Fleece & Thank You

A colorful, warm piece of hope brightening the room as it waits on the hospital bed for a warrior (the name we call our blanket recipients) to walk in for the start of treatment.

The key to a child conquering the scary hospital environment is to provide them with something bright and comforting to combat the darkness. There is an inspiring power behind starting something off on a good note.

We can provide that motivation to endure long treatments, the kickstart to a successful battle, and the hope that everything is going to be alright.

Our mission is to provide donors the unique opportunity to give comfort and hope to children by creating a fleece blanket and a personalized video message. The healing connection we foster by linking blanket makers to children with illnesses allows us to cheer them on at the starting line of their treatment journey. Children thrive on love and acceptance. The videos that come from every blanket maker are comforting and inspiring to the child as they realize they are not in this alone; there are people on the outside of the hospital walls who care about their fight.

We work with members of the community to make blankets and video messages, and then we deliver that comfort to the hospital. Our goal is a simple one: every child in every hospital bed receiving much-needed hope in the form of a colorful, fleece blanket at the start of treatment. We believe every warrior deserves armor for their battle, and we will continue this work until we guarantee that for every child entering the hospital for inpatient treatments.

Our signature program is our blanket-making event. We host over 400 blanket-making events every year to help us achieve our goal of making 30,000 fleece blankets, one blanket for every child in Michigan that goes into the hospital for inpatient treatments. Through our blanket making program, we are able to service hospitals all across Michigan.

As Fleece & Thank You continues to grow (we grew 566% from year 1 to year 2, and we just to hit our third birthday in October of 2018), we have big plans to continue to improve the hospital atmosphere and treatment journey for our kids in the hospital. We have a vision as strong as they come backed by a grassroots foundation with major momentum.

We are strategically rolling out our vision one step and one program at a time, starting now with blankets, videos, and resource packets and going as far as mobile applications, virtual reality therapy, school curriculums, and in-hospital media services.