Thank you Anna W from Tennessee for this awesome donation of knitted goodies. Anna is our newest pair of helping hands. She's knitted matching hats and scarves...in nice dark solid colors that work well for either men or women. Thank you Anna for taking the time to package them so nicely as a set. I've opened one, the blue one you see below in order to show you how nice they are, and the black set in the first photo far right.
I love how nicely sized they are so that someone can really wrap up in the scarf to keep warm. I fear as busy as the squirrels have been, we're in for a hardy winter which will be very hard on our homeless friends. She's also included the two hats in the first picture and a pair of very nice wrist warmers. These wrist warmers are long enough they will really help keep arms warmer.
And then there's the two fun multi-colored scarves which are made, I think like a tube? They're doubled in thickness, so perhaps made in the round...or knit double wide and folded over. Either way, they are extra warm in their design.
Thank you Anna, we're thrilled to have you join us here on Bridge and Beyond and look forward to seeing you often. 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.
Thank you Joy D for this awesome donations of super warm and soft hats and scarves. There were two pictures, and something happened to the 2nd picture. As my note indicates Joy, my high school, crocheted and donated 12 scarves and 20 hats in total. This is the 2nd of the two pictures. My notes indicate the first picture (there were two boxes of donations) were 8 scarves and 10 hats.
So sorry you're not able to see the other picture, as Joy's work is always so nice. She always uses nice dark colors, and look how neat and tight her stitches are...which makes everything nice and warm!
Thank you Joy for spending your time in Delaware to crochet to warm the homeless here in Ohio. You truly make a difference in the lives of those less fortunate.
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.
Such a pretty, peaceful Monet. Thought you all might enjoy it. Reminds me of some of the pretty scenes I saw recently while on a tour in Italy. Just got back in the country last night and am playing catch up.
Took about an hour today to open and sort all the mail that was held during my time away. Got several boxes of donations, which I'm hoping to get processed in the next couple of days. Many thanks to Joy D and K. Netzley for your donations that arrived sometime while I was away.
Please check back in folks.
**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, our good friend from Louisiana for super warm chunky crocheted scarf. I love color, very pretty. Despite it's being pretty, it's quite suitable for a man or women.
Sandie, as most of you probably know has been a long time supporter of Bridge and Beyond and Ohio's homeless. I know some of you may remember she and I became acquainted way back during Katrina, in a charity to benefit those folks. So with all the hurricanes currently in the news, it makes me think of how long we've known each other.
Thank you Sandie, for your long time support 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.
Thank you Sharon H for this thoughtful donation. She has hats of several different sizes, lots and lots of personal care items. The item in the upper left are leg warmers (click to enlarge picture). The yellow blanket has a little hoody on it for a small child and the blue polka dot tied blanket is actually a little sleeping back for a wee one. Cute idea...the sleeping bag. Would imagine a small child would really enjoy snuggling down inside it. It's super soft and fluffy.
I'll put aside the child's hooded blanket and sleeping bag as we don't donate infant/toddler items to the shelters. But, will put out the word with a couple of folks, as we sometimes have a family with a small child in need and we want to get things to the right people.
Thank you Sharon, 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.
Blogging in Alphabetical order today brings us to the letter U. There'a USA Today article and video, some of which I saw on Facebook. There's also a CNN story, a separate Facebook Page with information about a man named Jason Winter, a trailer, homeless being able to take a shower.
Jason started out small with a friends collecting clothes, warm items as it was winter at the time. As time passed and the weather changed he asked some of the homeless folks what they really needed or wanted if they pick. They said showers. He's out fitted a portable shower he can haul around that holds 125 gallons of water, generally enough for 27 showers.
Jason started a company called Hope and Soap. Every Sat morning he and friends and volunteers have block parties. He cooks up hotdogs, puts on music and people line up to get a shower and while waiting can select from donated clean cloths to put on once they've showered. The USA today article I read was written by Daniella Barker.
Take a look at the video, associated with Daniella's article(link above), or look it up on Facebook, google for the CNN article. It's a wonderful story of human kindness. With all the negative we see and hear daily, it's nice to read some positive stories about the good that people do.
Jason has his block parties in Atlanta.
**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.
