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Stow Arts Commission sets timeline for Warm Up America drive, schedules kit-packing session
Summary
Commissioners reviewed logistics for the Warm Up America blanket project, agreed pickup and marketing steps, set kit availability and return deadlines, and scheduled a volunteer kit‑packing session.
At its recent meeting, the Stow Arts Commission reviewed plans for the Warm Up America community blanket project and set a schedule aimed at getting kits into the community and finished squares returned for a December display.
Commission members said last year volunteers returned roughly 1,600–1,800 knit or crocheted squares; the commission set a working target of about 1,800 for this year. Staff and commissioners discussed distribution points, pickup and drop‑off windows, marketing timelines and volunteer logistics so the assembled project can be installed in December.
The commission agreed the first batch of kits would be available at City Hall beginning Wednesday, September 17, at 9 a.m. Members set a target return deadline for completed squares of November 7 so volunteers…
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