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Do you know of a nationwide charity program that accepts crocheted items that is not on CGOA's list? Please send information on the charity to: email@example.com with the charity name, description, address, phone, email, URL and why the charity should be included. Updates may also be sent to the same address.
Disclaimer: CGOA does not investigate every item posted. Before donating, you will want to be sure to research the organization.
Charity Listing
1000 Stitches
Description: 1000 Stitches is a project organized by Marny Elliott of Columbia, Missouri to encourage 1000 people to sew, knit or crochet a blanket for someone in need. Each individual crafter is encouraged to select a local individual or charity to support (e.g. homeless shelter, child with AIDS or cancer, a child living in a group home). Make a blanket for the charity or person or organization; wrap it as a gift with a note enclosed that provides a message of hope. Let Marny know (via e-mail, postcard, or letter) about your donation and the message you included; the type of blanket you gave; the recipient; how you felt about giving the gift; and include a photograph if possible. As a part of the 1000 Stitches project, Marny will make a booklet of all the items given away for everyone who participates. She will also help individuals find an organization in their area that needs donations.
Donations: Blankets sewn, knit or crocheted
Contact Person: Marny Elliott
Mailing Address:
E-mail: email@example.com
Afghans for Angels
Description: Afghans for Angels is an organization made up completely of volunteers who make and distribute baby blankets to local hospitals to give to parents who have suffered the loss of their infant throught miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death. Please include the washing/drying/care i nstructions with any blankets that you send.
Donations: Baby Blankets
Mailing Address:
E-mail: email@example.com
American Angels Heroghans
Description: We need your help making 12 inch squares in red/white/blue for our heroghans come join our group at the website above. Our heroghans are given to families of fallen military members. Our assemblers live in many different states across America.
Donations: 12 inch crochet squares in red/white/blue (flag colors)
E-mail: email@example.com
American Cancer Society
Description: The American Cancer Society provides, free of charge, crocheted stoma covers for head/neck cancer patients. We are in need of volunteers to crochet these and donate the crocheted stoma covers for these patients. We have a pattern that can be supplied to anyone interested in helping us. Please have any interested volunteers contact Nancy Price, and she will mail or email pattern directions.
Donations: Crocheted Stoma Covers
Contact Person: Nancy Price
Mailing Address:
Phone: 205-930-8876
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Angels for God
Description: We are a Ministry that would like to help the elderly to preemies. We make items such as shawls, squares for afghans, preemie items and more. We are starting anew in 2008 and need all the help we can get. We do accept donations of needles and yarn. No cash please, just supplies. We help a different charity each month. If you would like to join please go to email@example.com. If you would like to donate supplies please e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Donations: Squares and shawls
Contact Person: Sandra
Phone: 215-755-8126
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Angels for Hope
Description: Angels for Hope sends hand-crocheted angels and butterflies to those who are severely injured and/or chronically ill as well as their caregivers. The angels and butterflies are a reminder that those suffering are not alone, and that others care. The Angels for Hope web site includes links to many organizations including American Heart Association, National Breast Cancer Foundation, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Polio Connection of America, and various caregiver support groups. There is also a thoughts, prayers, and hopes message board.
Donations: Crocheted Angels and Butterflies
Contact Person: Cindy Gabner
Mailing Address:
Phone: 717-838-4235
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Angels for Nursing Homes
Description: Angels for Nursing Homes began by making angels to give to nursing home residents during the Christmas holiday to show that others care. The group does different projects for each holiday, such as flags on Veteran's Day and hearts on Valentine's Day. All crafts are welcome, and will be given to nursing home residents, veterans and the homebound. Angels for Nursing Homes is a Yahoo! Group.
Attucks Brooks Post 606 Auxiliary
Description: The Attucks Brooks Post 606 Auxiliary in St. Paul, Minnesota, needs donations of winter accessories (hats, gloves, scarves, and socks) for children ages 5 to 17. The children's clothing drive is an annual event.
Donations: Hats, gloves, scarves, and socks for children 5 to 17
E-mail: email@example.com
Aubrey's Angels
Barb's Caring Touch
Description: Barb's Caring Touch is a group of volunteers who crochet, knit and /or sew, providing handmade baby items to hospitals. All items are given free to infants, children and their parents. Especially needed: clothing tiny enough for babies in Neonatal Intensive Care Units and layettes for babies who die.
Contact Person: Barbara Wade
Mailing Address:
Phone: 814-677-3412
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Beanies for Baghdad
Description: Donna Ward runs a Web site for our troops where they request toys, school supplies, beanie babies and clothes for the children of Iraq and Afghanistan. They use these items to promote for better relations with the people there and to give something to children with nothing. The items are used for children they meet on the streets, schools, orphanages, hospitals, etc. At this time they are mailing to six units in Iraq and Afghanistan. Our troops continue to ask for these items to help them accomplish their missions, calm nerves and help put a smile on faces that have little to smile about.
