Handmade blankets welcome refugees, immigrants to U.S.

Handmade blankets welcome refugees, immigrants to US

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — “Welcome to the USA,” says a note attached to a hand-crocheted blanket of purple, white and gray stripes.Hollie Shaner-McRae, of Burlington, who made the blanket as a gift for a refugee, wrote of her great-grandparents coming to the United States from Ukraine, Russia and Poland.One great-grandfather was a tailor and the other was a barrel maker, she wrote. “Both were so brave and came to America as teenagers,” she wrote in…

Handmade blankets welcome refugees, immigrants to US

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — "Welcome to the USA," says a note attached to a hand-crocheted blanket of purple, white and gray stripes.

Handmade blankets welcome refugees, immigrants to US

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — "Welcome to the USA," says a note attached to a hand-crocheted blanket of purple, white and gray stripes.

Vermont community welcomes refugees to the US with handmade blankets

A group of refugees were welcomed to Vermont with homemade blankets. At least 86 blankets were made for the refugees and immigrants arriving in Vermont.

Handmade blankets welcome refugees, immigrants to US

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — “Welcome to the USA,” says a note attached to a hand-crocheted blanket of purple, white and gray stripes. Hollie Shaner-McRae, of Burlington, who made the blanket as a gift for a refugee, wrote of her great-grandparents coming to the United States from Ukraine, Russia and Poland. One great-grandfather was a tailor […] | Local News from KRQE News 13 in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Handmade blankets welcome refugees, immigrants to U.S.

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — “Welcome to the USA,” says a note attached to a hand-crocheted blanket of purple, white and gray stripes. Hollie Shaner-McRae, of Burlington, who made the blanket as a gift for a refugee, wrote of her great grandparents coming to the United States from Ukraine, Russia and Poland. One great grandfather was […]