"When we love the Lord, obedience ceases to be a burden. Obedience becomes a delight. When we love the Lord, we seek less for things that benefit us and turn our hearts toward things that will bless and uplift others."
--Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin, "The Great Commandment", October 2007 LDS General Conference
A Small
Victory needs burrial gowns in doubles for Loss Kits that parents
receive when their baby has died due to miscarriage, stillbirth ACH - hat project -
We would
love to have
your support for our hat knitting project and then click of the knitting
for noggins link. Afghans
4 Afghans - (San Francisco, CA) is a
humanitarian
and educational people-to-people project that is sending hand-knit and
crocheted blankets, sweaters, hats, mittens, and socks to the
beleaguered
people of Afghanistan. Patterns, mailing info and more!
Afghans
for Angels Headquarters is a project where you can make afghans
which
are wrapped around precious little ones who die, so they can be wrapped
up for their parents to say bittersweet hellos and sorrowful goodbyes.
The blanket is then given to the parents as a remembrance of their
precious
angel. American
Angels hero-ghans yahoo group - We make Heroghans
for
the families of fallen service members. We need
12 inch squares in red/white/blue to be mailed to the different
assemblers around the country.
This group is setup for those interested in helping make squares for
the Fallen Heroghans. Angels
For Hope - They send out send out angels, butterflies, and smiley
faces
to those in need. Patterns to make them available. Angels4Preemies
- (Fresno-
California) Fresno
Children's Central Hospital NICU will be the main destination
for the preemie clothing that all the members will be creating with
their loving hearts and hands.AngelsCraftingforcharity
- (Added March 2008)
a group of loving, caring ladies who are using our crafting talents to
help out those less fortunate than us. We make preemie hats, burial
sets, going home outfits, blankies and booties for hospitals, as well
as items for women's shelters and clinics. Angel
Pillows Project- Sandy
is located in AZ,
but I know these little pillows are donated wherever there is a need.
Help make
a
difference in the lives of patients and families at Arkansas
Children's Hospital! Knit or crochet hats
for children of all ages
Baby
Threads of NH -
This organization
makes quilts and puts together layette bags filled with clothing,
disposable diapers, receiving blankets and other items to help clothe
and care for newborn babies. Baby Threads also coordinates many other
projects for needy children, homeless families and families in need of
a helping hand. They can use handmade baby
items of all
kinds-- booties, hats, blankets, sleepers, and things
like teddy bears and dolls, afghans, mittens and hats for
all ages! Barb's
Caring Touch - Barb's mission with her page
is
to help little ones who are born too early, with tiny handmade items.
Please
help in her cause. Barb's List of Hospitals in need and what preemie
items
are needed can
be found here.
Bev's
LDS Humanitarian Page -
photos of the LDS Women's Conferences held at BYU Provo, instructions
and
patterns to make leprosy bandages, humanitarian dolls, hats, mittens
and
more for those in need.
Binky
Patrol collects blankets and quilts for children who are
abandoned,
in foster care, experiencing trauma and those born HIV positive, drug
addicted,
or with terminal illnesses. There are chapters in various locations in
the USA.
Bluebonnet
Babies
of San Antonio (charity group)
on site
has info of who we deliver to at this time, but we're always being
asked by others to help out.
We need
preemie and newborn size items, blankets, sheets, caps, booties, going
home outfits, toys, and diaper
bag items.
We do bears, dolls and toys for the police dept, and then we do cage
blankies, dog beds, and toys for the animal shelters.
Bundles
of Love -helping babies in Minnesota!
Great free patterns
for hats, mittens, buntings, burial gowns and more!
Caps
for Kids (Penn
Valley, CA) Page
with a
pattern for a preemie hat and swirled ski cap. Find out how you can
help
children, by making hats.
Care
Package inc., - making
items for babies who pass on. Need hats,
booties, gowns and more to help the parents deal with their loss.
***
CAREWEAR - -
needs volunteers all over the USA to help make items for babies/kids in
hospitals.
Listings by states too.
