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<center>Thank you for visiting our blog - Love, the Tanguays.</center>The Tanguayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374672059253879837noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212039190458658416.post-76877041668152146022013-04-09T07:01:00.001-07:002013-04-09T07:02:19.824-07:00Pillowcases 141-158 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />The Tanguayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374672059253879837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212039190458658416.post-70554489415268193592013-04-02T10:57:00.001-07:002013-04-02T11:40:45.553-07:00So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbyeWe have just completed a further 18 pillowcases and now 'the cupboard is bare', so to speak.<br />
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<b>We have turned around 2 football field lengths of fabric and a couple of old shirts into 158 pillowcases.</b><br />
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On 1 February 2012, we started this project with the aim of making 100 pillowcases in 1 year. This seemed like a difficult challenge, however, with the help of friends, family and total strangers from all over the world, we have managed to surpass this original goal. We have loved meeting the staff and patients at the hospitals and have been touched by the letters and emails we have received from thankful children and parents.<br />
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We don't plan to stop here with our philanthropy. Laura is looking into doing a hike or Tough Mudder type event for charity and she'll probably rope Mark into doing it with her. Mark also regularly helps his school raise money for various causes.<br />
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Thank you again to those of you that still check up on our little blog and to those of you that have sponsored or otherwise supported us.<br />
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Look back to us some time soon to see a picture or two of the last 18 pillowcases. <br />
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Laura and MarkThe Tanguayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374672059253879837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212039190458658416.post-1396025571037192582013-02-17T08:27:00.001-08:002013-02-17T08:27:33.155-08:00<h3 style="text-align: center;">
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After two weeks of below zero temperatures, overcast and snow, we finally have sun shining through our windows. This seems to have reinvigorated us and as we have spent the morning producing some more pillowcases. We'll send these ones out sometime this week so that some of the children at the Norwich Children's Hospital will be able to enjoy them. <br />
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The Tanguayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374672059253879837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212039190458658416.post-22567151869606971872013-01-13T03:42:00.001-08:002013-01-13T03:42:10.373-08:00HOBBYCRAFT DONATION<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP7iPDITK2dRyY2wCNMFYsKBzdR-S2TMxOw5NxGEb83h6MK-ny_ftyVUTNg9L8a5MtGTZd-LilOE8Q3etdDdBeH3oBsyKHB-w4pCFlNFWRnanvJJsD1bjsxn9Y2C_Qr996haR96T17AOQ_/s1600/hobby.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP7iPDITK2dRyY2wCNMFYsKBzdR-S2TMxOw5NxGEb83h6MK-ny_ftyVUTNg9L8a5MtGTZd-LilOE8Q3etdDdBeH3oBsyKHB-w4pCFlNFWRnanvJJsD1bjsxn9Y2C_Qr996haR96T17AOQ_/s1600/hobby.png" /></a>We picked up a huge donation from Norwich Hobbycraft yesterday and so we would like to thank all the staff there for their support. We will be kept very busy this weekend now that the snow is starting to fall!!<br />
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<br />The Tanguayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374672059253879837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212039190458658416.post-32813425911671555042013-01-01T02:07:00.002-08:002013-01-01T02:07:46.850-08:00Happy New Year<div>
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We hope everyone had a good Christmas and New Year's celebrations. We are now back in Norwich and starting to get over over our post-Christmas blues. It has been a long time since we have written any proper blogs or made a donation, so apologies all. </div>
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We were in touch with the hospital over Christmas and I am pleased that they think they will be able to use the cute bumper blanket that was donated to us. We will therefore be donating this along with our most recent ten pillowcases. We have ten pillowcases ready to go so we will most likely take a trip to the hospital this weekend to give them to the children.</div>
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In the meantime, can we wish <b>Ryan McNally</b> a big, overdue congratulations and <b>thank you</b> for donating more of his, now too big clothes following his fantastic weight loss! We have found that these old shirts have enough fabric to use as ends which means our designs have more variety. Take a look at what we have done: </div>
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The Tanguayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374672059253879837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212039190458658416.post-89502136757055480362012-11-12T05:08:00.001-08:002012-11-12T05:08:39.118-08:00Ollie the owl arrives safely in USA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We are so pleased that Ollie the owl is settling in well with his new family!</div>