Donations: At this time LTC James Barker has launched a campaign to obtain, hats, scarves, mittens, gloves and coats for the children this fall. As it gets very hot there in the Summer, it also gets very cold in the Winter.
Contact Person: Donna Ward
Phone: 812-402-1547
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Beth's Hats for Hope
Binky Patrol
Description: The Binky Patrol is dedicated to giving handmade blankets to children and teens from one day to 18 years old who are ill, abused, or experiencing any kind of trauma. Blankets may be crocheted, knit, sewn or quilted. The only requirement is that a binky must be at least 3-foot square, be soft, washable, and all pins removed. There are a few patterns available on the web site, but blankets of all designs are accepted. Crafters of all ages and skill levels are invited to join the Binky Patrol.
Donations: Non-crafters are also needed to help. Volunteers are needed to deliver binkies to shelters, hospitals and foster agencies. Donations of batting, yarn, soft fabric, notions, and labels are also accepted.
Contact Person: Susan Roush
E-mail: email@example.com
Blankets for Canada Society
Description: The mission of Blankets for Canada based in southern Alberta is to give crocheting and knitting free of charge to those absence of shelter or in need of warmth in Canada. The Society asks stitchers to remember 8 x 8 x 8 and to spend at least 8 minutes per day crocheting or knitting 8 by 8 squares. Sew or crochet 48 squares together and you have a 48 by 64 blanket that will be given free of charge to those in need. Labels saying Compliments of Blankets for Canada NOT FOR SALE are sewn onto each blanket that are then given to organizations to pass on to those without shelter.
Donations: crochet or knit 8 by 8 squares
Mailing Address:
E-mail: email@example.com
Blankets for Honduras
Description: A representative of the Mission of Honduras made a plea for help to the United Nations nurses were forced to wrap babies in newspaper. Students of Southern Adventist University responded by starting a blanket campaign. The students are taking blanket donations along with money to help defray the shipping cost.
Donations: Blankets for the needed and money for postage.
Contact Person: Southern Adventist University / Blankets for Honduras
Mailing Address:
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Bow Dazzlingwww.bowdazzling.com
Description: Bow Dazzling is a non-profit organization created by Molly and her mom, Tisha. Molly is a cancer survivor, who was diagnosed with lymphoma in 2009 at the age of 15. After chemo, her hair started to grow back and she was ready to stop wearing wigs and hats. So, she started wearing headbands and bows and loved the compliments she received from friends and family. At visits to the clinic Molly and her Mom realized that other girls would benefit from the confidence boost that a pretty bow on a headband could bring to them. Bow Dazzling's mission is to provide headbands and bows to young girls undergoing treatment for cancer and other serious medical illnesses to give them encouragement and confidence. The bows are made by volunteers using purchased and donated materials. We are in need of volunteers to crochet headbands that will fit babies to teenagers. We are also in need of crocheted bows and flowers and any other fun, cute, sweet designs that we could attach to a hair clip upon receipt. Bow Dazzling has provided almost 5000 bows and headbands to children's hospitals in Texas with definite plans to expand the delivery area as our volunteer base and donation volume continues to grow.
Donations: Crochet headbands. Crochet bows, flowers, and other cute fun designs that we can attach to clips. Also we could use donations of yarn in fun bright and pastel colors and crochet hooks.
Contact Person: Tisha Weems
Mailing Address:
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/bowdazzling (examples are posted here)
Bundles of Love
Description:Bundles of is a volunteer driven non-profit that partners with community organizations to assist Minnesota families in need by providing handmade items for newborns. Our vision is a world where every newborn has access to the basics. We create bundles full of newborn basic clothing, bedding, and hygiene items. We especially need crocheted sleep sacks, newborn size sweater sets (we appreciate it if bonnets/hats, booties are included), and baby afghans which are used for "tummy time". Please include a note in each mailed package including your name, complete address, donated items, and volunteer hours.
Donations: Most needed: Sleep sacks/cocoon, afghans, sweaters, or sweater sets
Mailing Address:
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Caps for Kids
Description: Helps needy children keep warm by crocheting them caps, or even scarves and mittens. Caps for Kids is a non-profit organization that collects hand made caps for children from newborn (including preemies) to age 18. Hundreds of yarn ships in the United States are registered with Caps for Kids and collect the caps throughout the year. The caps are donated to underprivileged children in December through the efforst of community-based, non-profit, non-denominational agencies. You may send a self-addressed envelope to receive the name and address of the closest registered store in your area. You may also mail your donations directly or donate to a local organizations and send a note to Caps for Kids to let them know how many caps you donated and to what organization.
Donations: Hats, scarves, and mittens.
