Think how good you feel when you take a bath or shower. Think how bad you feel when you don't. Something as basic as washing is so easy to take for granite when you have a roof over your head. People who are homeless don't have that luxury. That's right something we take granite is a true luxury to them. When we receive personal care items like this soap and cream from our good friend, and supporter RoseMarie it's luxury. These items are distributed to our family shelters (The YWCA, The Homeless Families Foundation, and Faith Mission), they are distributed to the Mens and Women Shelters provided by Faith Mission, and they are provided to the men and women living outdoors.Many thanks RoseMarie for your thoughtful donation.
**Reminder folks, please avoid lacy stitches in your knitted/crocheted items. If you can poke your finger through...it's probably too open and therefore not as warm as it could be. We strive for warmth and durability**
2012 Donations:
Hats: 98
Scarves: 28
Slippers: 9
Shawls: 2
Afghans: 7
Mittens: 75
Squares: 79
Socks: 42
Misc Items are not counted individually (such as personal care items, headbands, gators, yarn, wrist warmers/fingerless gloves etc)
***Don't forget to get yourself involved in the contest, there will be 3 winners. Details posted in the Feb 14th blog post.***
WOOT Woot....How exciting is this folks, new helping hands, students and faculty from Otterbein College knitting and crocheting. They've been busy working for our cause through their group, Stitches to Share. They've mentioned our group in their article as one of the groups they're stitching for. Thank you Otterbein Community.
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!
Great idea on donating soap/personal care items along with hats and such. I'll try to remember to add some of these things with my next shipment.
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Great donation! Also pretty exciting about Otterbein Univ. - it's so important to encourage a wide range of donors!! Many hands make light work! And did you see the pile of warm goodies on their website?! WooHoo! Keep spreading the word!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a wonderful donation. I never think to pick up these things when I am at the store. I will have to start doing so. Looks like a bulk purchase. Where did you get them Rosemarie?
ReplyDeleteSherry the lotion is from Dollar General and we have a store here in jackson that sell new and used items. The soap was not bought in bulk.Thank you for the nice comment. Rosemarie.
ReplyDeleteRosemarie, this a great donation! So many very much needed items! Your thoughtfulness is greatly appreciated!
ReplyDeleteVery nice donation Rosemarie. So very thoughtful.
ReplyDeleteThanks to Rosemarie for thinking of other items to donate.
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