December 2015
Volume 15, Number 8
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Irene “Cookie” Liller with lap robes and at BCOA offices with Angela Gentile.
Monaca senior donates time and talent to make lap robes for the elderly Irene “Cookie” Liller, 71, of Monaca has been crocheting for decades but in the last five years or so, she’s become known around town for the soft, pretty lap robes that she makes for the elderly. “My sister-in-law taught me how to crochet about 26 years and it’s been a hobby ever since,” she says. Several years ago, Cookie began making lap robes and donating them to nursing
homes in the area through the Salvation Army in Rochester. “I made 60 that first year and about 30 the next year. Then I was talking to someone at the Center at the Mall one day, and asked who else I could donate them to. That’s when I learned about the Surprises for Shut-ins Program. This will be my third year making lap robes for the Office on Aging. Last year I made about 50.”
The Surprises for Shut-ins program is now in its 29th year. Gifts will be delivered this month to sickly and lonely shut-ins ages 60 and older who live in the community and are identified by BCOA as needing some special attention during the Christmas season. Nearly 500 individuals will receive a bag full of gifts and a 2015 King Features Syndicate, Inc.
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