By Tracy Courage
U of A System Division of Agriculture

LITTLE ROCK — Normally, Santa visits patients at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences this time of year to personally deliver blankets donated by Arkansas Extension Homemakers Council clubs and other volunteers throughout the state. Santa could not visit due to the social distancing requirements, but Extension Homemakers still provided plenty of blankets for people spending the holidays in the hospital.

Extension Homemakers in Cleburne, Craighead, Crawford, Jackson, Jefferson, Hot Spring and Van Buren counties donated 342 blankets, helping the UAMS Auxiliary meet its goal of collecting 400 blankets for patients.

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IN THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON — Sarah Payton, president of the Willing Workers of White Hall EHC Club, delivers blankets to UAMS Volunteer Services Coordinator Marcia Dunbar in Little Rock. (Division of Agriculture photo.)