The Preemie Project Group Blog

Michigan Chapter donation mail deadline!

Just a reminder that it is time to mail in all of your items for our first donation!  The hospital opens up on Friday, September 5th and we want to make a donation shortly after that.  Please help us make our first donation a success!

Introductions

I was on vacation last week.  I spent much of my time on TPP issues and sewing for the Holiday Craft sale.  One thing I have been doing is trying to learn more about the website and blog.  As have told the group, Laura and I have been working hard this summer on ways to streamline TPP operations.  With Laura starting back to school this week, and me working fulltime, we have to be as efficient as possible if we are going to be able to sustain the mission of The Preemie Project.  It could be a full time job for one person.  Despite being relatively ignorant about computers,  I have grown immensely in my abilities.  Look, I am blogging!  I wanted to introduce you to my oldest son, Greg, who has been very patient with me each step of the way.  Greg has worked hard with Jeff, our webmaster, to upgrade this website.  He has been instrumental in getting this blog going and also in implementing a number of the changes that Laura has been using such as the new format you are seeing for email notifications.  Laura had her first break from college classes in a year in a half.  She put her free time to good use working with her brother to develop ways to make us more efficient when she returned to nursing school this fall. There are a lot of changes behind the scenes that you will never see but will hopefully make our lives more organinzed.  Laura has taken Greg’s ideas and run with them..

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Hello from Lincoln, NE

Greetings from Lincoln!  I’ve been lurking for awhile now and thought it might be time to introduce myself.

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Hawkeye Donation 2008

The Aker house has been a busy place this week as packages have been coming in the mail, left on our doorstep, hung on the front door, all in preparation for the 2008 Hawkeye Donation to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics NICU and Pediatric ICU that is scheduled for Friday morning August 29, 2008.  The donation of Hawkeye themed Hats, Booties and Blankets is timed to coincide with the first home football game of the season that will take place Saturday.  As usual, The Preemie Project volunteers have come through with flying colors.  There have been alot of very busy knitting needles, crochet hooks and sewing machines.  I thought I would share with you a few pictures of the fabulous work you all do.

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