Volunteers at the World Service Center in New Windsor, Maryland, pack clothing for distribution around the world. Outreach (Continued from Page 152) needs rushed to the Central American country. A Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 7, 1979 blanket, guides quickly pomt out, can serve as a warm wrap, a tent or shelter, or a means of carrying meager possessions to a refugee center. When last year’s devastating flood ripped through Johnstown, Pa., 2000 blankets went with clean-up volunteers, along wuh truckloads of water purification tablets, dehydrated food and clothing supplies. Staffers stress that the aid works, not m conflict, but in close contact, with the efforts of the International Red Cross. Other blankets made by volunteers using scraps of materials arrive almost daily at the center. One 94- year-old Lancaster County gentlemen is fondly remembered as staff members recall how he has sewn 1200 quilt tops for CWS. Yam is another precious commodity of warmth and comfort; and countless miles of it has been knitted and crocheted into soft in fant garments by volunteers who work love through their hand stitching. Thousands of “Remsen baby blankets,” a SERVING THE FARMERS FOR 105 YEARS HAMBURG SAVINGS FDIC aitd FIBERAL BEAOSII INSURANCE CORAOIAIION TRUST COMPANY Hamburg, PA - Phone: 215-562-3811 A FULL SERVICE BANK Martin LIMESTONE Be stipe you anily enough The new higher powered fertilizers often require more lime each application to maintain a neutral soil that tests to pH7 MARTIN LIMESTONE, INC. Blue Ball, Pa 354-4125 Gap. Pa 442-4148 153 yard-square simple design named for the volunteer who created the pattern, have swaddled newborns in third world countries. Infant outreach also in cludes the “layette kits,” pre-cut and packaged at New Windsor for volunteers to purchase and sew for the mission outreach. The promise of a layette and soft blanket for their babies has brought many pregnant women, otherwise not receiving pre-natal care, to the CWS clinics. Included m the layettes are tummy bands, which keep the newborn’s um bilical area clean and dry. until healed, and are credited with having saved many infants from death resulting from cord in fection. Although these programs are international m scope, they still begin with simple basics. Little things like a health kit, with its towel, wash cloth, bar of soap, tooth paste, toothbrush, and comb can offer a lift of self-esteem (Turn to Page 154)
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