Knitting Helps the Homeless

Thank you Laura E!  Laura has been busy with her knitting needles, as you can see.  She's knitted hats, a scarf, cotton clothes.  She's has also included socks and personal care items.

Please click to enlarge the pictures to see this wonderful donation.  

Laura has been a long time supporter of our homeless here in central Ohio through Bridge and Beyond.  Her cotton clothes are the always popular corner to corner style...often known as Grandma's favorite.

Laura always includes a nice mix of personal care items: tooth paste, razors, hand wipes.  

As always Laura please known how much generosity helps those in need.

****Folks, please hold mailing your wonderful donations during February of next year 2022.  Please plan on mailing before February of after February.

**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.

Hats, and Cotton Washcloths Help the Homeless

Thank you Laura E for this thoughtful donation of knitted goodies.  Laura has included hats, cotton washcloths, and a matching hat and scarf set (see upper left corner, they are tied nicely together).

Special thanks Laura for tagging your hats with size, that helps everyone out and saves tremendous time for the many volunteers that work at the shelter.  That in turn get's items into the hands of those in need quicker.

The cotton washcloths of course have many purposes and are always well received.  You've got a nice variety of colors.  I'm partial to the one in the middle on the right hand side that has the orangey and green combination.  Pretty colors.

As always keep up the good work and know you've made an important difference in the lives of many in need.

**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.

Generous Donations From Florida, Help Homeless

Thank you Laura E for your wonderful donations.  I've been behind so am posting Laura E last 2 donations together.  As you can see, she has been very busy.  The above picture is actually her 2nd donation, and despite my posting  the other picture first...so they would be in order, blogger apparently had other ideas, lol.  No matter in this picture you can see her generous donation of knitted hats, cotton washcloths, and scarves.  And lot and lots of good personal care items: Wipes, toothbrushes, soap, toothpaste, razors, deodorant...and band aides.  W hat a great idea Laura E.  She's also included socks.

And this picture is actually her first donation which has socks, knitted hats, scarves, and cotton washcloths.  In both pictures you can see how she nicely tags her hats with size.  Many thanks for doing that.  It truly saves the volunteers so much time and helps get the item to the right people quicker.

As always Laura, many thanks for all you do.  Please know what an important difference you've made in the lives of many in need.  Keep up the good work.

**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.

Knitting and Donating to the Homeless

Thank you Laura E for your continued support of Bridge and Beyond.  Laura is constantly working on donations for us.  She knits and fills and box and ships, and then she starts the process all over again.  Scroll back just a few posts and you'll see her other very recent donation.  Always busy working for us, many many thanks!!

Laura has included personal care items, socks, hats and scarves (see some are sets and tied together), and cotton washcloths.   Extra thanks for tagging your hats with size, Laura.  It really saves time for the volunteers at the shelters.

I love the pretty turquoise cotton cloths.  So fresh and springy looking and we need some of that.  It's been a long year for all of us, so having spring, colors, flowers etc help brighten us all.

As always, please keep up the good work, Laura and know what a difference you make in the lives of many in need. 

**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.

Knitting Helps The Homeless

Thank you Laura E for this thoughtful donation of knitted goodies.  Laura has been busy knitting hats, and scarves (see how she's linked them together to make a nice gift set), and cotton washcloths.  She's also included personal care items and socks!

Truly something for everyone with this donation.  Many thanks for tagging the hats with size, it helps the volunteers at the shelters get items to the right people quicker.

As always, remember you can enlarge the picture to see details, colors, texture by clicking on the pictures on this blog, Bridge and Beyond.

Many thanks Laura for your on going support of Ohio's homeless here on Bridge and Beyond and please keep up the good work.  

**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.

Knitting And More Help Homeless

Thank you Laura E for this wonderful donation.  As you can see, Laura has been very busy with her knitting needles and yarn.  She's included the corner to corner cotton washcloths (granny's favorite), hats,  and scarves.  Click to enlarge as you'll see the set on the far right matching hat and scarf nicely tied together...makes for such a nice gift.  She's also included person care items (toothpaste, toothbrush, and soap).