Charitable
organizations who accept knitted and crocheted items are listed state
by
state. There are so many needy people out there who need our help,
please
read this page on Woolworks.
Charitable
Crafters blog!- Links
to wonderful charity patterns! Handmade toy drive, tips and techniques.
Charity
Crafting
Yahoo group -
group dedicated to helping
others, learn and chat.
Cheyene
River - helping Native Americans with warm clothing.
http://helpinghearts0.tripod.com/
and http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NativeAmericanSupport/
Children
in Common - ( Baltimore,
MD mailing address ) began in
1992 as a support group for parents of
adoptive
children from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. We continue
to
support those children who remain in orphanages (and there are
approximately
600,000) by providing much needed relief. They need warm
sweaters, hats, mittens, socks, slipper socks, etc. Also they
welcome donations of yarn, wool, and knitting needles to teach the
older children a skill in the orphanage.
Circles
of Hope formerly known as 'Granny Daughters for Charity', has a
terrific
page with a circle pattern to make afghans, hats etc for charity. Great
patterns to make and donate!
Color-A-Smile -
A
non-profit organization spreading smiles with cheerful drawings. Incredible
charity that accepts kids 8.5" x 11"
drawings and
coloring, to be given to those in nursing homes, veteran homes, and so
forth. A fabulous way to start our children out giving to others.
Compassionate
Creations - (Barre, MA)
added- Feb
2008 is a chapter of
Threads of Compassion. We
are a group of survivors of sexual violence who desire to offer comfort
and
support to recent victims. The idea is simple. Anyone whose
life has
been affected by sexual assault or abuse is welcome to crochet or knit
a scarf which in turn will be given to a victim of sexual violence
when
they enter the hospital for emergency treatment. Anyone is
welcome to make and donate a scarf. The
scarves do not have to be any specific size or color, but we do ask
that you try and make them at least 5 inches wide and around 65 inches
long. Also the yarn used should be as soft as possible, so that
the
scarf can be held close without feeling rough to the skin.
If
you
have any questions or comments please contact us at compassionatecreations@charter.net
Crochet
Guild of America's Charity Links- Find links to so many charities
online.
Go to their main page for
Crochet
helps and ideas.
Crocheters
in the
Attic -
we
make things for preemies and newborns, seniors, cancer patients,and
terminally ill children
Cubs
for Kids - Putting smiles on the face of homeless kids with teddy
bears.
Crochet
and knit for Kids Find out how you can help the kids on Pine
Ridge Indian reservation, SD. They need hats, mittens,
scarves
and more!
Emmazing
Grace Foundation
. They make burial gowns,
blankets, and other items to help ease the pain
of losing a baby. Currently helping hospitals in Alabama. "Believing
that the death of a child is the utmost tragedy, the Emmazing Grace Foundation is here to
help.
Faith
Hope and Charity -
A Christ centered group of ladies giving from their hands.
~a ministry to all babies and children~
Free
Knit Patterns from Woolworks -suitable for making to donate to
charities
or for family and friends.
Friends
of Pine
Ridge Reservation - Yahoo
group -
making warm items to help those in need on this reservation They
now
have a website
with links to many excellent free patterns!
God's
Tiny Angels
Everyday across the world there are babies born ill or in need. Some of
God's babies have little more than a tiny diaper. Imagine what you
could
do to make their new lives a little warmer! You can help by
knitting
or crocheting items.
Guideposts
Sweater Project ~ Knitting Sweaters for kids - looks like a lovely
idea! Sweater pattern at the bottom of this article.
Guideposts
mailing address and numbers of sweaters donated.
Handmade Hugs - (new- May 2007) join in making
hats of all sizes, or requesting a hat for someone in need
Heartmade
Blessings -
Heartmade Blessings is a not-for-profit, world-wide group of
volunteers
dedicated to providing hand-crafted items to those people suffering a
loss, tragedy, or going through a rough time that need to be reminded
of the simple fact that people care. They have a yahoo group
also.
Hearts
and Hands - We
serve those in need in Florida
and the southeast from
preemie to elderly.
