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Temporary Closure – Hospital Site and 30 Years in The Making
Hello Fabulous and Incredibly Talented Volunteers; I’m writing to share a few updates: To those who deliver squares or completed afghans to our hospital site. Due to an unforeseen incident within the Indigenous Healing Centre (shared with Wellwood’s hospital site) the site is now temporarily closed, with an anticipated re-opening of May 1st....
Children’s afghans no longer needed
We've just received notice that McMaster Children’s University Hospital that they will no longer be accepting "handmade" items, including our children's afghans. All reference and instructions for making these afghans have been removed from the site as a result. If...
Back on course!
We are very happy to announce that through the hard work of Karla, the Wellwood Manager of Volunteers, and her team of new and seasoned volunteers who have helped sew together squares, they have just about caught up with the backlog created due to the Covid-19...
Squares of Care accepting squares
We are happy to announce that the Squares of Care program at Wellwood is now accepting squares. THANK YOU so much everyone for your patience and for continuing to knit or crochet squares while things were shut down. Due to the lengthy pause in the program during the...
COVID-19 UPDATE Feb 26, 2022
Due to the prolonged situation with COVID-19 we are still unable to accept squares at the present time. If you choose to continue making squares, please hold on to them for now. We are not accepting them at this time and our volunteers are not meeting to assemble the...
COVID-19 UPDATE JAN 1 2021
The latest update from the program manager at Wellwood regarding the intake of knitted or crocheted squares is that they are still in a holding pattern, particularly since going into “Lockdown”. They are all really grateful to you for the time and resources you devote...
COVID-19 UPDATE July 30, 2020
Due to the current situation with COVID-19 we are unable to accept squares at the present time. If you choose to continue making squares, please hold on to them for now. We are not accepting them at this time and our volunteers are not meeting to assemble the squares...
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