Happiness Is a Warm Blanket for Children Traveling on Angel Flights
One of Myrtle Taylor’s colorful creations.
An Irish proverb says, “It is in the shelter of each other that people live.” These words poignantly convey the notion that many hands serving together for a common cause can do a great deal of good. All the programs at Mercy Medical Airlift rely on compassionate partners to aid in our service to patients.
Two such partners are the ladies of Project Linus and Myrtle Taylor.
The Charles County, Maryland, chapter of the national organization known as Project Linus, has been making blankets for Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic since 2004 so that children traveling on the small, private planes flown by volunteer pilots can have soft, warm blankets to wrap up in when the upper air gets cold.
Another “blanketeer” is Myrtle Taylor of La Plata, Maryland. After learning about Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic, the 89-year-old retired professional seamstress began sewing gift packs for child patients. Included in each ziplock bag is a hat, blanket, small pillow, and a stuffed fabric cat, all matched to be gender specific.
We are “sew” very grateful to these talented women who use their time and skill to help the smallest and most vulnerable members of the human family.
Mercy Medical Airlift administers the Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic program.
