Trevor’s Eagle Blanket Foundation

From Mt Diablo Silverado Council:

Trevor’s Eagle Blanket Foundation Calls For Assistance 12-13-14

Scouts and Scouters, we are counting on your support to carry forward Trevor Tonsing’s Legacy of Warmth. Trevor was a Life Scout in Troop 832, Iron Horse District, Mt. Diablo Silverado Council, out of Walnut Creek, California. He had started on his Eagle Scout Leadership Project, which was to procure materials and organize and instruct crews that would make fleece tie blankets for the benefit of patients at Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland. Trevor was motivated to do this because of the excellent care he had received at Children’s Hospital himself, after being born with complex congenital heart defects in 1993.

Trevor suddenly fell ill and passed away a few days after his sixteenth birthday in December 2009. Thus, he was unable complete his Eagle Scout Leadership Project. However, because of his family’s desire to move forward with the project, Trevor’s Eagle Blanket Foundation was established in January 2010 and has already contributed well over 3,000 beautiful blankets to the patients of Children’s Hospital.

December 13, 2014 will be Trevor’s 21st birthday. We are asking each Troop, Crew, and Pack in the Council to throw their support behind this effort and to do a good turn by making and contributing blankets to the Foundation on or before Trevor’s birthday. Each blanket requires two pieces of fleece; each piece of fabric should be one and one half yards long. Cutting and tying one blanket typically takes about 45 minutes. More information about the Foundation, and about procuring fleece, cutting and tying blankets, and delivering the blankets to the Foundation can be found on the Foundation’s website. It is fun, easy, and rewarding to do. Patches will be awarded to all contributing Scouts.

Every Scout, Scouter, Troop, Crew, and Pack can make Trevor’s 21st birthday a gift that celebrates his Legacy of Warmth with a new generation of children confronting medical challenges. Like Trevor, YOU can make a difference in their lives.

Thank you for your support!

Trevor’s Eagle Blanket Foundation,
a California nonprofit public benefit corporation
c/o Archer Norris
2033 North Main Street, Suite 800
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
www.trevorsblankets.org
email: JTonsing@trevorsblankets.org

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