AND, she's included 9 pairs of warm socks!  Drum roll here, as her 9 pair of socks now puts us over our goal for the year.  Take a look at our graph.  Thrilled to reach and exceed the goal so early in the year; as last year we were pretty light which is why our goal was lower.  So..........let's keep this going.  No need to stop sending socks just because we reached that goal.  Thanks to everyone that helped make this happen.

Many thanks Laura E for your on going support of Bridge and Beytond and Ohio's Homeless and those in need.  You've made a difference, an important one.

**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.

Potpourri of Sorts for The Homeless

While Potpourri really applies to flowers, petals ..a mix thereof, it was the first word that came to mind when I looked at this generous donation of LOTS of different things.  PLEASE, click so you can see everything.

Our friend Laura E has been busy both shopping and with yarn.  She has knitted, cotton washcloths, hats, and scarves.  Also please note how she's tagged everything with size.....AND nicely tied the sets of matching hats and scarves.  Putting them together makes a nice gift set, I think.......don't you?

 She has shopped and included a huge variety of personal care items: toothbrushes, toothpaste, toothbrush holders, soap, razors, wipes, brandades, and female sanitation products.  Really an awesome variety.

AND Socks.  Nothing worse in my opinion than cold wet feet.  And wet feet happen all year long, be it rain in the summer, or freezing rain, sleet and or snow in the winter.  So having socks......clean, dry socks to change into can be a huge improvement in the individuals living circumstance, be they someone living in the elements or someone getting nights here and there in a shelter.

Many thanks Laura, please keep up the good work and know what a difference...an important difference you have made.

**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.

Knitting Warm Goodies Helps Homeless

Thank you Laura E for this thoughtful and generous donation.  She's been very busy with her knitting needles and yarn.  Click to enlarge so you can the picture better.  Laura has included lots of hats, all nicely tagged with size.......YIPPEE!!  She's also knitted some scarves, and cotton wash cloths.  The cotton washcloths is the always popular, Grandma's favorite, knitted corner to corner.  

She's included personal care items and socks in donation.  Something for everyone.  AND did you notice...she packaged up some sun from Florida for me, lol.  Seriously, you don't often see in the pictures that sunshine is coming through the window when I'm photographing donations, so I'm giving her credit for adding it to the box of donations, lol.

Folks check out our numbers, we're close to the end of the year.  We've hit goal with our afghans and mittens.  AND we're just over 75% of our goal for cotton washcloths and the same  for socks.  It's exciting to see the numbers go up.

Stay safe all.

**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.

Knitted Warmth Aids Ohio's Homeless

Thank you Laura E for this generous donation of knitted goodies.  As you can see our friend Laura E has been very busy.  She's knitted the always popular corner to corner cotton washcloth, the pattern most of know as Grandma's favorite.

She's included lots of person care items and socks, as well as Hats galore, plus scarves.  Please click to enlarge the picture so you can see the details.  Her personal care items include wipes, female products, soap, razors, and packages of band aides.  Great idea!

The hats have some interesting details so, please do check them out.  Special thanks too Laura for adding the size tags to all your hats.  Also, please notice how she's tied the matching scarves and hats together, what a nice touch.  As you read this post, I venture to say somewhere someone is wearing your hats and being warmer; as I have already delivered these items.

Many thanks Laura, and please keep up the good work.

**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.

Knitting and More for the Homeless

Thank you Laura E for this thoughtful donation of goodies for our homeless friends.  Laura has been busy knitting cotton washcloths, hats, and scarves.  Please click to see details.  She has paired a couple of the hats with scarves and tied together to make a nice gift set.  

