2014 was a banner year! We donated 36,531 items valued at $184,983 to babies born into health and economic crisis. This was a new annual record! December 2014 was our biggest donation month ever, with a total of 8.936 items. What a great way to finish our 15th year!
Donations were up 27% year to year and we grew from a year to year standpoint each quarter.
The Parkland team had challenged us to help by delivering more warm blankets this year and our volunteers executed on the challenge. We delivered a record number of 2,439 quilts this year and broke our monthly record twice, first in October when we delivered 240 quilts in one month, and again in December when we delivered 295 quilts in a single month! With our growth in fundraising, we were able to start purchasing fleece on a regular basis to make more fleece blankets. With our growth in volunteers this year, we delivered stellar results across the board on the handmade items that are the primary work of our organization.
Given the significant number of babies born at Parkland each month, they are our primary focus for distributing the items we make and collect, but with our growth this year, we were also able to donate items to JPS as well as increase our donations to the agencies that we work with in East Dallas.
These amazing results are only possible because of our wonderful volunteers who work tirelessly every month at home and at our work meetings to create beautiful items to cloth and warm the babies born in need here in the DFW area. In addition to our volunteers, we have so many generous donors who have helped us to purchase materials and sewing supplies and have donated beautiful sleepers, onesies, socks and other care essentials.
We are very grateful for sponsorships like DFW Fiber Fest, TPHCCA Conference, and DFW Yarn Crawl that allow us to share our story with a broader audience, companies like Texas Instruments, Dell, and Berkley Specialty Underwriting Managers who so generously give back in the communities they serve, and organizations like Northaven UMC, Irving Quilt Guild, Coppell Women's Club, Farmer's Branch Women's Club, Webb Chapel UMC, and so many other local groups who continue to support our efforts year on year!
THANK YOU ALL for helping so many precious babies this year!
