Mennonite
Central
Committee

Comforters/ Blankets

MCC sends bedding to hospitals, refugee camps, orphanages, and locations experiencing disasters. In the last several years, shipments were sent to Afghanistan, Bosnia, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Palestine, Russia, Serbia, Sudan and Ukraine. "In 2008 MCC sent more than 63,000 comforters or blankets.

Comforter/Blanket shipments

 

Comforter specifications

• Use new or nearly new material
• Single/twin-size preferred (approx. 152cm x 203 cm / 60" x 80")
• Double/full-size accepted (approx. 208cm x 228cm / 82" x 90")
• Winter weight preferred (please use quilt batting)
• Light weight to medium weight also accepted
• Knotted with crochet cotton (not more than 10-15cm / 4-8" apart)
• Get children involved: use fabric markers or fabric crayons to draw pictures on blank muslin or solid fabric comforter tops

Also needed

• NEW flat twin sheets (for hospitals, schools and orphanages)
• Purchased blankets (twin or full size)

 

Drop off completed comforters at one of the drop-off locations in Canada or the U.S.