HeartFelt
Angels
- (Virginia)
making
little
crocheted angels for parents
who lose babies. They also make and need volunteers to help make burial
gowns for the babies, hats and booties and more to help make this
tragic time a little more peaceful for the family.
Hearts
for God - (Northeast Alabama
- donations being sent also to Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee)
www.dreamkingdomdesigns.com/preemiebaby.html
Our present mission is to deliver handmade items for premature babies and children in crises due to physical illness or emotional distress.
These items are given to hospitals, shelters, local support groups, maternity homes, children's homes,individuals, etc.
Heavenly
Angels in Need - (Lebanon,
Oregon) - started by parents who lost a tiny, new
baby. They are making and donating handmade items for premature
babies, and babies who die. They also need memory boxes made for
grieving parents.
Help The Elf -
(added
Aug 07) (Fort Worth, TX)
They collect items, and then assemble and distribute 700 Christmas care
bags for the homeless in Fort Worth. Scarves, hats, socks, bags--all
would be quite welcome.
http://www.gwtc.net/~darbob/default.htm
Native American led volunteer organization helping their neighbors on Pine Ridge Reservation to live better lives.
Hope
for Infants - removed -email and phone number on website no longer
work...
Hugs
and Hope - website where you can mail care packages, cards and so
forth
to very ill children or their families.
Hugs
and Stitches - group making newborn
and
preemie items to help babies in need.
Hugs4Hope - yahoo
group! (North Carolina,
South Carolina, and New
York) We are a group of crafters that knit, crochet,
or
sew baby items for
preemie and newborn babies, providing hand made items for babies in
need. Our goal is to share our ideas and talents to help the babies. We
currently provide for babies in North Carolina, South Carolina, and New
York.
Hugs
For Homeless Animals dedicated to homeless and displaced animals.
With
patterns and info on how to help.
eg: Snuggles
Blankets patterns and info. Blankets are given to animals in
shelters
to make their cages more comfortable to sit in. Please help! Monetary
donations
are greatly appreciated so they can ship the blankets. A tax deductable
donation form is available also.
Humanitarian
Services page (Bev's) photos and links to ways to help LDS
Humanitarian
Aid (Salt
Lake City, Utah).
Free
patterns
to use and ideas to help, including newborn booties for kits, how to
make a quilt, scarves, slippers and mittens, dolls and bears for
orphanages and more! LDS Humanitarian helps people worldwide in
times of disaster or hardship regardless of religion, race, etc.
All are welcome to donate.
July 2007 Name
of the charity-
The Isaiah Project Keiki Cards- added- June 2007 - (Hawaii address) make cards for terminally ill
children throughout America and Canada
KEIKI
CARDS
PMB 5-532
4224 Waialae Ave.
Honolulu, Hawaii 96816
KidsnKamp
3440 Olentangy River
Road
Columbus, OH
43202
614-262-2220
a great camp and
service
provider for children with cancer. Would love teddy bears,
blankets,
cancer caps and more for the kids.
Knitting
for the Troups FREE online patterns and information on Esther's
knitting
page.
Added
- Dec 2007
Knit Your Bit Campaign- making scarves, knit
or crochet, for veterans of WWII. Free
patterns for the 'V' scarf.
Knots of Love.org
-Added
- April 2008 - brightening
the lives of people in need in a loving and caring way by knitting,
crocheting, loom knitting, chemo
caps for many centers to give out to their patients. Brighten
someone's world today.
LDS
Humanitarian Aid - read the guidelines from the Latter-day Saint
Humanitarian Center in
Salt
Lake City- helping those in need worldwide.
http://www.life2orphans.org/hat_project.htm
Portland,
OR -
Loving
Creations - Chicago
IL.
makes and
accepts
warm items, afghans, mittens, hats, etc for local women's and
children's
shelters and homeless shelters.
Lupus
Awareness Quilts - You can make a
square
to help more people become aware of this autoimmune disease.
Make
A Child Smile. www.makeachildsmile.org
Commonly known as MACS, Make A Child Smile is an internet-based,
non-profit organization that provides emotional and financial support
to critically ill children and their families. Visitors to the site can
participate by sending the featured children and their siblings cards,
letters, and small gifts through postal mail.
