Traditionally, the word Respite refers to temporary care and is often associated with giving relief to a family member who's caring for a loved one at home. But, consider Women who live in fear. Women who are abused, who are homeless and fearful...they too need respite, even if temporarily...they need and deserve a place to feel safe, a place to get a hot meal, a place to rest, a place to get a shower. (clicking on the above photo will take you to their Facebook Page)
Three located at 842 Sullivant Avenue here in Columbus is such a place. Currently they offer hot meals, clean clothes, a shower and more. They are set up to be able to serve 40 women. The list of items they need is quite similar to the list of items we've been supplying to Homeless Families Foundation and other shelters. Personal Care items......including the ever popular cotton washcloths, hats and scarves as the weather begins to turn, and socks. I think slippers here would be a nice touch as well.
Our good friend, Rae brought this Respite Center to my attention. Yesterday she collected items from us appropriate for both this center, and the homeless she prepares hot meals for on Sat mornings. She'll divide the items based on what's appropriate size and color wise when it comes to socks, slippers, hats, mittens, and scarves and divide the personal care items and the cotton washcloths.
As you think about this group of women in need, as well as those that come and go through the shelters, or get a hot meal on Sat from Rae, please think about supplying feminine products in your donations.
Thank you Rae for reaching out, and thank you...all who read this blog, share it's link, knit and crochet and donate for making it possible for us to be of help to yet another group of people in need.
Please continue to know that you do make a difference in someone's life, an important one.
Blogging in Alphabetical Order, this is my R post for Rae and Respite
**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.
Thank you Sandie P for long standing support of Bridge and Beyond and Ohio's Homeless. These 4 gray crocheted scarves are soooo soft. What yarn did you use? These neutral colored scarves will work for both men and women; both because of their color and their nice large size. Love nice big scarves because you really can wrap up to keep warm.
As always Sandie, thank you and please keep up the good work.
Folks...have you been watching our goals?? We're moving along nicely. Most notably is we've past the 50% mark on afghans!! YIPPEE, that's particularly nice because we were considerably lower last year in that area. Very cool to see this number growing.
AND another number I'm finding fun to watch is 1925. With this post, that's our number. That's how many blog posts we've had here on Bridge and Beyond...only 75 away from our 2,000th blog post! I think that's pretty exciting. We've been at this awhile gang.
**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.
LOVE LOVE LOVE this!! These colors are just sooo pleasing. I think they're sorta earthy and comforting. The corner to corner design adds such dimension to the afghan. This afghan was crocheted and donated by our long time friend, Sandra R from Florida. She's sends her beautiful work to aid Ohio's Homeless once again. Someone is going to feel very loved indeed Sandra when they wrap up in this! I think from looking at it, it's a shell pattern stitch?
But, there's more! 5 wonderful scarves, some crocheted and one knitted. The knitted one is the same colors as the above awesome afghan. Sandra's has used a variety of styles and stiches in her scarves, please click to enlarge to see the details folks.
As always, please keep up the awesome work there in Florida Sandra, our Homeless here in Ohio surely appreciate you.
**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.
WOW! 16 awesome knitted cotton washcloths. These knitted cloths are made with the very popular corner to corner, Grandma's favorite type pattern. You just can't go wrong with this tried and true long standing favorite pattern. LOVE the colors. Cotton Cloths are used is several ways. They're awesome for folks living in the elements because they're so much nicer on your skin than a regular washcloth. They're used in welcome home packs when family's transition from shelter living to a home situation and can be used as wash cloths or dish cloths. These are always so well received.
Scarves and toothbrushes! The toothbrushes are used again in family welcome packs, as well as by those living in the elements. Scarves....used all year long by those in the elements and even in shelters which sometimes aren't all that warm. LOVE the blue green......just happens to be one of my favorite color combinations.
Hats and personal care items (soap). The hats are a variety of sizes which is always helpful, as heads are a variety of sizes! And soap, used like the cotton cloths and toothbrushes.........in all situations.
This wonderful donation is a team effort from our friends Nikki S and Christina D. Great work ladies. So cool to team up for a good cause.
Speaking of a good cause, our friend Nikki S just recently completed a 50 mile Pelotonia, raising funds for Cancer, the hideous disease that affects so many people. This isn't her first time doing the Pelotonia...remarkable and kudos to you Nikki. Love your spirit of charity.
**These donations were awhile ago, right before I left town for vacation, and were suppose to post...there have been some issues with blogger; which...fingers crossed seem to be improving. So...this post is delayed, but it did give me the chance to tell you about Nikki and bike ride!
** 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.
WOW....this blog post should have been published some time back and somehow got buried in the drafts here on my blogger and never published. So sorry to be delayed sharing this awesome donation of hats and scarves from our very good friend, Damaris in Puerto Rico. Look at the variety of sizes and colors!!
Please do click to enlarge the photo so you can see the details. I've folded the brim up on a few hats so you could see how it can be worn that way and or pulled down, depending on the weather and or head size. They are beautifully made with contrasting colors. Double knit so they will be extra warm. Likewise the scarves are as well. AND so nicely sized that people can really wrap up in the scarves.
Many many thanks Damaris for your on going support of Bridge and Beyond and your very generous donation. You truly are making 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.
YIPPEE!! Two posts ago I mentioned that the picture showing Sandra R's scarves had been lost. It's since been found. Somehow when transferring from phone to computer this picture ended up in the wrong file folder. How two pictures taken the same day and transferred the same day, at the same time could end up in two different folders......I am clueless. I have always transferred to my Yarn/Bridge folder and somehow this ended up in a totally unrelated folder.
The Good is now you all get to see what I saw, how nice Sandra's scarves all. Nice, thick, warm and colorful. AND...did you notice the two tone brown scarf? She's again used that method first introduced to us by Karen S. Doubled Ended Crochet. Click for the post with u-tube video describing this method of crocheting known by so many names. You might have heard of Cro-hooking, Crochenit...or Reversible Tunisian.
So am thrilled the picture's been found and I can share the picture with you. Sandra's has been a long time, generous supporter here on Bridge and Beyond. Thank you Sandra and please keep up the good work. You 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.
Where are You and Your Yarn From?
I'm trying to identify where everyone is from, partially for fun. Take a look at the map. Also, believe it will aid me in cases where we have several people with the same name. Please look at the lists of bloggers and non bloggers and see if I have the state you hail from. If not, please leave a comment and let me know.
Additionally, we've had help from Scotland, England, Germany Puerto Rico, Canada, and France! They don't appear on the map, but their help is still greatly appreciated.
