We’ve had a banner month of September with lots of charity donations, both incoming and outgoing!
Thank you to Maria Grisson who is making a couple of trips into Houston to pick up loads of yarn donated to the guild. A gentleman has donated it on behalf of his daughter, Lisa Blake Klein, who passed away earlier this year. So far Maria has filled a pickup truck and will be making one more trip. Thank you, Maria! The yarn is going to be used for lots of chapter charity projects and to help students in the Kingwood area.
Nancy and Linda have met a couple times to exchange yarn and donated items to get them to the right destinations. We are making plans for future monthly activities.
In the month of September, our donation totals are:
- 25 Rectangles to Warm Up America, delivered to the Dallas WUA chapter at DFW Fiber Fest
- 58 hats to Headstart
- 18 blankets to the Linus Project
- 10 hats to Disabled Americans of Texas
- 3 tubs of yarn to Creative Studio in Kingwood
- 1 bag of yarn to Kingwood Park HS for their crochet club and special ed students
On Oct 16th, Linda plans to bring a stash of charity yarn to the KIND chapter meeting. She will also pick up any items ready to be donated. After this, we believe this will mean that we have made rounds to each chapter. We plan to continue to visit all of the chapters every few months.
Next Charity Event: Tentatively, we will have an ADDI machine knit off on October 25th. Come help us crank and put items together. We’ll bring several machines. If you have one, bring it too. Date and place still being determined.
Other Charity Events: Please consider planning a charity event in your part of town! It would be great if each chapter hosted an event this year, as we did last year. Email Charity with your ideas and we’ll help.
For future donations: If you are making something for a specific charity/group, please pin a note to the item to let us know. This will be a great help in making sure we get them to the correct place! If you don’t have a preference, that’s ok.
Thanks so much for your efforts in charity knitting!
Linda Currie (KIK) & Nancy Smith (KNOW)
Charity Co-Chairs