Contact Person: Bonnie Greene
Mailing Address:
Caps of Compassion
Care Wear
Description: Care Wear was started in 1991 by Bonnie Hagerman in Frederick, Maryland because of the need for preemie sized hats, booties, mittens, bibs, blankets, burial gowns and toys. Head sizes of the infants in hospital neonatal intensive care units vary from the size of a large walnut or lime to larger than normal for full-term babies. Medium, large, and extra-large preemie and full-term are the most needed sized. Care Wear has approx. 650 volunteers and has distributed more than 28,000 hats to hospitals across the United States. Care Wear has its own pattern book and newsletter, which provides patterns, volunteer news and lists of hospitals and their needs.
Donations: Hats, booties, mittens, bibs, blankets, burial gowns and toys.
Contact Person: Bonnie Hagerman
Mailing Address:
Phone: 301-696-3550
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Caris Healthcarehttp://www.carishealthcare.com
Description: Caris Healthcare is a hospice agency covering states of TN, VA and SC. We are looking for people to sew, knit, crochet blankets, afghans, shawls or neck pillows for patients who have been given six months or less to live. Our hospice patients are cared for in their private homes as well as nursing facilities. These items provide that extra touch of comfort and warmth and bring smiles to patients.
Donations: Fleece Blankets or neck pillows sewn, knitted/crocheted afghans or shawls
Contact Person: Gloria Gentry
Mailing Address:
Caris Healthcare
Attn: Gloria Gentry
Bristol, VA 24201
EMAIL: email@example.com
Chain of Love Charity Group
Description: Chain of Love Charity Group is an internet-based charity group that donates crocheted, knit, and sew items to a different charity each month. The group was founded in June 2002 by Susan Kay Thomas.
Donations: Crochet, knit, and sewn items
E-mail: email@example.com
Charitable Crafters
Description: Charitable Crafters was founded to make and donate knitted, crocheted and sewn outerwear, clothing, blankets and toys to the needy in the Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin area. The group also needs donations of yarn, patterns, and polar fleece.
Donations: Knitted, crocheted, and sewn outerwear, clothing, blankets, and toys.
Mailing Address:
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
CLICK for Babies: Period of PURPLE Crying caps. This grassroots campaign invites knitters and crocheters across North America to make purple colored baby caps which will be delivered to families in November and December with the Period of PURPLE Crying, an evidence based program that educates parents about normal infant crying, ways to cope with the crying and the dangers of reacting in frustration by shaking or abusing an infant. Use any newborn baby cap pattern, and any shade of soft, baby-friendly PURPLE yarn. We have a goal of collecting 1,000 caps by October. For more information mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com. To learn more about the campaign, including what might be happening in your local community visit www.CLICKforbabies.org!
Circles of Hope
Description: Circles of Hope (formerly known as Granny's Daughters for Chairty) is a special project to help various charities while using up scrap bits of yarn. A Circle of Hope is the first round of a granny square and takes very little yarn to crochet. Sue Traudt accepts donations of the motifs made from either baby, sport or worsted weight yarn and assembles them into afghans and other items for different charities.
Donations: Granny squares made from either baby, sport, or worsted weight
Contact Person: Sue Traudt
Mailing Address:
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Cozy Cuddles for Kids
Description: Cozy Cuddles for Kids needs volunteers to make caps, scarved, mittens, slippers, blankets and sweaters for needy children, from newborn to adult-sized teens. Cozy Cuddles works as a catalyst for volunteers and corporations to find opportunities to help organizations that serve needy children directly. Donations will be distributed to children served by Grant a Wish, a Chicago-based group whose mission is to uplift a child's consciousness by providing something that he or she needs or wants, and can be used as a catalyst for achieving immediate or future goals. For Persons outside of Illinois, send donations directly to Grant a Wish: K.Quinn/Cozy Cuddles c/o Grant a Wish 400 N. Wells, Suite 412, Chicago, IL 60610
Donations: Toys, books, coats, slippers, caps, scarved, mittens, blankets, sweaters - from newborn to adult teen
Contact Person: K. Quinn
Mailing Address:
Phone: 847-998-9950
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Crafting Angels
Description: and/or crochet. We are an online charity group that gives to those in
Donations: Mittens, hats, gloves, blankets, slippers, scarves, socks, booties and more.
Contact Person: Bev Qualheim
Mailing Address:
E-mail: email@example.com
Crafting From the Heart
Description: need. Our mission is to get others involved with erasing poverty, a
Donations: Afghans, gloves, mittens, hats, duffel bags, backpacks, clothing.
Crochet Friends Charity
Description: in America through International Children's Network. These wonderful
Donations: Chemo hats, caps, booties, and yarn.
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Crochet for Comfort
Description: lofty goal and one in which we are hoping you will join us.
Donations: Baby blankets, preemie hats, booties, layettes, burial layettes, mittens and hats.
Contact Person: Dakota Evans
Mailing Address:
Phone: 519-577-6482
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Crochet/Knitting for Noggins
Description: folks go to Peru on a regular basis and will deliver our handmade
Donations: IMPORTANT - A few things to know about knitting or crocheting hats for ACH: - We ask that hats be approximately the size of an average cantaloupe or larger. Remember we need hats for ALL ages, including teens and adults. - Due to infection control, all needlework items must be made out of new materials (not recycled items). Handmade hats are preferred, and we ask that no logos be on the hats. - We also ask that items be free of any odor or pet hair. - For privacy reasons, please do not attach your name or personal information to individual needlework donations. - Use your creativity, but bright and colorful hats are always great! And don't forget that we can use boy colors as well as girl colors.
