harmony & joy
“Knots of Love” Project By Veronica Martinez Volunteer Coordinator
Aida Ramirez
Hospice Care Consultant Samaritan Care Hospice – San Antonio, Texas
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he KNOTS of LOVE project began in Nov 2007 meeting twice a month with the Independent Living Residents, of Chandler Estates — Morningside Ministries. The activity was initiated and implemented by Brandy Davis, Activity and Community Program Coordinator at Chandler Estates Independent Living and Veronica Martinez, Volunteer Coordinator of Samaritan Care Hospice – San Antonio. The 16 residents are trained volunteers for Samaritan Care Hospice who meet twice a month to make these beautiful fleece blankets with their hands tying knots at the ends of pre-cut fabric which is purchased at a local Hancock fabric store in San Antonio. The volunteers generally make 12-14 fleece blankets per month and to date (11-1808) they have made about 150 blankets total. The KNOTS of LOVE Project offers therapeutic benefits such as socializing, hand and eye coordination and finger exercise as well as the self satisfaction of knowing that they are doing something special for someone in need, they look forward to the regular biweekly meetings and enjoy working on this Special Project. Our marketers, Aida Ramirez and Tammy Arabit-Burzlaff take these KNOTS of LOVE blankets to the surrounding Chemo and Radiation treatment clinics throughout the Bexar and surrounding county oncology clinics. The doctors and nurses have noticed a positive impact from the support we (especially the volunteers from Chandler), have provided through these KNOTS of LOVE blankets for their patients. These KNOTS of LOVE blankets are gifts for the patients to keep and bring back with them when they return for their next treatment appointment(s). Without a doubt these special KNOTS of LOVE blankets have had a positive impact on the patients who receive them and on the oncology clinical staff who distribute them to their patients in need.
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Juaneice “Nonie” Walton, Arthur Johansen, Herminia Rodriguez, Robert Poole, Martha Chapman, Elna Stone and Eunice Grimaldo
Juaneice “Nonie” Walton, Elna Stone, Audrey Hill, Herminia Rodriguez and Audrey Kelley
Martha Chapman, Eunice Grimaldo, Robert Poole, Samaritan Care Hospice Consultant- Aida Ramirez and Herminia Rodriguez
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