Throughout the year, the Marlton Woman's Club stays busy helping those in need. So when a deadly earthquake destroyed an entire nation, it stepped in.
Women's club makes blankets for Haiti
In February, the club held a workshop at the Gibson House where it invited residents of Marlton and surrounding communities to join them in assembling blankets to send to victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
Using donated materials along with some they brought themselves, club members and community members worked together to assemble and collect 57 blankets, which they donated to Haitian children through Project LINUS, MWC president.
Project LINUS, a national organization devoted to providing warmth and comfort to ill, traumatized, handmade blankets and afghans, has set out to collect 10,000 blankets across the country that it plans to send to victims in Haiti.
Some of the blankets they made from scratch, but other already-made blankets were collected and donated as well.
Some other initiatives the club has taken on this year include supporting Autism New Jersey through fund raisers and donations as well as holding events that raise awareness for autism, providing items for children through Operation Smile, holding fund raisers to fund scholarships for local high school and middle school students, holding conservation projects for recycling and beautification, and providing high school junior girls with the opportunity to go to the Girls Career Institute at Douglass College for a mini college experience.