Members were welcomed by Bridget to the October meeting on a lovely sunny autumn afternoon.
Babs Reynolds was then introduced to give her talk, Project Linus – a somewhat mysterious title, but which turned out to be taken from a well known cartoon character, known as Peanuts, Linus being his young brother. Babs is the product co-ordinator f
or this organisation for
traumatised children. Her area covers the whole of East Sussex and is a 100 per cent
voluntary group entirely run on donations from many sources in the UK. The relief work is only for children here, not abroad. Project Linus gives help with respite care, Women's Refuge and Hazel Court School, where there is one class with very disabled
children and also Eastbourne DGH Special Baby Care Unit.
Babs belongs to a quilters group which
produces the most wonderful, colourful quilts of many sizes from small delicately coloured baby sizes to large strikingly
brilliant covers. In 2007 the group donated more than 70,000 quilts and are busy preparing to send a large amount to Women's Refuge next month. Members were very impressed with the great many samples on display, not only quilts but pencil cases, 'wiggly' bags for children with medical problems,
knitted scarves for Mustard Seed, 'memory' bags for very small babies to hang on their cots – the ingenious items were endless. Bridget warmly congratulated Babs and her group for such dedicated work, and thanked her for her thoroughly absorbing talk. Next month members welcome Peter Hill with his talk, Sussex Windmills Past and Present.
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