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Emily Carnahan made 52 blankets over the past year to donate to children at the Stead Family Children’s Hospital in Iowa City.
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Giving back ’tis the reason for the season and Emily Carnahan is doing just that.
Carnahan set a goal for her 13th birthday, to make a fleece tie blanket a week with the intentions of donating the blankets to Stead Family Children’s Hospital in Iowa City.
It is now a year later, Carnahan just turned 14 on Dec. 3 and she has 52 blankets to donate.
The idea came to Carnahan while she was making a blanket for herself during her time spent at home due to COVID-19.