Charities

I absolutely love crocheting for charity. I'm always on the lookout for organizations to crochet for. I decided to compile a list of websites that are accepting items that are handmade with love. Lets share the love and bring a smile to someone's face with what we do.

Visit the page I created to see the links, and feel free to comment with charities you know of. You can find a link in the navigation bar for easy access.

What do you like to crochet for charity?

Blankets for Kitties

So yesterday I had the pleasure of going to the Humane Society and donating my blankets that I made for the kitties!  I had lots to do that day and going to the Humane Society actually put a smile on my face!  I ended up finishing a fourth kitty blanket, added to the blanket my sister made while she was here I was able to donate 5 blankets total!

While I was there I was asked to take a photo with one of the kitties and one of the blankets I brought!  His name is Brick and he's a cutie!  I love the long haired cats and this one seemed pretty cool, unfortunately I already have a dog who isn't entirely keen on cats and being a moving military family makes it hard to have too many pets.  If you live in or close to the Colorado Springs area you should definitely go and see the kitties at their Humane Society.

Here are some pics of the table and some of the blankets that were donated!  There was a nicee array of colors and patterns, it was beautiful sight for crafters!  Well, I'm sure these kitties are going to be warm while they wait to be adopted!

Thank you for reading!  :D

Blankets for the Kitties

So, before I mentioned that I was going to be making a few things for charity, and I'm so excited to be working on that.  I've managed to make three little charity blankets and even got my sister to make one for me as well.  She's not much of a crocheter, but my Mom taught myself and my sisters at a young age, so she caught the crochet-bug while she was visiting me this past week! Haha!

My sister made the dark blue one on the right while I made the other three.  I used leftover yarns from a stash I received as a gift from my friend's mom! I figured this would be a good way to pay it forward, by donating what I've made!  I pledged that I wanted to make at least 2 blankets to donate, so I'm really excited to have 4.  I'm hoping to make another 1-2 more blankets before the deadline comes in two weeks.  What do you think?  Have you made anything for charity lately?

Crocheting for Charity

I'm so excited to have found some amazing charities to crochet for and donate some of my time to!  I love helping others and love what a good crocheted piece does for the heart, not just the recipient but mine as well.  It just fills me up with joy to crochet for others and that they could receive something they needed and brought them joy also.  Charity crochet can be an amazing thing for everyone and that is why I am going to share some of the charities that I'm going to be crocheting for this year.

Last week I was contacted by someone locally about crocheting for our local Humane Society.  The Colorado Springs Community Alliance is collecting blankets for the kitties at the Humane Society and have asked everyone to join in.  I can't wait to get started on this project because I'm really excited about doing something more locally.  While I'm not particularly a cat person (just being honest  here, LOL) I do love animals and have compassion for them all, so I really do want to help out.  The blankets they are asking for need to be 18x18 in size, so I'm going to attempt to make at least two blankets, hopefully more.  There does happen to be a deadline for this, but since they are always in need of these blankets I was told that they will accept more blankets after the date if I contact them!  if anyone else would like to make some blankets for our local Human Society then please feel free to email me about sending them to me.

Another great cause used to elude me somewhat before I actually knew more about it, but it's for breast cancer survivors.  Craftsy has teamed up with Knitted Knockers to provide knitted and crocheted prosthetic breasts to mastectomy patients.  Now, in all honesty, I used to see patterns for these types of items on ravelry and so on and never quite understood why someone would make these or how functional they would be, but truth be told they are more comfortable, breathable, and their light weight makes them more realistic when worn.  After reading all the info provided on the websites and what real survivors were saying about them, I knew that I really wanted to help this wonderfully amazing cause.  My grandmother is a breast cancer survivor, as well as a cousin on my husband's side of the family, so I enjoy doing what I can for breast cancer awareness!  This is going to be a very awe-inspiring charity for me and I can't wait to make as many knockers as I can!  ;)  Here is a nice crochet breast pattern I found on ravelry that I plan to use!  :)

So I posted about Scarves for the Special Olympics last year and was very ambitious in thinking I would make soooo many scarves on my knitting machine!  In the end I didn't have a chance to buy the second color of yarn I needed and therefore never created any scarves.  This year, it just so happens that National Committee of the Special Olympics has decided to discontinue the scarves program.  The good news is that several states have decided to proceed on their own.  It just so happens that the state I currently reside in, Colorado, is one of them (YAY, me). If you want to see what states are participating and where you should send your scarves to then you visit and join the ravelry group State Special Olympics Scarves.  There they have a comprehensive list of participating states, as well as addresses, yarn colors, and more!  My goal for this project is to make at least one scarf.  With all the charities I want to participate in, as well as my shop, my family, my personal fitness, and so on, I don't want to overwhelm myself with too much.  I do, however, want to contribute something, because we don't know if they are going to be collecting scarves next year!  Right?

So, that's the charities that I found this past week that I plan to participate in.  Wish me luck!  Are you planning on creating something for a charity?  What type of charities do you like to create for?  Let me know in the comments section!  :)

A Charity Project for the Little Warriors

Being a seller on Etsy, I'm also a part of an awesome Team called Cafemommers (moms who use CafeMom and sell on Etsy).  One of our awesome group members has brought to our attention an amazing charity requesting handmade goods.  It's called Project 16 :: The Littlest Warriors and it's at Craft Hope.

Basically they are requesting handmade hats and tote bags for children battling cancer.  I really can't wait to get started and get into this project!  I love creating things for charity and hopefully putting a smile on someone's face.  Since I've been completely into making hats I see this as an amazing opportunity to share that with these children.

If you want to participate then make sure you head on over to Craft Hope and read up on Project 16.  The deadline is March 12th, 2012, so you have to hurry!  The address is there as well to mail your items in to!  Even if I only manage to make one, I will be happy!  Let's get going!

Stitching for Charity

So I've always been a giving person and I love to create more for others than for myself! I've added a Charity page to the blog so that others can see what charity work I'm donating to and my progress. Of course I will be posting picks within the blog as well so you'll be able to see what I'm up to, but you'll be able to find more info on the Charity page. To get to the Charity page there is a link in the linkbar at the very top of the blog. Check it out for the charity that I'm going to work on right now! :) Are you participating in the charity as well? Feel free to send me pics of your work and I'll be happy to post them to the blog!