May 16 (Day 77) Become A Blanketeer !

Are you a "crafty" person?  Do you enjoy making things with your hands?  If so, here is a great opportunity for all of you "crafty" people to make a difference.

On Christmas Eve, 1995, an article titled “Joy to the World” appeared in Parade Magazine. It was written by Pulitzer Prize winning photo-journalist, Eddie Adams. Part of the article featured a petite, downy haired child. She had been going through intensive chemotherapy and stated that her security blanket helped her get through the treatments. After reading the article, Karen Loucks decided to provide homemade security blankets to Denver’s Rocky Mountain Children’s Cancer Center, and Project Linus was born.

Project Linus is a non-profit organization with a two-fold mission.

• First, it is our mission to provide love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need through the gifts of new, handmade blankets and afghans, lovingly created by volunteer “blanketeers.”
• Second, it is our mission to provide a rewarding and fun service opportunity for interested individuals and groups in local communities, for the benefit of children.

Donate to Project Linus.

Become a Blanketeer or find out other ways you can help.

Find a Project Linus Chapter in your area.

Wow!  Over  3.2 Million blankets handcrafted and delivered!  That is awesome!  I'll bet there are some sore fingers out there... but also some happy hearts! 

Project Linus on Facebook.

Source:  Project Linus

March 31 (Day 31) Handmade Love for Abused Women

Are you a crafty person?  Can you knit or crochet?
Would you like to learn how?   This opportunity is for you!

HANDMADE ESPECIALLY FOR YOU

Is a non-profit organization that makes and distributes comfort scarves to shelters for abused women.We tie each scarf with a ribbon and include a note signed by the comfort scarf maker. Often our hand knitted or crocheted scarf is the first personal gift ever received by the recipient.

In 2009, Handmade Especially for You made over 6,500 comfort scarves and delivered them to 22 family crisis centers and shelters for abused women. Most were in Southern California.


By the end of 2009, Handmade Especially For you went national and international, forming chapters in U.S. and Canada, and receiving comfort scarf donations from Germany and Scotland.  In 2010, our goal is to deliver comfort scarves at a pace 50% higher than 2009. Even so, we have barely scratched the surface of the need.

WE NEED KNITTERS AND CROCHETERS -  WE PROVIDE FREE YARN!

Check out the website to see how they are helping shelters and abused women. Click here for contact information for this opportunity.

Source:  Handmade with Love