200th Camo Quilt Project Joins Forces with OPERATION MILITARY KID

Volunteers with the 200th Camo Quilt Project are partnering with Operation Military Kid to make Hero Packs for area children whose military parents are soon to be deployed.

Holly Reis, Family and Consumer Science Educator with the Brule County Extension Office has secured enough fleece from South Dakota OMK Coordinator Sheila Snyder in Rapid City to make fifty tied fleece blankets. The blankets will be used in birth to three Hero Packs.

Volunteers are meeting at Zion Lutheran Church, Chamberlain on Friday, Mar. 18 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, Mar. 19 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. to continue their work of making camouflage quilts, making tied quilts and assembling Hero Packs. 

The Hero Pack back packs contain age appropriate items such as cameras and books.  Hero Packs are given free of charge to children from birth to 18 years old who parents are about to be deployed.  All items for Hero Packs are provided by OMK.

 

More Sewing Dates and Projects to Support the 200th En Co

March sewing dates are set on Fridays from 5 - 8 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church in Chamberlain. Mar. 4 and 5, Mar. 12 (1 - 3 p.m.), Mar. 18 and 19, Mar. 25 and 26.  Sewing skills not required. For a list of what to bring with you, see our Community Quilting Day tab.

And we are partnering with Operation Military Kids in South Dakota to make Hero Packs for children whose parents will be deployed with the 200th Engineer Company of the South Dakota Army National Guard.

Hero Packs are backpacks that contain age appropriate items for children birth to 18 and a letter from a non-military child. They will be distributed before the 200th En Co is deployed.

Volunteers are need to tie fleece quilts for the infant Hero Packs and to assemble the packs from provided materials.

Join us, please.