Newborn Mini Kits

Mini Kits for UMC Newborns 2025 We are collecting once again! Christmas Colors would be great! (Updated September 8, 2025) If any of you would like to help out making or purchasing simple items for some newborn kits, here are the items needed, plus mailing address :) PLEASE tell your friends about this too. Items needed for each UMC mini-newborn kit: ♥ 13”-14” circ, 5" - 6" tall newborn hats ♥ 3.5” booties ♥ 6" - 7” soft cotton or bamboo washcloths or soft soap sacks. ♥ 3 oz gentle soap ♥ 2 newborn disposable diapers for each kit ♥ 1-qt ziplock ♥ 1 28" - 34" crocheted, knitted, flannel sewed blanket or tied lite-weight quilt ♥ NEW: 6" granny squares - can be Baby colors, Autumn colors, Christmas or Hanukkah colors! How fun!! Please mail granny squares to: Barbara Vance 1102 Scott Alan Circle Blacksburg VA 24060 These are for mini-kits plus a blanket! ♥ FREE PATTERNS you may use to make these items: ♥ http://www.bevscountrycottage.com/umc-kit-patterns.html ♥ And here are NEW beginners crocheted hat, booties, washcloth patterns! ♥ Also, needed: *15" x 15" blankets up to 34" x 34" blankets for babies who go back to Heaven (Fetal demise blankets). Bev Qualheim (Ministering Angels) PO Box 427 Logandale NV 89021-0427 USA UMC Newborn Mini Kits 2025 GOAL this time: 150 Newborn Kits and 50 fetal demise blankets I will keep track below. March assembly WE MADE IT - 150 kits!!! ORANGE = still needed GREEN = we met our GOAL! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Updated September 8, 2025) ♥ DEADLINE to receive items is Sept 20, 2025 ♥	Adorable Pink Receiving blankets from Amazon Lions Blue Receiving blankets from Amazon 7 Pack Unisex Receiving Blankets 1 Pack of 31 Huggies NB Diapers Johnson's Gentle Bar Soap (4 pack) I vory Soap (10 pack) 20 prs Unisex 0-6 months Baby Socks/booties
♥ *Blankets for babies who go back to Heaven ~ 15" x 15" blankets up to 34" x 34"	we have 6 - 20" blankets we let the hospital choose from larger blankets
♥ Hats ~ 150 (still need Christmas colors!)	194
♥ Booties ~ 150 pairs (Christmas colors would be great!)	127 pairs
♥ Washcloths ~ 150 we made it!	170
♥ Blankets for the kits ~ goal is 75-100	70
♥ Soap Bars ~150	167
♥ Disposable Diapers ~ 300	307
♥ 1 qt. Ziplocks ~ 150 ~ we made it!	171
♥ 4 - 5 lber Preemie hats for NICU (heads are approx. 11.5" - 12.5" around)	37
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JUST FOR FUN -Temperature Chart! Completely OPTIONAL mind you! Each day you can look at the outside temperature either in the AM or PM and use the color indicated to make a hat, or booties etc. You can also use the temp/color in the morning with the temp/color in the afternoon for fun multi-color items! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kit Assembly April 2025 - we assembled 150 kits! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our 2017 assembly: Photos of our 2016 Assembly Our November 14, 2016 meeting was just wonderful. 8 of us assembled 201 complete kits, 75 partial kits as we ran out of soap. The partial kits had a hat, booties, diapers and a blanket. :) Plus we had several hats leftover to just donate separately. We ended up with well over 300 items to give to new moms, many of whom are in need. For all of you who made and sent things for our recent Mini-Kit assembly, here is a letter I received in a card December 2016 from UMC hospital in Vegas. :) "Dear Crafting Angels, Just a little note to express our gratitude for the generosity. Your newborn kits, blankets and hats, are greatly appreciated. Our families are so happy to have new items for their babies. Please know you are touching many lives. Kindest regards, Eliana C. on behalf of UMC's HM dept. "

Our Dec 11, 2015 meeting was amazingly fun and we assembled 115 magical kits!
UMC was thrilled and sent sweet card thanking everyone!

"Dearest Crafting Angels,
We wanted to drop you a note of gratitude. We are overwhelmed with your generosity. Your donations of layettes, baby clothes, blankets and hats among other items) will be sent to the hospital. I am sure many new families will have new baby items because of your contributions. Happy Holidays! We appreciate you! Sincerely Amy Runge, RN on behalf of UMC's FRC."

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