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Receiving a blanket helps women to know <strong><em>we care<\/em><\/strong> and is a beautiful and effective way to support them on their journey to full recovery, one that frequently requires extensive surgery.<\/p>\n<p>As any woman will tell you blankets can bring a degree of comfort \u2013 hence the term \u2018comfort blanket,\u2019 especially when we are in pain, we are grieving or perhaps anxious about something. These knitted blankets serve the same purpose for women in Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to become involved or would simply like to know more about this amazing campaign, why not join us at our Orange Caf\u00e9 on June 25<sup>th<\/sup> 2025 at Irton Garden Centre, Irton Moor Lane, Irton, Scarborough YO 12 4RW.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to seeing you then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knitted with Love is a campaign run by Hamlin Fistula Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia which&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":541,"featured_media":5064,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-programme-action"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Knitted with love | News | Blog | Events | SI Scarborough, Malton and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Scarborough, Malton and District : Blog &amp; News : Knitted with love : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Scarborough, Malton and District . 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