Kids Cancer Connection
has a need for 8.000
knitted hats a year across the USA through their
Magical Caps for
Kids program which has existed for 12 years.
Marine Corps Kids - NEW!
(July 2007)
700,000 children in this country
have a parent at war. When babies are born to deployed troops, it's
doubly hard for both mom and dad. This group sends care packages
to the families
of deployed troops when babies are born. The packages might include a
hand-crafted baby afghan, cap or bonnet, booties or toy. With
sufficient resources, we'll also be able to include a handmade toy for
other kids in the family.
Moms
On a Mission - One mother helping another. Making burial gowns and
more.
(NEW Jan 2008) Contact
info: Newborns
in Need - (Feb 2008 - updated) in
need of baby clothing, baby items and blankets for the sick and needy
babies we donate to in hospitals, homeless shelters, crisis centers and
foster homes all across the United States. All donations will be
acknowledged with a thank you letter and tax deductible receipt as we
are
a 501 (c) 3 charity registered with the IRS. We accept anything
to do with babies - new or gently used clothing or blankets and hygiene
items,
and fabric & yarn for our volunteers to create the much
needed baby items.
Please send donations to
Newborns in Need National Office
3323 Transou Road
Pfafftown, NC 27040
E-Mail: nationaloffice@newbornsinneed.org
phone 877-231-5097
One Square at a Time
Project -
(Nov 2007) provides baby
blankets, baby hats, and booties to mothers in need. You can help with donations
of 3" or 6" squares. Online Angels -
(Nov 2007) Online
Angels......We
spread love....one loveghan box at a time :)
Operation
Toasty Toes So far, nearly 2,000 pairs of slipper socks have been
sent
to troops in the Persian Gulf, Bosnia and Okinawa. Each pair of "Toasty
Toes" contains a handwritten message from the volunteer who knitted
them.
FREE pattern and address to send completed slippers is on the page.
Operation
Teddy Bear nice pattern to make bears and information about this
helpful
project.
Oprah's
Angel Network - How to volunteer and many more tips.
Oprahs
- Nominate a special Volunteer Oprah's
Angel Network Use Your Life Award supports grassroots organizations or
individuals who are making a difference by reaching out to others.
P2 Designs
- free charity patterns for everyone- preemies to adults.
Fabulous
site!
About the Purl Foundation:
NEW! June 2008
The Purl Foundation provides a charitable outlet for passionate
knitters and other volunteers to help homeless individuals in New York
City by making and collecting warm articles of clothing
for the winter. The Purl Foundation also
seeks to broaden awareness of issues affecting the homeless. The Purl
Foundation accepts donations of hand-made winter items, as well as yarn
and other knitting supplies.
Contact:
Email info@thepurlfoundation.org
Website:
Thepurlfoundation.org
Address for donations:
The Purl Foundation
C/O Dana Kapp
4303 13th Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11219
Project
Angel Kisses - bringing hope to babies at several hospitals in TX,
GA, SC and more, with handmade preemie/baby items. Items can be
donated to your local hospital also. Free Patterns to use.
Project
Hope Afghan - making afghans for MD Anderson Hospital in Houston,
Texas.
Project
Linus - making blankets for children in trauma situations all over
the world.
Project Linus -Morgan/Hendricks County, Indiana Chapter. Mitzi has a lovely website, with photos, lots of good information about the project in her area.
Project linus - (Triangle
area in NC)
needs donations of childrens quilts and
materials
to make such. No web site.
Diane
Wallace
- 7413 Six Forks Road, 210, Raleigh, NC, 27615
Project Linus NJ --
(headquartered
in
the Monmouth County, New
Jersey) Making blankets
for
kids in need in hospitals and so on.
Added
Dec 2007 Quilts
from Caring Hands - (Oregon)
you can help make quilts for children in need!
RosaryArmy.com
- ( Conyers,GA) we are in constant need of
all-twine knotted Rosaries (no beads) to freely give away to whoever
needs one. Make Them. Pray Them. Give Them Away.
