Thread Circle. The organization donates their handcrafted wares to hospitals for their patients.
"What we're giving is useful and also gives comfort to people," said Rima Blanc.
Blanc is one of the founding members of the group, which took up sewing together nearly a decade ago. Today, she is their fearless leader: organizing, scheduling, and keeping track of the many hospitals they donate to.
"We find more and more hospitals that need us," she said.
They are never idle as they knit scarves for cancer patients, sew baby blankets, and stuff hundreds of heart shaped pillows for Houston area hospitals.
"The bears are for little kids who are having painful cancer tests," said Adler.
Adler joined the group almost four years ago when she moved to Houston from St. Louis. The work she does with the sewing circle brings comfort to strangers, and to her in return.
"Having lost a daughter to breast cancer I love doing it," said Alder "It does make me feel good, and I know what we went through with her painful tests."
Last year, the group said it donated more than 5,300 items to local hospitals. Memorial Hermann Hospital patients are some of their recipients. Volunteers help to distribute pillows, blankets, and several other items during their daily rounds at the hospital.
"They light up not matter how much pain they're in. Its a present, its something," said Donna Boyd a Volunteer Patient Advocate with Memorial Hermann Hospital.
There simple gifts that are making a big difference.
"We're just going to continue to go out in Katy and find hospitals in Sugar Land; and eventually the Woodlands," said Blanc.
It's a tall order that will need more helping hands.
To learn more log on to www.thecommonthreadcircle.org
"I've always knitted my whole life and I love it. It's a real passion," said Joan Adler.
It's a passion Adler puts to good use as a member of The Common Thread Circle. The organization donates their handcrafted wares to hospitals for their patients.
"What we're giving is useful and also gives comfort to people," said Rima Blanc.
Blanc is one of the founding members of the group, which took up sewing together nearly a decade ago. Today, she is their fearless leader: organizing, scheduling, and keeping track of the many hospitals they donate to.
"We find more and more hospitals that need us," she said.
They are never idle as they knit scarves for cancer patients, sew baby blankets, and stuff hundreds of heart shaped pillows for Houston area hospitals.
"The bears are for little kids who are having painful cancer tests," said Adler.
Adler joined the group almost four years ago when she moved to Houston from St. Louis. The work she does with the sewing circle brings comfort to strangers, and to her in return.
"Having lost a daughter to breast cancer I love doing it," said Alder "It does make me feel good, and I know what we went through with her painful tests."
Last year, the group said it donated more than 5,300 items to local hospitals. Memorial Hermann Hospital patients are some of their recipients. Volunteers help to distribute pillows, blankets, and several other items during their daily rounds at the hospital.
"They light up not matter how much pain they're in. Its a present, its something," said Donna Boyd a Volunteer Patient Advocate with Memorial Hermann Hospital.
There simple gifts that are making a big difference.
"We're just going to continue to go out in Katy and find hospitals in Sugar Land; and eventually the Woodlands," said Blanc.
It's a tall order that will need more helping hands.
To learn more log on to www.thecommonthreadcircle.org
