Bat Shalom Hadassah is a charitable organization whose women members are committed to the ideal of repairing the world by helping others, regardless of race, religion, or ethnicity.
The Blanket Crafters of Hadassah put that ideal of repairing the world into action, child after child, family after family. In addition to this worthwhile endeavor, there is the joy and love engendered in the actual creation of the beautiful blankets.
At the present time, the group’s members are residents of Westlake Golf and Country Club, Greenbriar at Winding Ways, and Four Seasons at South Knolls. All their hard work over the past year has resulted in the creation and distribution of 122 beautiful blankets during 2018.
The recipients of these blankets are CentraState Medical Center, 180 Turning Lives Around and Jewish Family Services. CentraState Medical Center uszes the blankets to cover the bassinets of newborns in the NICU, and for the patients of the Pediatric Department.
180 Turning Lives Around and Jewish Family Services provide shelters for women in distress seeking to turn their lives around. The blankets are provided for the children of these women.
On Dec. 4, 2018, Hadassah held a Hanukkah party at the All Seasons II diner in Freehold Township. Each guest had been asked to bring a gift for a child. These gifts were presented to the representatives of 180 Turning Lives Around, which is the domestic and sexual violence agency in Monmouth County.
The members of Blanket Crafters of Hadassah look forward to another successful year.
Carole Fineman
Chairwoman
Jackson
