Saying Goodbye to 2021 and Hel...

Hello Everyone! Another year has passed and we are so very grateful for all of your support! While the pandemic continues to create daily challenges to all of our lives, we did have some amazing highlights this past year. On…

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Giving Tuesday 2021

Please support us on #GivingTuesday! Since our founding on June 14, 2014, we have distributed 4,237 complimentary lapghans to veterans and active-duty military personnel! Our mission is to wrap our veterans in comfort and warmth with lapghans made out…

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Fundraising!

Hello Everyone, Like so many people throughout the world, this pandemic has hit our organization hard. Without being able to hold our traditional annual Oktoberfest fundraiser or participate in other in-person fundraising activities, we are severely struggling financially. We are…

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Media Coverage

Newspaper and Magazine Articles

: Helena City News Magazine Article

: March 5, 2017 “Garden Prairie United Church of Christ donates to Sgt. P’s Lapghans for Veterans” in The Belvidere Daily Republican

: July 10, 2016 “Sgt. P’s Lapghans Hosts First Annual 3K/5K Run/Walk” in The Belvidere Daily Republican

: June 28, 2016 “Sgt. P’s Lapghans Receives VFW Foundation Donation” in The Belvidere Daily Republican

: June 21, 2016 “Shopko Foundation Makes Donation to Local Nonprofit” in The Belvidere Daily Republican

: June 17, 2016 “Sgt. P’s Lapghans for Veterans Celebrates Another Milestone” in The Belvidere Daily Republican (Full color pdf linked below)

: WIFR coverage of 1000th lapghan distribution on June 10, 2016

: May 27, 2016 “Sgt. P’s Lapghans for Veterans Gives Back to Heritage Woods Veterans” in The Belvidere Daily Republican Page 1 of 2

: May 27, 2016 “Sgt. P’s Lapghans for Veterans Gives Back to Heritage Woods Veterans” in The Belvidere Daily Republican Page 2 of 2

: April 28, 2016 “Stand Down in McHenry Connects Veterans With Services” in The Northwest Herald

: January 2016 “Belvidere VFW Post 1461 – a Busy Place!” in North Central Illinois Bingo Bugle Vol. XXVII No. 1

: August 2, 2015 in The Belvidere Daily Republican

: Area Crafters Donate Lapghans for Veterans published on February 26, 2015 in The Belvidere Daily Republican

: December 11, 2014 in The Belvidere Daily Republican

: November 11, 2014 in The Belvidere Daily Republican

PDF versions of Newspaper Articles:

The Gift of Warmth: Sgt. P’s Lapghans Honors Veterans published in April 2019 in Great People Great Stories Magazine

For the Love of Yarn and Veterans published in May 2018 newsletter by Illinois AMVETS

Sgt. P’s Lapghans for Veterans Celebrates Another Milestone published in The Belvidere Daily Republican on 17 June 2016

Sgt. P’s Lapghans for Veterans Gives Back to Heritage Woods Veterans published in The Belvidere Daily Republican on 27 May 2016

Stand Down in McHenry Connects Veterans With Services published on April 28, 2016 in The Northwest Herald

Area Crafters Donate Lapghans for Veterans published on February 26, 2015 in The Belvidere Daily Republican

Television Coverage

WREX: Inspiring 815: Charlotte Kennedy Aired January 12, 2018 VIDEO

WREX: Inspiring 815: Charlotte Kennedy Aired January 12, 2018

WTVO/WQRF: Stateline Strong: Woman Recruits Volunteers to Crochet Blankets for Veterans Aired September 29, 2017

WIFR coverage of 1000th Lapghan Presentation Aired June 10, 2016

WIFR Video coverage of 100th Lapghan Presentation to WWII Veteran Aired February 19, 2015

WREX: Tight ‘knit’ community group honors veterans with special blankets