Save
The Dolls - Marilyn 'rescues' old dolls, makes them 'new again' and
gives them to needy children! She tells how and encourages people to do
the same in their own communities!
Sewing.org
- wonderful, free sewing patterns for things like isolette covers,
wheelchair
totes, bunnies and more!
Sewing
For Babies - (Nebraska)
We knit, sew, and crochet, for sick and needy babies. We also
provide
burial layettes.
Sourdough
Quilt Project - a moms efforts to make 63+ quilts for the
children
in the orphanage where she adopted her son.
Scarves
from the Heart - Added
- April 2008 - (Stockton,
CA) making pretty and bright colored scarves for people
undergoing cancer treatments! So next time you make one for a
friend or loved one, please make one to send here too! Someone
will really appreciate your gift. Here is one of Bev's patterns posted
with permission on their site:
http://www.scarvesfromtheheart.com/patterns.html
Scarves
can be sent to:
Stitches
from the Heart - making tiny baby items to help hospitals all
over the USA.
Tabitha's
Gift - (Roanoke/New
River Valleys,VA) making
and collecting
handmade
items for babies, and warm items for shelters.
(Coralville,
IA) Join Laura in
making hats, booties, and blankets to donate to preemies.
The Shawl
Ministry - the
knitter begins each shawl with
prayers and blessings for the recipient. Intentions are continued
throughout the creation of the shawl. The shawl is then
given to someone in need.
The
Ships Project - make a pair of warm slippers or a hat for our
brave troups at sea. Over 10,000 warm items have been donated to this
terrific
cause. Photos of the troops wearing their new hats etc are shown!
Threads
of Love -has sweet burial gown patterns, hats, booties, and more
info. Many chapters available. Threads
of Love, through the
effort and support of many participants in chapters across the country,
provides clothing, blankets and other handmade articles for tiny
premature and sick infants
Teeny
Tiny Treasures
is looking for volunteers to make: Hats, Blankets, and Booties help
these
tiny babies in NC
keep warm. Premature
babies
have not developed the fat they need to help their bodies stay
warm.
TLC
for Angels join in the effort to make and donate handmade knit and
crocheted baby clothes and items.
Touching
Little Lives Free knit and crochet
patterns
for preemie items--serving all of Ohio.
Warming
Families - under the umbrella of
the One
Heart Foundation. Helping warm homeless families worldwide with
handmade hats, mittens, scarves, blankets, slippers and more. Many
chapters all over the USA and Canada!
Warming Families - Alberta Canada - Maria - we make warm items for 4 different shelters here in the city where I live.
Warmth
Around the World - New
Jersey mailing address - helping children in orphanages
worldwide. Reaching
Out’s Warmth Around the World project will donate children’s sweaters,
hats, mittens, blankets, and quilts to orphanages in countries such as
Russia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Nepal, and Kazakhstan.
Warm
Hearts, Warm Babies - We sew, knit, crochet, and quilt for
premature
infants and babies in need in Colorado. Be sure to read their
wonderful
newsletter there too!
Warm
Hearts - Warm Blankets - people making blankets for AIDS patients
in
hospices.
Warm
up America from the yarn council. The official page with lots of
blanket
patterns!
Wrap
them in Love - Arlington,
WA Making and
collecting
donated quilts to distribute to children around the world so, they can
be
wrapped in the love of a
quilt.
www.magicmongolianmittens.com
-
(CA
and OR mailing
addresses) gathering
hand knit (or crocheted) mittens, gloves and
scarves (mufflers) from
around the world to send to The Lotus Children's Centre. The Centre was
established to provide housing, food,
education and basic resources to
abandoned and abused children in Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia
Angel
Hugs Canada -Mississauga,
Ontario, Canada.blankets
and afghans - bonnet, bootie, burial gowns, blanket sets - for preemie
and stillborn babies; hat/scarf/mitt sets - for children
and the
homeless
shawls - for those who are ill and in crisis.
