Blankets for Canada Society
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We started humbly in Lethbridge, Alberta, in 1998, where 200 blankets were made and distributed in that first year. Blankets for Canada has spread across the country in the last ten years, right from Vancouver Island to Nova Scotia, and last year, 2009, more than 8,000 blankets were made and distributed. Every year the demand for our blankets increases, particularly with the unstable economy. So many people are stepping up and fulfilling the needs of Canadians who need some warmth. In the past 11 years, Blankets for Canada has gone from its humble beginnings in Lethbridge to being a coast-to-coast organization, serving larger areas such as Nanaimo and Victoria on Vancouver Island, and Abbotsford in BC, to Lethbridge, Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta; Kingston, Milton, St. Catherines/Niagara and the greater Toronto area in Ontario, and Halifax, NS, as well as smaller groups in other parts of Canada.
