A Bakers Dozen Donated

I'm probably aging myself here, but anyone else remember the saying a "bakers dozen?"  

Well, I did a google search and this is what I got:

Baker's dozen means 13, instead of 12. The tale behind its origin is that a mediaeval law specified the weight of bread loaves, and any baker who supplied less to a customer was in for dire punishment. So bakers would include a thirteenth loaf with each dozen just to be safe.

So there you have it.  In this anonymous donation of 13 cotton washcloths I couldn't help but think of that saying.  As you can see there's quite a bit of size variations in this donation so, some will work for the younger set, and by color some will work for men, while others perfect for the ladies.

Cotton Washcloths have several uses, so these are always well appreciated by those who receive them.

Please keep up the good work, and if you didn't intend on this nice donation being anonymous, please sing out to me, either here on the blog via a comment...or use the contact form on this blog, or email me.

Many thanks!

**Edited to say this nice donation was from Amelia L, and was dropped off at my door.

**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.

Socks Rock!

Thank you Tara B for your ongoing delivery of socks!  Tara has set up a recurring order through Amazon to have socks delivered here  at Bridge and Beyond.  I've said it before, but will say it again.  I think she's brilliant.  She says herself time, and postage.

Socks are needed all year long, even in warm weather.  While we've been having warmer weather, we're currently in another cold snap, as well as wet snap.  We're over our goal which is very exciting, as we're not quite to the half way point in the year...but that doesn't lessen the need for warm dry socks.  When you're living out in the elements being able to change into dry warm socks is a wonderful thing.  AND even those folks sleeping at night in the shelters, still are outside during the day.  Most shelters require people to leave during the day, so the chances they may get caught in the rain is substantial.

Many thanks Tara for your on going support.  Please keep up the good work and know how much you and your donations are appreciated.

**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.

Crocheting in Louisiana Helps Ohio's Homeless

Thank you Sandie P for this generous donation of crocheted goodies!  Sandie's included cotton washcloths (always a hit), and a cowl/neckwarmer, hat, and scarves.  I'm lusting after the two toned gray scarf!!  I love cable effect in the middle of the scarf.  I assume???  It's made with front and or back post DC?  And if you haven't already, do click to enlarge the picture so you can see the details/texture I'm referring to.  Also, the scarf on the far right, the gray goldish tan mix.  I don't know what stitch that is, but it's yummy texture.  

Sandie P from Louisiana has been a very very long time supporter of Bridge and Beyond and Ohio's Homeless.  We've known each other for years now through charitable work with yarn.  Thank you for all the support and your skilled hands through the years Sandie.

Look how we're doing folks with our goals.  With the last couple of donations we're over 50% on our hat goal...58% to be exact.  AND we're almost at 50% for our scarf goal at 46%.  Hope you're as excited by these numbers as I cam.  

Please keep up the good work and know what a difference you make.

**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.

High School Friend Crochets and Donates

Woot Woot!  Look at this wonderful donation of crocheted goodies!  Hats, scarves, and cotton washcloths galore.  This donation comes from Joy D, a friend from my school days.  We went to Junior High and High School together.  When I was a Candy Striper I often worked with her Mother at the hospital.  Memories abound.

As always click to enlarge the picture to see details.  Joy has crocheted lots of hats in a good variety of sizes.  Most of the hats have a matching scarf to make a nice set. LOVE these nice dark colors that won't show the dirt and can work well for either women or men.  

And, she's also included cotton washcloths which are always a hit as they have multiple purposes

Yes Spring has hit Ohio; but........most of this past week we had frost over night, as it's still getting down below freezing some nights.

And, there was this.

Burr!!  That's the fence between our back yard and our neighbors, notice you can barely see through the fence.  It snowed at night and must have been blowing sideways quite a bit to create that.  Notice all my plants along the fence row are covered with snow.  Argh, go away winter.  Luckily it didn't last; but ...we're not warm enough everyday that items aren't needed.

Many thanks Joy, 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.