Trish Domes is hoping to gift 170 seniors living in Lloydminster’s Jubilee Home, the Lloydminster Continuing Care Centre, and the Dr. Cooke Extended Care Centre with new blankets to keep them warm just in time for the holidays. Taylor Weaver Meridian Source
Local seniors have one less thing to worry about this winter as a fundraising campaign is underway to provide blankets to keep them warm this winter.
The Blanket Buddy Project was created by Trish Domes, who hopes to collect enough blankets to provide warmth to each resident at Lloydminster’s Jubilee Home, Lloydminster Continuing Care Centre and the Dr. Cooke Extended Care Centre.
“I am committed to creating a world of love, connection and joy, and I just have a vision of spreading kindness and compassion, and I think as a nurse it’s just kind of in you to help and support people,” said Domes, who has been a nurse for 18 years and worked at Assure Occupational Testing Inc. for eight years.
“Since I’ve never done something like this before, I started with a goal of providing blankets to every resident in only one facility with the hopes of growing in the future, and I was encouraged to expand it, so I’m now at three facilities. We now have a total of 170 residents between the three facilities, and we’re hoping to provide blankets for all of them.”
The Blanket Buddy project has been active for roughly two weeks and Domes is collecting blankets until Dec. 10.
“That gives me enough time to organize them and deliver them to the residents,” she said.
Domes is asking anyone interested and able to donate new, twin-size blankets to the Blanket Buddy Project, which can be dropped off at Jubilee Home, the Dr. Cooke Extended Care Centre, and Assure Occupational Testing.
“As long as they’re new, that’s the big thing,” said Domes.
“Twin is the size of their beds, but they also use them as lap blankets when they’re sitting, either in a chair or in a wheelchair. We’re doing this with Christmas in mind, but I want the residents to know that as a community and as a whole, we haven’t forgotten about them and they deserve a little something special this holiday season.”
