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RED ROCK
Keith Anderson&arson Newspapers
MIKI BUTTERWORTH sinks intoa pile of some of the blankets, coats and sleeping bags that show up on her porch in the Village of Oak Creek.
Butterworth had a dream about warm things for the needy, and now distributes what she collects to several Verde Valley outreach programs.
Woman's dream warms homeless this winter
By Mark Lineberger didn't kflow. Butterworth waiting for the blankets to Youcould saythatthe organi-
LARSON NEWSPAPERS was more surprised when she collect dust; Butterworth got zation did indeed. Within hours;
opened her front door to find it to work. She gathered a few the group was passing out the
absolutely covered in blankets recruits and went out to find donations to dozens and dozens
A. sedona woman recently and old coats, people who would of people, including those who
proved that one. person can "I don't welcome some have homes but can't afford
make a difference, and all it really know "It created quite a extra layers for heat.
takes is a dream, why so many the winter. In the meantime, the calls
Quite literally, people were stir. She came in All throughout kept coming.
"I had a dream one night up checking the Verde Valley, She went to other groups,
where I saw a woman and a their e-mail with a huge Butterworth churches and charities across
girl in a car, huddling from the in the middle checked under the valley. Not one had a
cold," said Miki Butterworth. "I of the night,"truckload. It's bridges and other problem finding people who
woke up and couldn't sleep, I Butterworth areas, distributing could use the items.
just kept seeing these people in said, "But they illspirillg to have the donations "It created quite a stir,"
the freezing cold." came." . to the homelesssaid Carrie I, ightfoot, opera-
Butterworth, thinking about It seems that pl -- although shetions director at the Old Town
a recent conversation with her her friends pCO e comein said the homeless Mission. "She came in with a
son about people who don't do had forwarded and volunteer, can be hard to find huge truckload. It's inspiring to
anything when things should be her message during the day.have people come in and volun-
done, sat down at the computer along, and "We went teer, and we're very grateful
and fired off a quick e-mail to a within a week, and we're very j u s ta b o u t The [coats] were given out very
few of the names on her contact Butterworth grateful." everywhere," quickly."
list. had amassed Butterworth said. Butterworth said she's
Butterworth asked for anyone a truckload ' Next, Butter- winding her collection ,efforts
with any old blankets, jackets, of donations, worth turned todown for the time being, but
coats or sleeping bags to bring A little moreCarrie Lightfoot the charitable hopes that others might look
them to her house -- she'd time passed, Old Town Mission Opei-ations organizations for ways they can help out their
make sure they'd endup in the and before Director in Cottonwood, fellow neighbors.
hands of people who needed Butterworth Camp Verde and "And it all started with a
them. knew it, there Sedona that serve dream," Butterworth said.
After eventually returning to were enough items to fill three those inneed. Butterworth
sleep, Butterworth was awak- trucks, said she called the Old Town
ened by phone calls asking "It was really something,"Missionin Cottonwood to askif Mark Lineberger can be reached
about her request. Remarkably, Butterworth said. they knew anybody who needed at 567-3341 or e-mail
they were from people she Instead of sitting around an extracoatorblanket. CVEditor@larsonnewspapers.com
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