Merry Christmas From Us on Bridge and Beyond

Merry Christmas from my family to yours.  This is last years picture taken right before we left for the Christmas Eve family gathering.  Hubby, Darling Daughter, and Me with our tree in the background.

This can be a very difficult time of the year for many.  Sometimes we loose site of that with our shopping, baking, cleaning, and travel.  Many find it a hard time of year without a roof over their heads, warm clothes to wear and food to eat.  We hear at Bridge and Beyond can not take care of everyone, but we do our best day to day providing warm items to donate to those in need.

If you look at our goals, we're falling well short of our goals, and have in recent years.  Charities go through up's and down's.  People find charities closer to home to help in order to minimize postage costs.  All of this is understandable.  Please know that even though we will fall well short of all of our goals, what we do does matter.  It matters to those who receive our hats, scarves, mittens, personal care items, cotton washcloths, and our afghans.

No doubt our numbers will climb yet a bit before I close out the year, so please keep checking in.

Merry Christmas one and all.  If you're traveling for the holidays, travel safe.

**The counts on our progress bars are current. All donations regardless of size and number are valued. All donations are appreciated. The Power of One is awesome, and when we work together The Power of One becomes The Power of Many.

Merry Christmas to All

Wishing you all, peace and love for Christmas.  I hope you all stay safe and warm, as you travel about to be with loved ones during this very special time of the year.

As we gather with loved ones, let us remember those less fortunate and keep the reason for the season in our hearts.

All donations regardless of size and number are valued. All donations are appreciated. The Power of One is awesome, and when we work together The Power of One becomes The Power of Many.

Merry Christmas to You

This seems like it was only yesterday..............but it was really quite some time back. My DD had breakfast here with Santa. She loved to dress up all Christmasey, most little girls do. Lots of good memories from when she was young, and as she grew up; but this picture is one of my favorites so thought I'd share it with you. Bet you all have a similiar one of you, your children, or your grandchildren sitting on Santa's lap.

Merry Christmas to you all and many thanks for all you've done through out the year with your magical crochet hooks and knitting needles and looms. You've made hats, scarves, mittens, slippers, washcloths, and squares. You've sent rain ponchos and socks, you've donated yarn. You've blogged about our cause, tweeted about our cause, and facebooked about our cause. I hope you've chatted about what we do here with your friends, your neighbors and family who might not be on the internet. As the year winds down, let me express my Christmas wish for a continuation of the same, a Christmas wish for more helping hands, to grow our numbers of donated items and reach more people in need.

Blessings to you all, and please Keep up the Good Work.

2011 Donations:

Scarves 463
Hats 939
Mittens 253
Socks 333
Squares 849
Rain Ponchos 216
Cotton Washcloths 340
Sweaters/Poncho's 10
Slippers 115
Afghans 50 (2 sent to our friends at Pine Street)
Misc Items I've not counted misc items like all the personal care items, the neck warmers, head bands, shawl, hot packs, or yarn etc.

All donations regardless of size and number are valued. All donations are appreciated, and all donations keep someone warm. We help, one stitch at a time. YOU truly DO make a difference. THANK YOU!