Archive

Posts Tagged ‘history’

America

September 23rd, 2008 admin No comments

America

Blanket America Is A Charity Who Helps In Numerous Organizations

The Blanket America charitable organization recently pre-launched its Patchwork Heritage charity collection on a national level. The national retail chain JC Penney has made the gathering on the market on its web site for pre-sales and will begin carrying the collection in its stores nationwide on January 23. Amazon.com has given the charity company Blanket America a big boost by making the providing the Patchwork Heritage assortment for pre-sale on its website. The looking network QVC recently debuted the Patchwork Heritage Assortment with monumental success. All signs are pointing to a success launch of the collection.

The Patchwork Heritage Assortment was inspired by President Barak Obama’s inaugural address when he said “We recognize that our patchwork heritage may be a strength, not a weakness.” Too typically Americans find one thing to disagree about. Political gaps are widening in our nation and unity is at a critically low point. Obama known as our nation to action by citing that though we tend to could not agree, we tend to all have one thing we will contribute in order to assist our fellow man throughout these robust economic times.

Since the recession began in 2008, innumerable Americans have involuntarily been plunged into poverty. It is estimated that over thirty five million Americans were living below the poverty line in 2009. The economy is recovering, though it will take time. Job creation is slow and therefore the market is seemingly growing at a snail pace. With the unemployment rate at 10%, it’s obvious that there has never been a higher time to assist fellow Americans.

The Patchwork Heritage Collection may be a buy one, offer one charity. That’s, for each Patchwork Heritage quilt sold, a replacement fleece blanket is donated to charity. Gifts in Kind International has joined the cause and will act as an intermediary to distribute the donated blankets throughout America.

Lester Holt of the These days Show had Mesh Gelman, the creator of Blanket America, on the show so as to spotlight the growing poverty epidemic in America and to show support for the cause. During the show, Gelman pledged 5000 blankets to charity. Since that time, the project has taken off. Blanket America currently has support on Facebook and thru Twitter. It looks that support for the cause is coming in from all venues. It appearance like Blanket America can be an enormous success.

About the Author

Blanket America is about more than blankets. It is about changing the way charity and business works. For every quilt sold, Blanket America will donate a blanket to an American in need.

West Side Story – America