A regional organization is hoping to provide comfort to children with special needs.

Sharing the Weight is a group with teams throughout the area, including Pella and Peoria, that makes weighted blankets to help children. Tammy Hemmer with the local group tells KNIA/KRLS News the blankets have had an impact on numerous children.

She says they hold regular meetings at 3rd Reformed Church in Pella on the second Thursday and last Monday of the month from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and they are always looking for volunteers to make the blankets, of which they have a significant backlog of orders.

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