Learn more about Binky Patrol with our search or view a 3.5 MB PPT here (sorry no music yet). Use our drop-down menu to find a chapter near you.
VIEW A Windows Media presentationWe welcome all volunteers. We make blankets and give them away to children and teens in need of comfort across the country. We have local chapters and events. Binky Patrol welcomes students and scouting troops, churches, community service organizations.
GET A DAY - GIVE A DAY - WE HAVE BEEN ADDING OUR CHAPTERS TO THE LISTINGS:
First: Go here, then, search for the zipcode nearest your location (or enter your city and state), then in the drop-down menu, select "Children & Youths" check the box for kids OK to volunteer.
MORE EVENTS COMING SOON! We're adding them daily - opportunities can be found across the country.
If you are waiting to be VERIFIED, hold tight! They are upgrading the system so we can quickly verify your opportunity. Sorry for delays. Should be working again tomorrow. It's a bit overwhelmed at the moment.
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Our site forum is for everyone to read, but only our logged in Area Coordinators can participate. We hope you enjoy reading the stories they've sent in from recipients and their own experiences. Area Coordinators, please tell us your stories about your binky, making binkies and other warm and fuzzy things to tell what a difference one person and one binky can make. Thank you, and welcome to our website. Sincerely, |
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Quilts and blankets to Summerville, Ga.
(By: largent, Date: 03/31/09, Responses: 0) 2. Binky Patrol and Upland Chapter in the local newspaper (By: rmendieta, Date: 03/30/09, Responses: 1) 3. Fabric -Walmart (By: makowski, Date: 11/09/08, Responses: 3) 4. someone cared about our precious baby (By: suzbinky, Date: 12/17/07, Responses: 0) 5. Thank you for the beautiful blanket (By: suzbinky, Date: 10/17/07, Responses: 0) 6. thank you for bringing comfort to my son (By: suzbinky, Date: 09/20/07, Responses: 0) 7. Our Lady of The Assumption School adopts Binky Patrol (By: rmendieta, Date: 06/12/07, Responses: 0) 8. I like my blankie from binkypatrol. (By: suzbinky, Date: 03/08/07, Responses: 0) |
In addition to volunteering for Binky Patrol, being a Girl Scout troop leader and a full-time web developer, Susan Finch made a lifelong dream come true by publishing her first book, Dino Manners.This is her first book. It is illustrated by Alison Seda. They have been working on it for over a year and are finally shipping it!
Dino Manners can be ordered directly from Susan Finch and signed by her. Visit the book website:
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http://www.facebook.com/dinomanners - become Theo's friend. He'll friend everyone! He likes being a good friend.
I received a beautiful letter in the mail with an amazing book, "Quilting for Peace" by Katherine Bell. This book is a compilation of more than 25 inspiring essays and 15 charity projects. We were interviewed so that we could be included in this lovely book.
Not only does it tell the stories, but gives patterns for some easy and beautiful projects.
Attention Volunteers: Update - March 9, 2010:
Due to the overwhelming response, several of your chapters who were participating have closed their opportunities. If you are unable to find a participating Binky Patrol chapter near you, we encourage you to seek alternative volunteer opportunities.
For the Disney vouchers, when you EXPRESS interest in an opportunity, that is only STEP 1. You should get a confirmation email from the organization with specific dates and times for the blankets to be delivered. After that, you'll need to follow their instructions and log BACK INTO your HandsOn account on the Give a Day, Get a Day portal and COMMIT to the opportunity, per the instructions from the organization. This is how your voucher gets reserved until you either complete the COMMITMENT or are a NO SHOW.
If you COMPLETE THE COMMITMENT (deliver the blankets), the organization you volunteered for will validate you within a couple of days. If you are a NO SHOW for the date YOU PROMISED, the voucher is released back into the system, you will get an email saying you were a NO SHOW. That's the end of it. We can no longer have you start over.
Your blankets will STILL make a difference, even if you don't get something in return for making them other than the knowledge that you are comforting children in need.
If you have turned in blankets to a BINKY PATROL CHAPTER and have not received an email from HANDS ON or DISNEY THANKING you for volunteering, you may not be validated. Contact the Area Coordinator you were working with to check your verification status.
Please DO NOT contact the Area Coordinators to find out when you will receive your vouchers from Disney. Once we verify your participation, our part is complete and the rest is up to the HandsOn folks and Disney.
Questions:
Did you commit to a date?
Did that day pass already?
If you did not commit to a delivery date, then you can't be validated until your date has passed and we have your BLANKETS or you attended our event.
PLEASE email only - we are hit with many calls daily and can not keep up with the number of calls. We are extremely busy with the LOVE and blankets coming our way! Email is the best way to reach us.
From a HandsOn volunteer, "I signed up for the Disney program when they first announced it last year. I had so many problems when it finally launched at the first of the year that I've JUST logged back in. Binky Patrol was first on the list and I figured that I may as well make some Binkies for Biny Batrol! I talked to my contact at the LA Habitat for Humanity and she said that Disney is getting really close to reaching the 1 million tickets too!"
Binky Patrol has registered with the national HandsOn network as well as their local action center in Greater Portland Oregon. Through their network of more than 250 HandsOn Action Centers, you can find volunteer projects and programs that align your passion with real needs in your local community. You can get trained to become a volunteer leader, or you can use your professional skills to get a local non-profit organization on track. The options are endless.
Join BInky Patrol in the Portland, Oregon area during Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend: Saturday, January 16 and Monday, January 18.
Volunteer opportunities listed here:
Event Prep (Saturday fabric cutting)
Sewing Machine Blanket Brigade (Monday shift, for those with sewing machines):
Make Blankets for Children (Monday shift, for those who don’t have sewing machines):
To qualify for the DISNEY PROMO - GIVE A DAY, GET A DAY, You MUST search for these events through THEIR site: http://www.disneyparks.com
"They are some of our recipients of the last bunch of larger blankets you gave to us for the homeless."
I want to say thank you for bringing comfort to my son during his most trying times!
iGive is a great site that allows you to shop online, just like always AND ensure a donation is made to your favorite charity based on your purchases. They now have a toolbar you can add to your browser to make it REALLY easy. Choose Binky Patrol or ANY of your favorite charities in their database to ensure your search and purchase discounts are donated to your charity.
This article is in answer to a many emails from people who say they want to help make blankets, but don't know how to donate them, where to send them, etc. Please read this article to get these answers.
We have a very targeted audience and reasonable advertising rates. All advertising donations go into our program 100%.
Binkies can be sewn, knitted, crocheted, or quilted. The only requirement is that they are at least 3' square, soft, washable -- all pins removed! and that they come from the heart. We have no set patterns because we have volunteers working with all skill levels and styles. We wouldn't want to hinder your creativity. We have a few patterns downloadable on the site.
If you have Binkies that you want to donate, please check our Chapters section to find the Area Coordinator closest to you!
Hands On Portland broke the MLK Bink A Thon into two parts: one to cut and prep the fabric and the other to sew them all together. Today we had over a dozen people join us at the Beaverton Library to cut fabric, make blanket sandwiches for sewing on Monday and tying fleece blankets.Thank you Hands On and all who attended. We also had several people show up to drop blankets off that they made at home!
This article was published in the Marysville Fire Department's newsletter.