A local community group has donated a batch of warm woollen blankets to chemotherapy patients at the Andrew Love Cancer Centre.
Ocean Grove Craft and Chat group, which meets at the Uniting Church Outreach Centre op shop, or the Dove, met with the centre’s Wellness Lounge employees last Monday to hand over the 17 hand-crafted blankets.
While the centre used to provide blankets to patients, new regulations introduced during the pandemic meant it could no longer do so in the interest of patient health.
Craft and Chat member Sue Arnott, who recently lost her husband to cancer, knows how important something as simple as a warm blanket can be to those undergoing treatment.
“When you’re down, you feel better when you get something nice,” Mrs Arnott said.
“My husband just died of cancer, so I’m very passionate about doing this. We do (a range of) things, patchwork, whatever people want to do, but if they haven’t got anything I push for knitting.”
The Craft and Chat group meets every Thursday morning at 9.30 at the Dove, and Mrs Arnott invited anyone interested in joining in or donating materials to come along.
“If anyone wants to join us, to come and knit or sew or whatever, between the 20 of us there’s always someone that can guide you,” she said.
“There’s some great ladies that do craft, cross stitch, crocheting, all sorts of things.”
For more information call Joan Koster on 0423 599 834.