Contact Person: Arkansas Children's Hospital - Volunteer Services
Mailing Address:
Phone: 501-364-1825
E-mail: email@example.com
Crocheted Stoma Covers
Description: In 2007 we expanded to helping orphans in Peru and children-at-risk
Donations: Stoma Covers
Contact Person: Nancy Price
Mailing Address:
Phone: 205-930-8876
E-mail: email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com
Description: items. Besides helping children we also help women who are homeless or
Donations: General Charities
Earth Angel Charity WEB Ring
Description: living in an abusive situation as well as cancer patients.
Ellie's Angels
Description: Ellie's Angels is a group in Atlanta, GA area that crochets and knits afghans for hospice programs in Atlanta. The goal is to create gifts of love and kindness for their terminally ill in the belief that no one should have to die alone, frightened, cold and lonely. Ellie's dream is to have angels all over the country. Ellie's Angels is also making afghans for all 1,000 chemotherapy rooms in Atlanta. Donations of acrylic yarn are needed. The colors of blue and green are most commonly request, with white used to accent. Donations of money help to fund mailing items outside of the Atlanta area.
Donations: Afghans, acrylic yarn and money.
Contact Person: Ellie
Phone: 770-489-5816
E-mail: email@example.com
Faith, Hope and Charity Stitches, Inc.
Description: Faith, Hope and Charity Stitches, Inc. makes premature infant clothing and devices, clothing and blankets for infants through age five years. Many of our things are sent to agencies where the family is served as a whole - so we decided to help children of preschool age and down. All gifts of clothing, blankets, burial outfits, hats, coats, mittens and so on, are sorted, processed and sent out to the children that need them within four weeks of receipt.
Donations: Clothing, blankets, burial outfits, hats, coats, mittens for infants through preschool age children.
Contact Person: Karen, founder
Mailing Address:
E-mail: email@example.com
Fancy Workers
Description: The Fancy Workers of Weston County, Wyoming are a group of women from 11 ? 95 who have decided to challenge themselves to make a unique gift to honor the men and women of our armed services. The Fancy Workers are asking you to help them create a special patriotic afghan made up of 72 blocks individually created to honor a past or present member of the armed services. Each red, white and blue block will feature the creator?s name as well as the names of those members of the Armed Service he or she is honoring.
Contact Person: Isabelle - c/o Weston County Senior Services
Mailing Address:
E-mail: email@example.com
Friends of Pine Ridge Reservation
Description: Friends of Pine Ridge Reservation is an internet group of volunteers who sew, knit, crochet and donate items for babies, children and adults living in abject poverty on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
Donations: Sewn, knit or crochet items for all ages.
Gifts for the Unborn
Description: Gifts for the Unborn, a nonprofit charity, is seeking donations of baby booties and socks to include in all of the gift packages that it donates to crisis pregnancy centers. The counselors at the centers give the gifts to women who test positive in crisis pregnancies. For most, this is the first gift that she will receive for her baby. Since the organization was founded in 1995, Gifts for the Unborn has donated more than 38,000 gift packages to crisis pregnancy centers in all 50 states of the U.S. and 5 countries.
Donations: Baby booties, socks, bibs, hats, or other baby items.
Contact Person: Carol Richey or Dick Jacobs
Mailing Address:
E-mail: email@example.com
God's Tiny Angels
Description: God's Tiny Angels is an all-volunteer group whose goal is to give all babies who leave the hospital a blanket, hat, booties, and mittens, so that none have to go home in only the hospital gown and diaper. Crocheted, knit, quilted, and sewn items for premature or full-term infants are accepted. The group will provide free patterns upon request. Include a label with your name and address so that parents can send a thank you card or picture.
Donations: Crocheted, knit, quilted, and sewn items for premature or full-term infants.
Greyhound Pets Inc.
Description: Greyhound Pets, Inc. We are a section 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in 1985 to find homes for retired racing greyhounds. To date we have placed more than 4,400 of these wonderful dogs. Since we restrict the placement of our greyhounds to the Washington, Idaho, British Columbia, Western Montana and Alberta areas only, if you are out of our area, we encourage you to find a local adoption group.
Donations: Adoption of Greyhound Dogs
Mailing Address:
Halos of Hope
Description: Not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing caps for chemotherapy patients with items crafted by caring volunteers.
