Donations Help Homeless

Thank you Laurabelle for this thoughtful donation to help our Homeless Friends here on Bridge and Beyond.

As you can see Laurabelle has been very busy knitted cotton washcloths (love the pink and white one), hats, slippers, and a scarf.  She's also included lots of personal care items, and SOCKS!  Clean dry warm socks is so important.  She's included several styles and colors to make lots of happy feet.

Many many thanks Laurabelle, please keep up the good work and know you have made an important difference to those in need.

Folks are you noticing our goal numbers in the right side bar and just above this post?  I love seeing the number of our donated items grow!  Thank you to all who make this possible.

**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 and Crocheted Afghans for Homeless Families

 LOVE the colors in the soft warm afghan.  Knitted in the corner to corner method (like Grandma's favorite dishcloth pattern).  Such a pretty color combination, it makes me think of the ocean.  This knitted afghan is being donated by our long time and always generous supporter, Sandra R from the sunny state of Florida.

 AND so it this earthy color combination.  This too is the corner to corner style Some beige, off white, gray's and very light purple/lavender.  Sandra luckily escaped the fears of the most recent hurricane, Dorian as it didn't hit Florida as predicted.  What a huge relief.  We're grateful you and your family and friends are safe and out of harms way.

 Don't blink twice folks.  Yes, this is another corner to corner knitted afghan from our friend Sandra R.  The colors look quite similar to the one above but aren't the same.  There's some blue in this one and more tan, I think.  This gives you an idea of the size of the ghans.  I was having trouble laying them out due to my space at the time I did the photo's, thus some are folded a bit.

 Now, if you're like me; you've decided by this time our friend Sandra R from Florida doesn't sleep.  You've also decided like me, she knits and or crochets all night long.  Yes...this is a 4th afghan.  This is the ever popular ripple and is crocheted.  Does she eat or sleep?  I don't know, but she's been very very busy with her yarn and hooks, and needles.  This ripple is a full size afghan, the corner to corner are a bit more like a large lapghan I think.  All will be loved, and all will keep someone warm.  I LOVE LOVE the colors in this one.

 AND....hope you're still with me.  This is a shell stitch design crocheted afghan of blues and tans.  Great colors for men or women.  I am truly in awe of how much she has been able to produce.  Thinking about it makes my arthritis hurt; but am so happy she's able to do this for Bridge and Beyond and all those we support

                                    
 If you're counting, this if her 6th afghan.  This too is crocheted using the same shell stitch as above but a different color combination.  Ok, earlier I said/wondered aloud if she sleeps or eats,...well know I wonder if she even takes bathroom breaks.  Her hook and needles must be like the Ever Ready Bunny...they keep going and going and going............

AND going!.  Similar colors to blue and tanish shell design, but this afghan is crocheted using good old double crochet.

As of the publishing of this post, these afghans have already been delivered to Homeless Families Foundation and are probably already making people in need happy.  Posts are written and scheduled to post...thus when you read this post........the donations will have already been delivered.

Many many thanks Sandra R for you long time support of Bridge and Beyond, your huge heart in helping homeless in need, and in your phenomenal talents.

**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.

Scarves Essential in Keeping Homeless Warm

Thank you Karen S for this wonderful donation of two sided scarves.  Love the texture and the contrast between the two sides of the scarves.  If you've been to this blog before you probably recognize this technique, as one I call Karen's signature stitch.  If you're new though to this sight, or just haven't seen this before, please check out the video I've posted a few times demonstrating how to perform this technique.



Karen has been a very generous and long time supporter here on Bridge and Beyond who does beautiful work.  Many many thanks Karen, we truly appreciate you and your skills.

Please keep up the good work and know 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.

Hats, Scarves, Mittens oh My

 Thank you Sandra R for this very generous and thoughtful donation of knitted and crocheted goodies to aid the homeless through Bridge and Beyond.  As you can see, Sandra has been very very busy with yarn and her hooks and needles.  To the left above you have knitted corner to corner cotton washcloths.  The corner to corner design is Grandma's favorite and always a HUGE hit.  She's also crocheted scarves.  The scarves above are folded to the very left of the dark burgundy scarf.  AND the scarf to it's right is gray, two shades of purple/lavedar and turquoise.......lovely color combo.

But, as you can see.........there's more.  Sandra R sent two stuffed pouches.  This pouch has scarves and hats........and wait for it......drum roll........Mittens!!!!  She's knitted a variety of styles and sizes with her hats, truly something for everyone.  The hats, as always, are nicely tagged with size, thank you Sandra.  AND I know the volunteers at the various shelters also thank you for that.  

AND Mittens........truly worth saying a 2nd time.  I do get very excited when we get mittens, because well, there not something all of us can make.  So kudos to you Sandra.  Please keep making all these lovely warm items that you don't need down there in warm Florida.  

**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.

Personal Care Items and Donation Goals for Bridge and Beyond

Personal Items I collected on my last out of town venture.  Hubby and Darling Daughter and I spend some time out in Park City, Utah.  It's a ski town about 45 minutes from Salt Lake.  We've enjoyed going there in July for about 10 years now.  The weather is fabulous, 80-90 degrees during the day and next to no humidity and cools off at night 50-60's.  You're in the mountains after all.  YEARS ago, when we young and hurt less to fall AND we were less fearful of broken bones, we did go in the winter and actually ski.  But, those days are long gone.

So, I collected up the shampoo, conditioner, soap, and lotion left in our rooms to add to our donations.  If you travel for pleasure or business it's such an easy thing to do and is always so well appreciated by those who receive our donations.  So, next time you travel; please consider doing this.

Have you noticed our graphs growing?  Our donation goal graphs?  Please look directly above this post and to the right side side.  We have goal graphs to monitor how we're doing against our goals.  Our goals represent last years totals.  I'm please to say we're at over 50% of our goals for two of our donation categories.  

Cotton Cloths, our graph shows us to be at .5904% of our goal of 347!  AND, our sock graph shows us at over 50% also at .5197% of our goal of 152 pairs of socks.  Always get pretty excited when we hit the half way mark, so please keep up the good work folks, and please keep an eye on the graphs and watch those numbers grow with your thoughtful donations.

**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.