Caring for Homeless

I've been away, traveling outside the country and am in need of catching up.  I want to thank those who visit daily, checking to see if there's a new post; that is appreciated.  I want to thank Linda J from Texas, Janis F from LA, Kathy Banasik from MI, RoseMarie from TN, Sandra R from FL and Laura J from Ohio for your recent donations.  Hopefully boxes will be opened in a day or two, photo's taken and blog posts written.

In the meantime, I thought you might enjoy reading this article...it certainly touches on our mission of caring for the  homeless and given this special time of year, seems an appropriate post.  Please click here to read the article.

The news reporting of the story is here

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.

Danting Crocheted Scarves

Scarves......we always need scarves.  We donate scarves to men, women, and children.  NOT toddlers or babies.  The scarf tab has important information regarding dimensions, colors, fibers etc.  Please check the tab and measure your scarves folks.  No scarf should be less then 4 feet 6 inches long; and certainly longer for older kids, teens and adults.   We want them to be large enough to be warm.  Most folks wrap a scarf around twice.

Scarves are our last item to compare the numbers in terms of donations.  In 2012 we donated 105 scarves by March 26th, in 2013 we more then doubled it!  In 2013 we donated 226 and thus far this year.........still growing we donated 239.  Well done folks.

Scarf tab HERE

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.

Hats!  Hats are needed by men, women, children, and teens.  Hats are needed by those living in the shelters as well as those living out in the elements.  We also supply hats for many schools with kids in need.

Knitted hats, loomed hats, and crocheted hats have been donated through the years.  Hats probably make the single biggest difference in a person's comfort.....worn inside and out.  Many with limited heat where hats and scarves in doors.

In 2012 by March 26th we had donated 212 hats, in 2013 269 hats and thus far this year 361 hats.  As we've been comparing our donations these past several days for socks, slippers, mittens, afghans, rain poncho's and washcloths HATS are the only item where we've consistently knitted, crocheted, loomed and donated more hats each year!!

Awesome work!

Thinking of making a hat..........click here for the hat tab.  There are patterns and LOTS of information regarding size, so ALL hats should come tagged with the size, (child, teen, adult s-m-l etc.).

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.