Getting Thank You Notes

Most of our hospitals are sending us thank you notes.  It's always nice to receives these notes as they take the time to prepare them to show us they appreciate our services.  We received one from Redlands.  I called about our order for this month.  They have used a lot of our things and are ready for delivery for tomorrow.  

Sisters, we do such a professional job, we should be proud of our donations.  We have gotten many complements from the nurses these last months on the quality and beauty of our baby things.  I know our message of Heavenly Father's Love is helping as I have hear this from parents and from staff that give out the prayers.

~Diana Reints

ARMC Visit

Every month we deliver to Arrowhead Medical Center NICU unit with isolette covers and blankets and vests.  The nurses love the items we make and use them every month; they look forward to our visit.  The unit has over 20 beds.  The isolette covers here are used to shut out the light and let the babies sleep.  Here is the nurse's station where the delivery is made.

~Diana Reints

Diana dropping off some isolette covers

Diana with Laura, the charge nurse

one of our isolette covers 

nice pop of color alongside all the necessary medical equipment

We visited the NICU at ARMC this past Tuesday.  They were so busy!  Laura, the charge nurse, told us that they had just gotten 3 new babies right before we arrived.  In addition to the newest admissions, there were babies everywhere!!  The unit was full to capacity with precious preemie and newborn babies!!  Everywhere I looked there were babies sleeping or being held; some hooked up to soooo many wires and tubes :(.  We even saw some micro preemie babies weighing no more than a pound!  So sweet! ...and tiny!

It really touched me to see so many of TOLIE's gowns, isolette covers, and blankets in use.  The colors and prints added so much to the technical and sterile environment of the unit!  ~Christine E. Reints

Isolette Covers

Did you know that Threads of Love IE also makes Isolette covers?  Each cover is fully lined with blackout fabric. The cover is designed to drape over the NICU Isolette and block out light to help the baby sleep. When the baby is ready to go home the blanket is then given to the family as a keepsake.  

These covers are so popular we are constantly being asked for more from our hospitals!

Here are a couple of Isolette Covers ready to be finished and donated. Aren't they sweet?

(Text and photos by Christine E. Reints)

Donated Fabrics

Kudos to Diana R. who orchestrated getting several boxes of fabric for our chapter from her daughter's ward. We recently received yards and yards of fabric that we can use for vests, gowns, and isolete covers.  It was a wonderful idea to spread the word to others that we need fabric donations.  We have gotten great responses this year.  

Diana R. loves to receive the fabric as she is the cutter in the group.  The process starts with her.  She cuts out all the patterns and sends them on to me to make the kits to distribute to the volunteers.  This process would be more difficult without her service.  Thank you, Diana!

~Diana Reints

(Photos by Christine E. Reints)

Crocheted Caps

Our packets that we give to the parents would not be complete without a matching cap.   Juanita C. loves to crochet and has crocheted many of our beautiful caps that we put into all the packets.  They complete the sets so beautifully; it makes the babies look like little angels.  Juanita makes up bonnets for the burial gowns, most of which are white with a few colored ones; and she crochets NICU caps to fit over the preemie's head to keep the baby comfortable. Here are pictures of the caps ready for the NICU unit.

~Diana Reints

(Photos by Christine E. Reints)