Mailing Address:
E-mail: email@example.com
Handmade Especially for You
Description: A 501(c)3 organization. Provides "magic ball" yarn kits (wound from materials donated by yarn companies) for volunteers to knit or crochet comfort scarves that will go to shelters for abused women.We try to ship around 1,000 per month. Each scarf has a gift tag attached (signed by the maker of the scarf), is rolled into a ball and tied with a colorful ribbon.Directors at the shelters tell us that the scarves have a huge impact. The women who receive them have very low self-esteem. When they receive such a beautiful gift from someone they don't even know, it lifts their spirits. The directors use this moment to encourage the woman to begin the education and therapy that will help them change their lives.
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Happy Hats (Lids for Kids) & Lapghans
Description: This charity brings sunshine and comfort into the lives of children and adults who are cancer patients. Make the hats and lapghans with lively colors to lift their spirits. Also, use soft yarns as their heads and bodies may be sensitive from treatment. All sizes of hats and lapghans are appreciated. If you wish, include a note that tells a little about yourself. Donations may be Jean Marie, 1520 Sunbury CT., Vista, CA 92084 or to the Children's Hospital address.
Donations: Hats and lapghans for children and adults.
Contact Person: Children's Hospital
Mailing Address:
Phone: 310-326-8409
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Hat Box Foundation
Description: The non-profit Hat Box Foundation's mission is to distribute hand-made (either knit or crochet) hats to cancer patients across the country who are undergoing chemo treatments. We believe something made from the heart helps heal the human spirit. However, we can not do it without the help of our fellow crocheters and knitters.
Donations: Hand-made knitted or crocheted hats
Contact Person: Carrie Mayhew
Mailing Address:
E-mail: email@example.com
Heart to Heart
Description: Heart to Heart is a national, non profit organization of volunteers, dedicated to making hand sewn, knit and crochet angel dresses (also called burial gowns). These are donated as an ongoing project to the neonatal intensive care units of Boston hospitals. The angel dresses are used for the precious babies who loose their fight for life. Blankets, 12-15 are also included in the layette, for parents to take home and cherish during the difficult days ahead.
Donations: Burial gowns and baby blankets.
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
HeartFelt Angels
Description: HeartFelt Anges is a non profit organization of volunteers that make hand made baby items for hospitals to give to parents who suffer a loss of an infant. Also for parents who may be financially challenged and may not have an afghan or an outfit to take their baby home.
Donations: Baby items and afghans.
Heartmade Blessings
Description: HeartMade Blessings is a not-for-profit group of volunteers who provide hand-crafted items to those who have suffered a loss, tragedy, or hard times and need to know that others care. HeartMade Blessings provides comfort afghans and comfort pins. A Comfort Afghan is a collection of granny and sampler squares donated by caring individuals. There are usually 42 squares in an afghan, each one made by a different person. The squares are then sent to another volunteer who assembles the squares into an afghan and sends the completed afghan to the person in need. The pins are called Pins of Hope.
Donations: 6 to 12 squares.
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Heavenly Angels in Need
Description: Heavenly Angels in Need is a group that knits, crochets, sews, does woodwork, beadwork, makes memory boxes and has a casket program. They make clothing, blankets, burial items and more for NICUs, for sick babies and for babies who pass away. They also give to crisis pregnancy centers. They reach out all over America and other countries.
Donations: Clothing, blankets, and burial items.
Mailing Address:
Phone: 541-258-3849
E-mail: email@example.com
Helping Hands
Description: Needle Arts Mentoring ProgramSM, a project of Helping Hands Foundation, Inc., has been established to create community partnerships that promote and encourage relationships between adults and youth, fostering curiosity, creativity and a feeling of achievement through the teaching of needlearts. The Needle Arts Mentoring Program will teach children a skill they can use their entire lives. Learn how you can help! Contact:
Contact Person: Helping Hands Program
Mailing Address:
Phone: 740-452-4541
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Hugs and Hope
Description: The goal of the Hugs and Hope Club is to put smiles on the faces of sick children across the country. The Hugs and Hope Club sends mail to the children, and asks visitors to their web site to do the same. Crocheters can help by making and donating blankets, dolls, angels and toys for the children, or Christmas ornaments for the parents. Donations can be mailed directly to each child. The background on the children and their addresses are posted on the Hugs and Hopes website.
Donations: Mail for the children, blankets, dolls, angels, and toys.
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com
Hugs for Homeless Animals
Description: This charity appeals to crocheters who are also animal lovers. Volunteers crochet security blankets or snuggles for homeless, lost or abandoned dogs and cats that end up in Humane Society shelters. The snuggles are a warm reprieve from thos hard, cold kennel floors and cages. They could be made out of acrylic yarn or cotton in any pattern or color. Afghans should not have fringe that animals can chew off and swallow. The ends must be fastened off long and woven into the work.
Donations: Blankets: 12x12 for cats and small animals; 24x24 for medium dogs and medium animals; 36x36 for large dogs and larger animals
E-mail: email@example.com
Hugs from the Heart
Description: Hugs from the Heart is a new volunteer-driven program within All-Heart's hospice program and we are in need of volunteer knitters, crocheters and loom weavers from throughout Hampton Roads and across the country to help us make blankets for our hospice patients. It's a gift from the heart that shows our patients we care about them and the hospice journey they're on
Donations: Finished blankets of 30 eight-inch squares. Or send eight inch squares that can be joined with other donated squares. Can be knitted, crocheted, or loom woven from any kind of yarn and in any pattern. Since these squares are for patients, soft and cuddly yarns are the most appropriate.