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<br />The Tanguayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374672059253879837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212039190458658416.post-90118549873247492522012-11-10T02:39:00.000-08:002012-11-10T02:39:12.408-08:00Letter from Tammy<br />
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I just wanted to say a big THANKYOU on behalf of my daughter
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She came home today after an 8 day stay with acute appendicitis, and she is
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The Tanguayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374672059253879837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212039190458658416.post-19293648479083596852012-11-04T04:29:00.001-08:002012-11-04T04:29:46.076-08:00Love, The Tanguays featured in local newspaper<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We have been working hard to bring you a variety of cute one-of-a-kind scrap owls! As usual, each owl is hand crafted by us and mostly made out of left-over fabric from the pillowcases we donated to the children's hospitals. </div>
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The Tanguayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374672059253879837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212039190458658416.post-650999931662508562012-10-31T08:23:00.003-07:002012-10-31T08:23:49.453-07:00Letter of thanks from Jenny Lind Children's Hospital<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Tanguayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374672059253879837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212039190458658416.post-43200217416893693422012-10-21T11:44:00.001-07:002012-10-21T11:44:44.581-07:00Hoo am I? VOTE NOW!All of the names are in for our owl competition and the entries are being put to the public vote! The winner will get a free Love, The Tanguays owl! You can vote for your favourite name on our facebook page:
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The Tanguayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374672059253879837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212039190458658416.post-4298838455041016122012-10-08T01:30:00.000-07:002012-10-08T01:30:36.896-07:00Playing a little catch up.<br />
We may have been offline for a month, but we were still trying to keep busy with making the pillowcases. Time to catch up with the pictures we should have posted.<br />
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The Tanguayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374672059253879837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212039190458658416.post-59288910207908503822012-10-06T06:00:00.000-07:002012-10-06T06:31:02.806-07:00100 made... But many more to go!Last weekend, we delivered our 100th pillowcase. It was a pleasure to meet all of the nurses on the Buxton Ward at the Jenny Lind Children's Hospital, Norwich, and to personally give our pillowcases to some of the long term patients there.<br />
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Laura and I decided awhile ago that we were not going to stop making the pillowcases, even after reaching our goal of 100. Instead, we will continue as long as we have the fabric to make them. </div>
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You will find that our site has changed a little. Thanks to Simon, we have this wonderful new design. You will find a new page entitled <b>Patterns</b>; here you will find our easy pillowcase pattern so that you can make your own pillowcases and donate these to us! We think that this is a great new way for people to get involved and support our project.</div>
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Finally, we are excited to announce that we have today launched our own business! You can visit our online store, Cush La Mar, and check out our gorgeous handmade cushions by following this link; <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/CushLaMar">www.etsy.com/shop/CushLaMar</a>. 10% percent of all proceeds made will go straight back into Love, The Tanguays so that we can continue with, what we truly believe to be, a worthwhile project. </div>
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The Tanguayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374672059253879837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212039190458658416.post-9987273076863507282012-09-25T04:53:00.002-07:002012-10-05T01:28:01.011-07:00The Jenny Lind Children's Hospital We are hand delivering 20 pillowcases to the Jenny Lind Children's Hospital in Norwich at the weekend. Can't wait! This delivery will mean that we have reached our goal of making and donating 100 pillowcases!The Tanguayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374672059253879837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212039190458658416.post-54739948832322345492012-09-04T06:04:00.004-07:002012-09-04T06:04:50.145-07:00Upping Sticks and Christmas FairsWe have been very busy recently upping sticks and moving to Norwich. Now that we are getting settled we have started making lots of scrap owls for the Norwich Christmas Craft Fair! <br />
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Platelets are donated less frequently than whole blood. They are needed for more specialised reasons such as for people undergoing chemotherapy for cancer or leukaemia and severe blood disorders. This donation can take up to 2 hours to complete and you can do it every two days in the US but it is recommended that you only do it every two weeks. It is illegal in both the US and the UK to get paid for blood or platelets that will be used in humans, however, to encourage people to donate in the US, gift certificates are common. In the UK you will not be given anything, so just the knowledge that you are helping someone will have to suffice. </div>
