AMVETS Ladies Auxiliary 1111 Supports Veterans with Handmade Blankets
AMVETS AUXILLARY WOMEN’S AUXILIARY 1111
Pictured: Hannah McLawhorn, Patsy McLawhorn, Tracy Langston, Suzanne Ricke, Catharine Kosinski, Victoria Kosinski, Colleen Kosinski and Amanda Morgan of House of Morgan Pewter.
The AMVETS Ladies Auxiliary Post 1111 of Kinston North Carolina recently visited House of Morgan, a local artisan that creates pewter jewelry and household items. Amanda Morgan Co-Owner provided a tour of the workshop and explained the history behind pewter making within the Morgan family. Auxiliary members were able to observe the steps it takes from design to pouring the molds to casting the items to polishing the final products before packing them to be sold.
The Auxiliary then identified some items to use at a St. Patrick’s day event to help raise money to purchase supplies for their current Community service project, making blankets for all of the patients at the Veteran’s home. The AMVETS Ladies Auxiliary has been working to make homemade hand tied lap blankets for all 100 Veterans at the Veterans Home on Hull Road. They have nearly completed blankets for the first wing of the center. The blankets are made of double layers of fleece tied together and each one has a star from a decommissioned flag on the corner. The goal is to make the veterans know they are remembered, appreciated and loved by the community.
AMVETS Ladies Auxiliary members are women who have served in the military or are related to persons who have served in the military. The Auxiliary meets the first Monday of the month to identify needs in the community, have fellowship and identify ways to support Veterans in the community. The meetings are held at 6:00 at Gi Joes Military Museum. House of Morgan one of the few pewter manufacturing art spaces remaining in not only North Carolina, but in the country. To learn more about their products or schedule a tour you can visit them at houseofmorganpewter.com
If you are interested in helping make blankets to help support the veterans please call Hannah McLawhorn Auxiliary President at 252-268-0105 0r email at hannahm.amvets1111@gmail.com This would be a great project for scout groups, home school groups and anyone else who loves our local veterans. Please join us in this project and help “Wrap the veterans in love.”
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