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Ray of Hope Babywear>>
How you can help...
You can send patterns, knit for your local hospital or help Leighton Hospital. If you can help, eMail me at chris@rayofhope.co.uk or telephone 01270 582187.

The Special Care Baby Unit at Leighton Hospital, Crewe would welcome the following items:

Bonnets (with and without scanning flap)
   
Cardigans 10", 12" and 14" (but not matinee jackets)
   
Bootees
   
24" square blankets (close knit or crochet)
   
'Christmas Sets' (which babies will take home with them) consisting of: cardigan, bonnet (without scanning flap), mitts & bootees - suitable for size 14" to 16"

Requests
This one is from Pat Morley:

Kings College Hospital will shortly be opening a new wing and have asked for blankets, hats and socks for the premature babies and also blankets for the little ones in the bereavement section.

Although I have been machine knitting for years I have never tackled anything so small and would be grateful for any advise you can give me. I  appreciate that your time is precious but I'm beginning to have panic attacks!!!


Can anyone help Pat? Contact me if you can advise Pat!

Stamps
Because of postage costs involved in sending care packages to the various hospitals around Britain, we're looking for UNUSED British postage stamps. Any unused British postage stamps you'd like to donate could be sent to me at:

Christine Cooper
c/o Ray of Hope
Ward 24 Leighton Hospital
Middlewich Road
Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 4QJ

Donations
As well as welcoming patterns, wool or completed items, Haslington Ray of Hope can accept cash donations. We have already received some in lieu of flowers from funerals (thank you for thinking of us), and a lady in Sandbach did a pub crawl on our behalf... we also receive support from more conventional activities like coffee mornings.

Donations should be made payable to "MCH Trust Ray of Hope 36601" and can be sent to:

Ms S Buckley
Practice Manager
Mid Cheshire Womens Health Unit
Leighton Hospital
Middlewich Road
Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 4QJ
United Kingdom


If your local hospital's special baby unit has any special requirements, please let us know and I'll post them here. Click here to contact me
Ray of Hope web site



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