{"id":24014,"date":"2024-07-07T05:04:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-07T05:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=24014"},"modified":"2025-03-07T22:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T22:18:12","slug":"children-deliver-blankets-to-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2024\/children-deliver-blankets-to-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Children deliver blankets to the Helen DeVos Children\u2019s Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The third to fifth grade children\u2019s group at Annual Conference, led by Angi and Scott Harney of Elkhart, Ind., on Friday, July 5, delivered 103 blankets to the Helen DeVos Children\u2019s Hospital in Grand Rapids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Karen Juno, administrative support coordinator, this is the largest donation of blankets the hospital has received&#8211;as well as the first donation ever from children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The children\u2019s group created the fleece blankets by tying a fringe on each one as their service project for the Conference. The blankets were donated by the Harneys\u2019 congregation, Creekside Church of the Brethren in Indiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a report to Newsline in advance of the Conference, Angi Harney reported that \u201cmy congregation is working very hard to get the blankets cut prior to next week. Our congregation raised more than $1,200 to buy the fabric for this project and so far we\u2019ve had more than 30 people who have helped cut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m so excited the kids are going to be able to do this,\u201d she added. \u201cI remember all the service projects I did as a kid and they were awesome!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Juno talked to the children\u2019s group about which of the 223 children in the hospital would receive the blankets. Some of the children had tired of tying blankets, but \u201cthey\u2019re probably feeling pretty good about themselves now,\u201d Harney said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/childrenshospitalserviceproject-P1440684-byLauraSellers-600px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/childrenshospitalserviceproject-P1440684-byLauraSellers-600px.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/childrenshospitalserviceproject-P1440684-byLauraSellers-600px-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/childrenshospitalserviceproject-P1440684-byLauraSellers-600px-560x511.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Children deliver blankets as a service project during Annual Conference. Photo by Laura Sellers<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#cobac2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The third to fifth grade children\u2019s group at Annual Conference, led by Angi and Scott Harney of Elkhart, Ind., on Friday, July 5, delivered 103 blankets to the Helen DeVos Children\u2019s Hospital in Grand Rapids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24015,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1703],"tags":[1258,2886,3052,1758,972,3053,2063,2195],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-24014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-church-of-the-brethren-newsline","tag-annual-conference","tag-annual-conference-2024","tag-blankets","tag-children","tag-creekside-church-of-the-brethren","tag-helen-devos-childrens-hospital","tag-service-project","tag-service"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24014"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24018,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24014\/revisions\/24018"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24014"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=24014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}