Baby Blanket Boutique

We are OPEN!

The Boutique is open twice a week and provides:

• Children's clothing (size newborn to 6 and some preemie sizes), maternity clothing, and baptismal outfits.
• Holiday clothing (Christmas, Halloween, Patriotic themes, etc)
• Small quantities of diapers and wipes mainly meant to cover emergency needs.
• An "Expectant Mother Gift Bag" which includes a receiving blanket, a onesie, a diaper, a pair of socks, and a bib given to each Mom before delivery.
• A "Newborn Gift Package" given to parents within the first month of their child's life.  All items are new and includes a quilt (or other blanket), 2 disposable diapers, 2 sleepers, a special outfit or dress, a receiving blanket, a baptismal card.  It may also include other items that we may have on the shelf such as socks, lotion, bibs, hats, baby wipes, etc.

No appointments are necessary
Everything is Free of Charge

Open Saturdays and Thursdays 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
Closed Holidays and Holiday Weekends - Please check the calendar.

What started as what we thought would be a relatively simple project has morphed into a much larger one.  I guess that can be expected when dealing with an older building.

There were ceiling and wall stains from previous water leaks.  Since the replacement of roofs several years ago, there has been no more leakage.  Time to clean this mess up.  Additionally, the floor on the lower half of the Boutique was "squishy" - not water squishy but degrading - we assumed it was the subfloor crumbling.  As long as the ceiling was getting a facelift, we decided it made sense to upgrade the lighting to LED at the same time.  Painting and new carpet was added to the list with the direction of the Finance Council to take care of all of it - not do some now, some in a couple years, more in a couple more years, etc.

We began May 28, 2020 by moving into temporary spaces using faith formation classrooms.  We closed the Boutique at 12:30 on Thursday and reopened on Saturday at 9:30 - all due to the great work of many volunteers.  They were awesome!!!

The pictures will tell the rest of the story.  Notice you can go full screen if you want to see larger pics.

So what began as a facelift for the Boutique is ending with an updated look and also (hopefully) solved the mystery of where the flooding came from two summers ago in the lower storage level and classrooms.

We are getting very close to finishing and we will post more pictures soon.  We plan to re-open around mid-August once all the fall clothing is in place.  What?!  Fall?!

A million thanks go to the volunteers who have made this all possible, the Finance Council for approving the project, and especially Vicki and Dick LaMotte for managing the project, doing so much work themselves, and choosing such great sub-contractors!