Contact Person: Amy Kelly - All-Heart Home Health & Hospice
Mailing Address:
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
InKind, Inc.
Description: InKind, Inc. serves low-income, single parent families in crisis in the Austin, Texas area. They provide approximately 130 new mothers with Blessing Baskets each month. InKind, Inc. has a special need for blankets and booties.
Donations: Blankets and booties
Mailing Address:
Phone: 512-374-9393
Keep Babies Warm
Description: Keep Babies Warm is a volunteer, non-profit organization that distributes baby blankets and other baby items such as sweaters, booties, and toys to special needs babies. The special needs include medically fragile, handicapped, orphaned, homeless, and abused children. Since August 2000, Keep Babies Warm had distributed more than 75 blankets and clothing items to babies in the United States, the Netherlands, Egypt and India.
Donations: Baby blankets, sweaters, booties, and toys.
Contact Person: Eleanor Wells
Mailing Address:
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Kitchen Ministries
Description: Joseph's Workshop Through the Kitchen in Springfield, Missouri helps the homeless with artistic talent by providing them with the equipment and the space needed so that they can make arts and crafts items for sale. Joseph's Workshop is looking for donations of supplies for all crafts: painting, quilting, embroidery, crochet, knitting, and leather-work.
Donations: Craft supplies
Contact Person: Judy Nelson
Mailing Address:
Phone: 417-837-1551
Knots of Love
Description: Knots of Love?s mission is to warm the hearts and heads of those experiencing traumatic hair loss, no matter the cause. We are a dedicated group throughout the United States who knit and crochet caps with love. This act of kindness fills a need which is often overlooked. Our creations are distributed free of charge - one cap at a time. There are millions of people suffering from life threatening illnesses who can benefit from a hand knitted or crocheted hat. With your help we can continue in our mission of warming hearts and heads one cap at a time. Knit or crochet an adult size cap using an extremely soft yarn. For a list of yarns visit: http://www.knotsoflove.org/?page_id=49. Send your caps along with your contact information to the mailing address below. We will happily call you and tell you where your caps were donated. To find out more about our wonderful non-profit charity please visit us on the web at: http://www.knotsoflove.org
Donations: Knit and crochet caps
Mailing Address:
Loving Stitches for Preemies & Newborns
Description: Loving Stitches for Preemies & Newborns provides clothing and stuffed animals for premature and newborn babies of Columbus, Ohio and the surrounding areas. Volunteers make butterfly shirts, sleepers, gowns, diaper shirts, bibs, receiving blankets, quilts, afghans, hats, booties, burp pads and stuffed animals. There is a special need for burial layettes. All items are donated free of charge to the babies and their families.
Donations: Shirts, sleepers, gowns, diaper shirts, bibs, receiving blankets, quilts, afghans, hats, booties, burp pads and stuffed animals.
E-mail: email@example.com
Lutheran World Relief
Description: Lutheran World Relief sponsors a baby layette project for babies in refugee camps, hospitals and villages around the world. Each layette should include two shirts, two gowns or sleepers, two receiving blankets, four cloth diapers, one sweater, two washcloths, one bath-size bar of soap, and two diaper pins. Sweaters may be knitted or crocheted. Preferred styles have buttons or ties down the front.
Donations: Layette sets
Newborns in Need
Description: Crocheted afghans, hats and toys are the most needed items for Newborns in Need, a charity devoted to providing essentials for infants whose mothers literally have nothing. Newborn babies are going home from the hospital in just a disposable diaper, not even a receiving blanket, and sometimes their home is a shelter for battered women or the homeless. Newborns in Need specializes in premature and newborn baby layettes and other needs, including burial layettes. Donations are made to medical centers, hospitals, homeless shelters, adoption agencies, sheriff's offices, food pantries, and to individuals. It serves 30 places in a nine-county area in the Ozarks, but has also donated throughout the U.S. and Canada. The program was started by Carol C. Green of Houston, Missouri. While donations of yarn, thread, books and patterns are invited, finished items are needed most.
Donations: Yarn, books, patterns and finished items for babies.
Mailing Address:
Phone: 877-231-5097 or 336-469-8953
E-mail: email@example.com
Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep
Description: A 501(c)(3) non-profit, Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep has been committed since 2005 to assisting parents and families experiencing early infant loss. NILMDTS connects families with volunteer photographers from all corners of the world who donate the gift of infant remembrance photography.