She has a wonderful array of personal care items from toothpaste, and toothbrushes, to soap, band aides and more.  Band aides such a good idea.  She's also included female sanitary products and wipes.  Very nice selection of needed items.

And with the cold damp weather socks are such a plus.  She's included socks for both men and women.  Many thanks for your generous donation.

As always, please keep up the good work.  AND ...if you clicked to enlarge picture, did you notice the ray of sunshine?  We've not seen much of that lately, so am giving Laura credit for boxing some of that up along with her donation, lol.

**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.

Knitting in Florida Helps Ohio's Homeless

Thank you Laura E for this awesome donation.  As you can, she's been very busy knitting hats, and and cotton wash cloths.  AND she's included lots of good personal care items: wipes, tooth paste, tooth brushes, soap, tissues, razors and 1st aid!  Love the idea of 1st aid.  Please click folks to see the details.  1st aid isn't something I had thought about before so wanted to point that out.   AND she also included panty liners for women, which I understand to be something always in short demand.  

Kudos Laura for thinking about different ways to help these folks!

This was to be 1 of 2 pictures, as she sent 2 boxes of donations.  I have 2 notes and the counts of everything; but I've had a picture problem (2nd time in recent weeks here on my computer).  Actually, I'm not sure if the problem is my phone or the computer.  When I transfer the pictures from my phone to the computer I've had a few (just recently) disappear.  I've tried finding them on the computer and the phone without success.  Literally, it was there, I saw it and then poof.  Very frustrating.

Is this photo there are 23 pairs of socks and there were 11 in the lost photo.
There are 6 hats in this photo and there were 9 in the other one.
There are 4 cloths in this photo and there were 5 in other one.
There were personal care items in both photo's.

Perhaps eventually I'll find the photo in an unrelated file on the computer, who knows.  But, I don't know way this has happened twice in recent weeks.

Thank you Laura E, for being so generous and please know you're truly are making a difference.  Am so sorry about the missing photo.

**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.

Knitting Love for Those in Need

Thank you Laura E for this generous donation of knitted goodies!

As you can see, she's been very busy with knitting hats and cotton washcloths.  She's also included lots of personal care items in her latest donation.  The brown hat towards the middle is tied nicely with a matching scarf.  I didn't want to undo the package effect she made, but hope if you click to enlarge the picture you can see it's a matching set.

This are such strange times.  Strange and scary and difficult for many.  Between the extreme changes in weather, cold and frost one day and wet and the next; and then the whole Corona Virus thing.  WOW.  A lot to deal with.

We've had a few warm days here in Central Ohio, but truly only a few.  So please keep your knitting needles and your crochet hooks busy.

Thank you Laura and please keep up the good work and know it truly helps those in need.


**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.

Knitting for the Homeless

Thank you Laura E for this generous donation of knitted goodies.  She's been very busy, as you can see.  She's knitted the famous corner to corner cotton wash cloths.......grandma's favorite, hats, and matching hats and scarves.  She's tied the sets nicely and labeled with size.......Wonderful!

She's also included socks, and personal care items.  If you click the photo to enlarge, please notice in the right lower corner two small first aid kits!  This is a great idea, thank you for thinking of that.  

Thank you for your thoughtfulness and please keep up the good work.  You have made an important difference in the lives of those in need.

**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.

Sunny Florida Helps Bridge and Beyond Again!

Let's have another drum roll for our 2nd donation of 2020!  And that's two in a row from the sunny state of Florida.  How sweet of our friends from Florida to remember many of us don't share their lovely weather.

This wonderful donation is from our friend Laura E.  AND fun fact, Laura E was our second donation is the year 2019 as well, just spotted that here on Bridge and Beyond.  Hey, Laura, maybe you should go bet on something using the number 2, lol.

Seriously though folks, please take a look at this generous donation.  She has hats of varying sizes all nicely tagged, she has lots of personal care items..........a first aid kit included.......what a great idea!  She's also knitted Grandma's ever popular corner to corner cotton washcloth.  Tissues, soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes and more.  AND socks!!

