For her Silver Award project, Adeline created busy blankets for
Avita, an organization that helps seniors with memory loss conditions.
Busy blankets, also known as fidget quilts, are special blankets
designed to help reduce agitation in a person suffering from memory
loss. They are often made with brightly patterned fabrics, and have
different things, such as buttons, stuffed animals, textured fabrics
and zippers, sewn onto their surfaces.
Adeline set out to
make 15 of them! After sharing about memory loss and about how the
busy blankets combat some of the effects with volunteers, she had lots
of volunteers to help make busy blankets. She was thrilled to present
them to the residents of Avita. She also created a flyer to help build
awareness to the importance of busy blanks for those who suffer from
memory loss, and she even built a Facebook page to help promote
them.
Adeline says that she is most excited about how
enthusiastic others are about the busy blankets, and how her project
helped local senior citizens.
Adeline Dolly earns 2018 Silver Award
09 Jul 2018