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The Tanguayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374672059253879837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212039190458658416.post-25150443727713779392012-08-14T08:05:00.000-07:002012-08-14T10:44:44.946-07:00For the Underdog<div style="text-align: justify;">
What inspires you? We rarely wake up inspired to do something. You might catch a glimpse of yourself in the mirror and think, "I need to lose weight" or "I should dye my hair." You might combine the thought of getting into shape with inspiration from Olympic athletes to run a race. For many people these inspiring moments never grow to be more than a temporary faze in our lives. </div>
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<a href="http://www.worldsportchicago.org/Portals/0/Sports/Athletics_Track_and_Field_Paralympic/Track%20and%20Field%20-%20little%20boy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.worldsportchicago.org/Portals/0/Sports/Athletics_Track_and_Field_Paralympic/Track%20and%20Field%20-%20little%20boy.jpg" /></a>I was 'wowed' by what I have seen over the last couple of weeks - how athletes have dedicated their lives and talents to become the best in their sports. I can't, however, honestly say that I was inspired. I root for the underdog. I am inspired by the underdog. When someone picks themselves up off of the ground and comes back stronger than before. I am really looking forward to the Paralympics, to see the product of dedication by people who have truly overcome great odds. Although I am still not inspired to run another race in my life time(!), I am inspired to help others and to give others the encouragement to overcome the odds set in front of them. </div>
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Laura and I have had another flurry of pillowcase sewing and expect to have 80 pillowcases sewn by the end of the week (or sooner) and have them mailed off by the end of next week. Last night in a response to some (much appreciated) owl requests we started cutting out a few more owl patterns and expect to be very busy in the next week putting them together!</div>
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For anyone (in America or otherwise) interested in buying an owl as a donation, please contact us and we would be glad to make one for you. We use all of the money from the owls to purchase fabric, sewing supplies, and pay for shipping. </div>
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The Tanguayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374672059253879837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212039190458658416.post-37921084960180406062012-08-02T01:21:00.003-07:002012-08-02T11:45:55.090-07:00"Being happy is the best cure of all diseases!"To date, Laura and I have completed 70 pillowcases and 60 of those are already on the beds of children who could use a smile.<br />
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Every year approximately 1,500 children in the UK between
the ages of 0 and 14 years old are diagnosed with cancer. The good news is that
75% of these children will be cured. We all know someone who has gone through cancer treatment, either family members or friends, and we know how
difficult and taxing this treatment can be. It's sad that anyone, especially a child, would have the
misfortune of having to undergo cancer treatment at all because children shouldn't be
sitting in hospitals, they should be outside running
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Hunter 'Patch' Adams said,
"You treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person, I
guarantee you, you'll win no matter what the outcome." Although we feel
it's important to find cures for these horrible diseases, we also feel it's equally important to bring comfort and joy to the lives
of the children we are helping. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Remember laughing? Laughter enhances the blood flow to the
body’s extremities and improves cardiovascular function. Laughter releases
endorphins and other natural mood elevating and pain-killing chemicals,
improves the transfer of oxygen and nutrients to internal organs. Laughter
boosts the immune system and helps the body fight off disease, cancer cells as
well as viral, bacterial and other infections. Being happy is the best cure of
all diseases!”<o:p></o:p></div>
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</h1>The Tanguayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374672059253879837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212039190458658416.post-80591154225933549662012-07-09T11:37:00.000-07:002012-07-09T11:45:01.434-07:00American AidFor the past week we have had an extra helper, Mark's mom. She has taught us some new tricks, tuned and cleaned the sewing machine, and made a pillowcase.<br />
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The Tanguayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374672059253879837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212039190458658416.post-30213579651701043282012-07-04T09:55:00.000-07:002012-07-04T09:55:22.882-07:00Where did Barn Owls live before barns?I could take a guess, but a more important question would be... where will our five newest Scrap Owls live? All five will soon be going to the USA, however I'm sorry to say that the "frog themed" owl has already been claimed.<br />
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So far our blog has attracted visitors from 24 different countries spread out over five continents!The Tanguayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374672059253879837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212039190458658416.post-80985298028388249462012-06-15T01:38:00.001-07:002012-06-15T01:44:35.701-07:00Delivery for The Royal Alex!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
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