Mailing Address:
Phone: 877-834-5667
One Pixel at a Time
Description: Help fight breast cancer one stamp at a time, one stitch at a time, one pixel at a time. Purchase your pixels and Stitch to WIN Against Breast Cancer! Receive valuable gift coupons. Help complete the Breast Cancer Research Stamps. Become eligible for a spa vacation courtesy of Spa-quest.com. 80% of net proceeds will benefit Living Beyond Breast Cancer (LBBC.org). Underwritten by The National NeedleArts Association (TNNA.org).
Opening Doors for Children
Description: The Holland & Knight Charitable Foundation, Inc., is seeking donations of hats and mittens for the children it helps througout the U.S. as a part of its Opening Doors for Children program. Foundation resources go to purchase books, educational materials, scholarships, sponsorship field trips, scouting units, debate clubs, sports teams and many other special services to children who are considered to be at risk. Volunteers also help through mentoring and tutoring. The Washington, D.C. office of Holland & Knight sponsors many projects at Cleveland Elementary in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Now, Opening Doors for Children has been asked to provide hats and mittens to many of the children from ages 5 through 11. Donated items should be machine washable.
Donations: Hats and mittens.
Contact Person: Angela M. Ruth, Executive Director, Holland & Knight Charitalbe Foundation, Inc.
Mailing Address:
Phone: 1-866-HKCARES
E-mail: email@example.com
PC Baby Drive
Description: The PC Baby Drive is collecting afghans, blankets and quilts to benefit a homeless shelter. This is an annual drive with the goal to collect blankets by August 31st, so they can be distributed for the winter months.
Parent to Parent
Description: Parent to Parent give immediate support to patients and families in the hospital going through a birth crisis including a baby in the NICU, a baby born with special needs or disabilities, moms on long term in-hospital bed rest, or loss of a pregnancy or an infant. Support is offered to patients in the NICU, Maternity, and Labor & Delivery units at five hospitals: Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, Orem Community Hospital, American Fork Hospital, Timpanogous Regional Hospital, and Mountanview Hospital. Donations of sewed, crocheted, or knitted clothing, blankets and quilts are needed. There is a particular need for preemie sizes, but full term baby sizes are also needed. Parent to Parent is also collecting preemie patterns of all types. Send donations to: Parent to Parent, UVRMC/NICU, 1034 N. 1570 W., Pleasant Grove, UT 84062.
Donations: Blankets, quilts, and clothing for preemies and newborns.
Contact Person: Chrysteil Jones
Phone: 801-785-1275
E-mail: email@example.com
People That Care Center
Description: People That Care Center is an outreach ministry of Shady Grove Church in Lancaster, Texas, that ministers to underprivileged individuals, families, and children as well as to homeless veterans. They have a food pantry that serves South Dallas County and a Baby Corner that collects donated items for babies who are underprivileged up to the age of 2 years, and a number of programs that are geared to help others in need. People That Care Center requests crocheted afghans for babies and women, afghans for the elderly in nursing homes, baby hats and mittens, adult hats and mittens, monetary donations to help with outreach to the poor, and volunteers to help with their annual Christmas outreach to the homeless veterans in downtown Dallas. All items must be machine washable and durable.
Donations: Baby items, adult hats and mittens, afghans, and monetary donations.
Contact Person: Janice Carson
Mailing Address:
Phone: 672-274-0131
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Pine Lodge Pre-Release Facility
Description: Sponsored by the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program and conducted out of Pine Lodge Pre-Release (PLPR) Facility, this project produces crocheted and knitted items for underprivileged residents of Spokane, Washington, and surrounding areas. Pine Lodge Pre-Release is a minimum co-ed correctional facility located in Medical Lake, Washington. Female residents of the PLPR Treatment Community volunteer to create blankets, hats, mittens, scarves and booties. In 2001, 3564 articles were distributed.
Donations: Yarn, Crochet hooks, Crochet patterns, and money.
Contact Person: Bill McDonnell
Mailing Address:
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Prayer Shawl Ministry
Description: Prayer Shawl Ministry, McLeod Memorial Presbyterian Church, is open to anyone who would like to participate. We will be making shawls to give to those who are in need of prayerful comfort. We meet every other Tuesday night 6:30 - 7:30 in the fellowship hall (695 W. Stuart St. Bartow) beginning Feb. 12, 2008. Please bring your own needles and yarn; patterns will be provided. Donations of yarn, paper gift bags, tissue paper, etc. are welcome! We will begin with shawls -- knitted or crocheted, but welcome any hand-work -- quilting, embroidery, sewing, etc. We will also expand to include hats and lap-quilts as well as baby items. If you would like to nominate someone to receive a prayer shawl or if you have any questions, please email email@example.com or call 863/533-5433.
Contact Person: McLeod Memorial Presbyterian Church
Mailing Address:
Phone: 863-533-5433
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Precious Pals
Description: The goal of Precious Pals is to help ensure that law enforcement officers will have plenty of stuffed animals to give to children who have just been involved in a traumatic situation. The program was created and is sponsored by The Knitting Guild of America as a means to provide comfort to children in crisis. Crocheters and knitters are asked to make sweaters and outfits for teddy bears and other fuzzy friends. Suggested height for the stuffed animals is 10. Local craft and discount stores are sources for teddy bears. You may also choose to crochet a bear. The sweaters may be hand knit, crocheted, or machine knit.
