Sitting in the front meeting room at Arlington Animal Services, Lynn Elliot sorts through piles of blankets made by herself and three other women. With vivid patterns on one side and blank fabric on the other side, the blankets will be used to help animals in the shelter.

Over the next several weeks, she and other members of the Golden People Are Willing and Sharing (or Golden PAWS) volunteer group will sew on their group’s patches to get ready for the next craft fair where the blankets will be sold to benefit the animal shelter.

Elliot was looking for something to do after she retired in 2011. Volunteering with Arlington Animal Services was an easy choice.

It gave her the chance to be involved in the community and fill her time, helping with laundry and cleaning kennels in the animal

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