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It takes less than one day to make toys and treats for pets at your local animal shelter.
How To: Make Catnip Toys For a Local Shelter
1. First make sure the shelter needs them!
2. Get your supplies together:
-Infant or child-size crew socks
-Cotton balls or craft stuffing
-Dried catnip
-Non-toxic permanent markers
-Non-toxic washable fabric glue
3. Stuff the toe of the sock with 1 tablespoon of dried catnip.
4. Next, stuff the foot of the sock with cotton balls or craft stuffing.
5. Squeeze fabric glue on the inside of the sock’s ribbing to glue the sock closed, or knot the top of the sock.
6. Decorate with fabric markers.
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These ideas are taken from a wonderful website. Though it is geared for kids, I think we could all benefit from it's information and suggestions.
http://www.dosomething.org/actnow/act...
Disaster Response And Relief
Most disaster fatalities happen in the aftermath of a disaster. Know your area and be prepared.
1. Define proper exits of the building. If they aren’t already available, create maps of the school's campus with the exits clearly marked. You may want to use a specific decal or color to make the location of the exits obvious.
(this could apply to a workplace or even our own homes where we have any number of people living there, especially small children).
2. Create maps of the surrounding neighborhood. Draw the evacuation routes on the map in bold colors.
3. Arrange primary and secondary evacuation routes in your overall evacuation plan.
4. Map how people will exit the school building. Decide how personnel will flow from the school to the off-site or remote locations. This will include cars/transportation shuttling students as well as those walking from the school. Model the evacuation route appropriately for your local roads and community.
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And here is one idea where you don't even have to know how to sew.
How to Make a Tie Fleece Blanket
Items you'll need to make a no sew fleece blanket
Two pieces of fleece fabric of different patterns
Sharp scissors. The scissors get really dull after this project.
Tape
Paper clips
1. Go to a fabric store and choose two rolls of fleece fabric that you would like for your blanket. The fleeces should be the same except for the pattern; i.e., don't use different thicknesses or textures. You also want to make sure the fleece isn't too thick or it will be really difficult to cut.
2. Have an attendant cut your fabrics equally so you don't have to re-cut later.
3. At home, lay the blankets down evenly on top of each other, and clip them together so they don't move (see picture).
4. Choose a side to begin and fold the two fabrics up about an inch and a half and use four or five pieces of tape to secure it along this side. Make sure that it is even (see picture).
5. Begin cutting along the folded piece up to the edge of where the fold ends. Bring your scissors just past the end of the fold. Make your cuts about an inch apart so your strips will be about an inch in thickness. Continue until you finish the entire side. Be sure to cut evenly.
6. Begin tying the two fabrics together. The pieces that were cut together are tied together. It's easy to get off a tie, so pay attention so you don't have to go back and untie.
7. Continue on for the remaining three sides. The corners can be a bit tricky. Cut as you did the first side and cut off any ties that look awkward on the corners so that you have a right angle.
http://robin.hubpages.com/hub/How-to-...
also you can make a pillow or a cushion the same way just don't forget to stuff it before tying the last sidevery nice project to do with children
good one..thank you Heather
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This is a website I found where one can put in their own city and state to find service opportunities in their own area. Try it!
http://www.volunteermatch.org/
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I found that on the volunteer page of St. Ann's shelter in Ogden. They are looking forgroups that would like to adopt one day each month and help prepare and serve lunch, especially on the weekends. Groups can also help with special cleanup projects, painting, or adopting family rooms and fixing them up.
Heather, I'm going to try to get a group together to help prepare and serve lunch at St Ann's. Do you want to be in it?
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Great! I will give you the details soon!
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My friend and I haven't saved very much change since our last charity event, but (I think I've mentioned this somewhere before) the Senior Center in the community in which I live, takes donations of fabric, yarn, thread, etc. so the seniors can make blankets, hats, and other items to give to shelters and those people who have the need. So in a sense they are doing the service project.
We went to the fabric store and decided to get some fleece for baby blankets. I let him pick out the fabric for a boy, and I picked out that for a girl. Our choices were thus: Mine was pink and yellow with alphabet letters on it. He chose plain black fleece with another black fabric with blue peace signs on it! I did say he could pick out his own! hahaha
It's the thought that counts, right? :)
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For example, volunteering in the soup kitchen.
Taking an older widow(er) to the store.
Babysitting the neighbors children as they go about their holiday duties.
Add your ideas!