Comments on: Make Your Placemat for kids even BETTER!

By: Michelle Stern

Michelle Stern — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:25:45 +0000

Michele,
This is genius! What a wonderful idea!!

I did get the contact information for the person I need to speak with at UC San Francisco – perhaps they will be a little more accommodating. But your idea is also fantastic and we might try this as well!

Thank you!
Michelle

By: michele, with one L

michele, with one L — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:19:03 +0000

Am wondering, if the hospitals won’t allow this for children, if it might be a good idea to do for nursing homes…

By: Michelle Stern

Michelle Stern — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:41:37 +0000

Thanks for your kind words, Nora! It looks like some hospitals might not find this project sanitary enough for us to use at all… We are going to work on a compromise. I’d love any ideas, if you have them, on how to continue this project safely.

By: nora

nora — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:56:58 +0000

love this idea being a cancer survivor myself and spending time in a hosptial. i was just wondering if you cared if i shared this idea with a creative group i belong to.

They are made up of all levels of crafting and some artists who this would be up there alley.

i will mention the lamination part the only problem with cancer patients sometimes if the children’s blood counts are low they limit the different things they are allowed to be around.

for me it was fruit and flowers and believe it or not vegetables.

But i do wish you much luck and think it is a great idea

all the best nora

By: Michelle Stern

Michelle Stern — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:43:43 +0000

Hi Toni,
Thanks for your support!!
I can’t wait to hear how it goes

Michelle

By: Toni

Toni — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:16:10 +0000

Hi!I really love this idea!!I`m going to post about it on my blog with a link back to yours!!Hope you have a blessed day!!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:59:36 +0000

HI Carli,
You made me smile sooo big when I read your comment I had a frustrating phone call with the hospital today – they are concerned about the sanitation aspect. We are checking into things further and I’ll post an update when I know more. I would hate to have people do a project with such good intentions and then have it not received well on their end. I imagined the kids receiving the place mats with a meal, and then either using the puzzles on them or hanging them up afterwards. They weren’t meant to be shared between kids or used for food loads of times – plus, the lamination should allow for them to be cleaned easily. I hope it all works out! PLEASE keep us posted on your progress, too!

By: Carli

Carli — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:55:05 +0000

As a co-founder of the Metro Detroit Nanny Council, one of our objectives is community service and choosing at least one big project to work on every year. I just wanted to let you know that I LOVE LOVE LOVE this idea, and while it might take a few months to get it started, Im going to implement this into an activitiy for our group.

By: Michelle Stern

Michelle Stern — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:06:42 +0000

HI Christian,
The place mats that we purchased at our restaurant supply store are 10 x 14 inches.

We hope to send ours to the Children’s Hospital in Oakland, CA, but need to work through some kinks. Because sanitation is of the utmost concern, we may have to come up with another way to distribute the place mats so that everyone stays safe.

By: Christian

Christian — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:41:05 +0000

How big or small do they need to be? Where do we send them when we are done?