Crochet-a-thon for Eden a success

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Last week’s Warmth in Winter crochet-a-thon at the Winkler Library was a huge success.

Library clerk Linda Funk invited crocheters to drop by that day to spend some time assembling afghans for patients at the Eden Health Care Centre.

“We had eight completed afghans donated to us and about 465 squares which we’ve put together or are in the process of putting together,” Funk shared afterwards. “We’re going to be needing people to help us with it, but we’ve got seven afghans laid out.” 

Funk notes she wasn’t sure what to expect from this event. The library has had yarn and needles available in their reading nook for a few years now, allowing patrons to put together a square or two as time allows. But this is the first time they’ve held an organized drive like this, and the response was overwhelming.

“We had people who heard about this and thought, you know, I’ve got that bag of squares in the back of my closet I’ve been meaning to put together and I’m not, so I  may as well donate them to you,” Funk said. “So we had a good number of donations and also some lovely people who showed up and said, okay, what do you need me to do?”

She figured they had about 16 or so people stop by throughout the day.

“We had somebody in our main area crocheting pretty much from start to finish,” Funk said. “We are definitely doing this again, and we are going to continue accepting donations of squares and completed afghans.

“And we’ll have the yarn basket out so people can drop by an do a square or part of a square any time the library’s open.”

Ashleigh Viveiros
Ashleigh Viveiros
Editor, Winkler Morden Voice and Altona Rhineland Voice. Ashleigh has been covering the goings-on in the Pembina Valley since 2000, starting as cub reporter on the high school news beat for the former Winkler Times and working her way up to the editor’s chair at the Winkler Morden Voice (2010) and Altona Rhineland Voice (2022). Ashleigh has a passion for community journalism, sharing the stories that really matter to people and helping to shine a spotlight on some of the amazing individuals, organizations, programs, and events that together create the wonderful mosaic that is this community. Under her leadership, the Voice has received numerous awards from the Manitoba Community Newspapers Association, including Best All-Around Newspaper, Best in Class, and Best Layout and Design. Ashleigh herself has been honoured with multiple writing awards in various categories—tourism, arts and culture, education, history, health, and news, among others—and received a second-place nod for the Reporter of the Year Award in 2022. She has also received top-three finishes multiple times in the Better Communities Story of the Year category, which recognizes the best article with a focus on outstanding local leadership and citizenship, volunteerism, and/or non-profit efforts deemed innovative or of overall benefit to community living.  It’s these stories that Ashleigh most loves to pursue, as they truly depict the heart and soul of the community. In her spare time, Ashleigh has been involved as a volunteer with United Way Pembina Valley, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Pembina Valley, and the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre.

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