Blankets
for Canada - Individuals making nice,warm
blankets
for those in need in Canada. There are chapters in all of the Provinces
and
they are listed on the main website.
Caring4Canadians
- London,
Ontario,
caring for premature babies, and soldiers overseas
Hats
For Babies (in Nunavut) - NEW!
Jan 2008!
Contact Person’s Name: Hilary
Toller -
Mailing Address: PO Box 389; Arviat, NU; X0C 0E0
Items Needed: Preemie
and Full Term Hats, and receiving blankets.
Hats
Off For Cancer - making and
collecting
'collecting brand new, cool and funky hats for children with cancer
across
Canada.
Heartfelt Donations collects new hand knit or crocheted items and distributes them to areas of need in Grimsby, Ontario.
Items collected are baby layettes and blankets (premi and full term); slippers, socks, mittens, hats and scarves (all for children, teens and
adults); bed jackets, lapghans and afghans; and small animal blankets.
These items are delivered to "Out of the Cold Program" in St. Catharines, McMaster Hospital (premi items and afghans for seriously ill or
traumatized children/teens), local nursing homes, McNally House (Hospice), Grimsby Life Centre, West Niagara Second Stage Housing, Community
Living and Grimsby Animal Hospital and other organizations as needed.
Each item is tagged with the crafters first name to make it more personal.
For more information please contact:
Donna Nelson - Grimsby, Ontario 905-945-1596 email: heartfelt_donations@sympatico.ca (no web site)
Heaven,
My Blanket - crochets baby blankets to comfort families who have
lost
an infant or child in Canada.
Afghans
should
be made out of baby yarn in white or pastel colors.
Teddies
for Tragedy -
address online!! free patterns,
photos
of
the kids who have received a bear, info on where to send the bears.
Warming
Families
-In Brampton,
Ontario... making
warm items for the homeless.
Algerian Action
- (Jan 2008)
Contact: Emma Waller
U.K. based non-profit project
group which provides toys and clothing to needy children in Algeria. We
need handmade toys, sweaters/cardigans, hats and dresses/jumpers for
children aged between 0-10 years. They also have a page asking
for handmade cushions which they sell to make money for Algerian Action.Bonnie Babies - (Scotland) A sweet charity
in Scotland to make preemie outfits,
burial gowns, blankets, buntings and other needed baby items for
little ones who don't make it. Wonderful pattern links, a forum, poems
and more.
Cuddles-
British charity in Doncaster, England,
to
help newborns and their families by providing clothes and blankets for
the 'little angels' so parents can dress their little stillborn babies
in something pretty. And to provide newborn clothes for those in
need.
Friends2Seniors - making
lapghans and blankets for lonely seniors. As they say, "here
are many elderly citizens living in residential homes or alone in their
own homes, many of whom have no families or friends to visit
them." So they make nice blankets for them (Mar '07) The
link to
OECS (Operation Elderly Charity Stitchers) is http://uk.geocities.com/oecs_central/index.htm RAY
OF HOPE - making baby cardigans, ventilator hats,
booties
and more for babies in the UK.
Stitches
Of Love and
Kindness - -
UK
based charitable organisation (founded 2001) who make lap quilts for
children and adults with long-term or life-threatening illnesses.
The WinterWarm Project
is a non-profit,
knit-for-charity organisation collecting hand knitted and crocheted
garments to be distributed in Afghanistan by Save
The Children Sweden-Norway in Kabul.
Our mission
is to provide as much warm clothing as possible - hats,
socks, scarves, jumpers, shawls, and also blankets - in order to help
those in need survive the harsh Afghanistan winter, in which 100s of
lives are lost each year due to extreme weather.
At the moment, we only have a collection point in Melbourne, Australia. All finished goods can be posted to:
The WinterWarm Project
PO Box 1076
Belvedere Park LPO
Seaford, Victoria
Australia 3198
Baby Pack Project
The Ruth
MailBaghttp://www.geocities.com/freda55joy/The_Ruth_Mailbag.html
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheRuthMailbag/
http://360.yahoo.com/freda55joy
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