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Published February 15, 2013, 12:00 AM

SMS students make 136 blankets for area charities

Somerset Middle Schools made 136 blankets Friday, Feb. 8, which will be donated to area charities.


Brady Anderson trims the edge of a Packers-themed fleece tie blanket, Friday, Feb. 8. The blanket was one of 136 blankets that Somerset Middle School students made that day. The blankets were donated to area hospitals and shelters including Turningpoint (River Falls), Grace Place (Somerset), Lakeview Hospital (Stillwater, Minn.) and Woodwinds Hospital (Woodbury, Minn.).

  • Brady Anderson trims the edge of a Packers-themed fleece tie blanket, Friday, Feb. 8. The blanket was one of 136 blankets that Somerset Middle School students made that day. The blankets were donated to area hospitals and shelters including Turningpoint (River Falls), Grace Place (Somerset), Lakeview Hospital (Stillwater, Minn.) and Woodwinds Hospital (Woodbury, Minn.).
  • After SMS students completed their fleece tie blankets, the blankets were brought to the gymnasium for an assembly. Pictured, students hold up the blankets their groups made. This year, SMS students made 136 blankets which were donated to area shelters and hospitals.
  • Eli Anderson (left) and Nick Kearns measure and cut ties on a fleece tie blanket, Feb. 8. Anderson and Earns, both SMS sixth graders, said they were having fun making a blanket with their group. The blankets were made from fleece donated by SMS students or purchased with money donated by SMS students.
  • Pictured from left, Eve Goldstein, Brynn Kumlin, Madisen Beuthling and Rilee Germain hold up their M&M-themed blanket after stretching to make sure it will lay flat.
  • Brit Buchannan (left) and Kaylee Erickson tie the edges of their group’s second fleece tie blanket together. The group finished their first blanket quickly and was able to make another one.
  • AJ Beasley (left) Lindsey Scanlon (front right), tie the edges of their group’s tie blanket together. After all the blankets were completed, they were taken to the gymnasium.