Well done Laura and please keep up the good work and know how many people you've been able to help!

**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.

2nd to the Last Donation of 2019 for Ohio's Homeless

Thank you Laura E!  This is our 2nd to last donation here on Bridge and Beyond for the year 2019.  Lots of variety with personal care items, knitted hats, knitted cotton wash cloth and a set with hat and scarf.

Many thanks Laura for your on going support of Bridge and Beyond.

Please click the picture to enlarge it so you can see the details of her hats.  There's a textured area in the center front with cute buttons on a couple of them and a little flower like on another.  Ahhhhhhhhh, very sweet.

Folks I'm trying to determine who sent the very last donation of 2019.  I have 2 crocheted scarves, but I don't have a note to indicate whom they're from.  Please sing out either here in the comment section, or email me, or send a note via this blog where it says contact me/message me.  Thanks

Laura, please keep up the good work and know you've made such an important difference in the lives of many.

**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.

Donations Help Others

Thank you Laura E for this thoughtful donation.  Laura has included quite a variety of goodies in her donation for Bridge and Beyond.  Lots of personal items, slippers, socks, a hat and scarf, and cotton washcloths.  

Many thanks Laura.  Please know your help is very much appreciated.  Folks, keep our friend Laura in your thoughts, please.  She's recovering from surgery and a family tragedy; but still is giving of herself to help others.  What a special person she is.

((HUGS)) Laura, please take care of you and again thank you for your thoughtful donation.

**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.

Knitting for the Benefit of Others

Thank you Laura E for this thoughtful donation of knitted goodies and more!  As you can see Laura has been very busy with her knitting needles.  She included hats and scaves (matching sets bundled for a lovely gift), additional hats (all tagged nicely with size), and cotton washcloths (always a hit).  

Laura has included lots of personal care items: 
toothbrushes
toothpaste
soap
razors
dry shampoo(what a great idea)
chap stick
bandaides........all such great items.  Personal care items are needed by men, women, and some children all year long......winter, spring, summer or fall.

Laura has also included socks in her generous donation!  Well done Laura, please keep up the good work.  You truly make a difference.  Thank you!


**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.

Florida Donation Helps Those in Need in Ohio

Thank you Laura E from Florida for this awesome donation.  Look at the variety here folks.  She's knitted hats in several sizes and styles, and cotton washcloths.  

In addition to her knitting, she's included lots of items that are always needed and always appreciated.  She included a wide range of personal care items: toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, combs, razors, lotion, cotton washcloths, and some of those handy antiseptic type wipes.  I always like to have those on hand when I travel for convenience...you never know when you'll be able to wash or not....soooooooo for our folks out in the elements, that's a great idea.  Not one I had thought of in the past.  Thank you Laura!  She's also included socks, both for women and men.

Many thanks for the generosity and please keep up the good work, and know what you do does indeed matter and does make a difference.


**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.

Donation for the Homeless from Sunny Florida, Take 3

Thank you Laura E from sunny Florida for this awesome donation.  I'm on a roll posting wonderful donations from our friends in the sunny state of Florida, lol.  Seriously scroll back to the previous 2 posts.  What's the mathematical likelihood of that happening?  Donations are posted in order of receipt so I got a kick out of this.

As you can see, our friend Laura has been very busy indeed.  She knitted up a storm.....look at the hats for example.  So many colors and sizes and all nicely tagged with size!  Something to warm lots of different heads.  She's also included personal care items, scarves, socks, and cotton washcloths. 

In addition to the knitted cotton washcloths, she's included store bought.

If you click to enlarge the picture, so you can see the details, you'll notice bundles...she's packaged matching scarves and hats by tying them together.  That's a lovely idea, thank you!

Please keep up the good work Laura and know how much of difference you've made for Ohio's homeless and others in need with your thoughtful and generous donation.  

**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.