Donations: Sweaters and outfits for teddy bears.
Contact Person: The Knitting Guild of America
Mailing Address:
Phone: 800-274-6034
E-mail: email@example.com
Project Hope Afghan
Description: Members of Project Hope Afghan in Houston, TX, knit and crochet afghans and distribute them to children who are receiving treatment at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Afghans are done in all sizes, from baby to full-size. The afghans are done in bright, cheerful colors which not only add a personal touch to each patient's room, but also let them know that someone is thinking of them. Project Hope Afghan accepts monetary donations and also donations of yarn and completed afghans. Any amount or color of yarn will be accepted, but it must be washable.
Donations: Yarn, afghans, or money
Mailing Address:
Phone: 800-274-6034
E-mail: email@example.com
Project Linus
Description: Providing comfort in the form of hand made, washable aghans, blankets and quilts to ill children in hospitals all across the U.S. is the object of Project Linus. Named after cartoonist Charles Schultz' Peanuts character Linus, who carries his blanket everywhere, Project Linus was started by Karen Loucks-Baker of Denver, Colorado. There are now Project Linus coordinators in many cities and states across the U.S. Each hand made afghan or blanket is given to a sick child, along with a removeable tag with the giver's name and address so the recipient may give them thanks personally. Project Linus has more than 270 chapters and has delivered more than 80,000 security blankets to seriously ill and traumatized children in the U.S. and Canada.
Donations: Afghans, blankets and quilts.
E-mail: email@example.com
Sailor's Blanket for Dogs in Need
Description: Sailor's Blanket was founded by Kelly-Sue Thompson to provide a warm, soft blanket to dogs in need. The blankets are given to the dogs (and also cats) when they arrive at the foster home and go with them once they are adopted, providing them with a much-needed sense of comfort and security. The blankets may be new or gently used. Size Guidelines are: Extra Small - approx. 2 feet square for cats and chihuahuas, Small - approx. 3 feet square for miniature pinschers, and Medium - 3.5 to 4 feet square for basenji, salukis, whippets, and afghan hounds. Animal rescue organizations supported include: TLC Cats, Canadian Chihuahua rescue and Transport, Internet Miniature Pinscher Service, Italian Greyhound Club of America Rescue, Italian Greyhound Safehouse Alliance, Basenji Rescue and Transport, Saluki Tree of Life Alliance, American Whippet Club Rescue, Greyhound Pets International, and Afghan Hound Club of America Rescue.
Donations: Blankets, new or used, for dogs and cats
Contact Person: Kelly-Sue Thompson
E-mail: email@example.com
San Diego Wildfire Blanket Project
Description: 1588 homes were destroyed in the seven fires that raged through San Diego County the week of October 21, 2007. The original goal was to get blankets into every family?s hands for the holidays but as we learned with the Cedar Fires of 2003, the rebuilding process is a slow and steady one. Therefore, a more realistic goal is that starting in November 2007 at least 25 blankets will be delivered to families each month. Squares have been received from crocheters and knitters around the globe and the San Diego community continues to support the group. Please go to the Web site above for information on squares and how to get them to those in need.
Sewing for Babies
Description: Sewing for Babies is an all-volunteer organization that provides hand made (sewn, knitted, crocheted) blankets and clothing to sick and needy babies in Nebraska. Crocheted afghans, booties, blankets, sweaters, caps, gowns, socks, rompers, mittens, burial gowns, and memory items are accepted. Donations of yarn and fabric are also needed.
Donations: Baby items, yarn and fabric.
Snugs Hugs for Kids
Description: Crocheters and knitters throughout the U.S. and Canada are invited to participate by using their talents to create warm mittens, hats, scarves, baby afghans, sweaters, blankets, slippers, and booties which will be distributed as holiday gifts as part of the Merlin's Annual Snug Hugs for Kids. This winter clothing drive benefits needy children, ages 0 to 18 years, served by the Children's Home & Aid Society of Illinois (CHASI).
Donations: Winter wearable items for 0 to 18 years.
Spread the Warmth
Description: Spread the Warmth is a 100% volunteer project that collects new and handmade hats, scarves, gloves, and mittens, to be given to the homeless and displaced in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. We accept and distribute only NEW items, crochet or knot. Individuals, families, and groups can participate by making or purchasing items and donating them.
Donations: Handmade hats, scarves, gloves, and mittens.
Contact Person: K. Washington
Mailing Address:
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Squares 4 Survivors
Description: Squares 4 Survivors ministers to hurricane survivors by making 12 inch squares which are combined into beautiful, warm afghans. As of October 2006 over 200 afghans have been distributed to survivors across the Gulf states. You can go to Yahoo groups and type in Squares 4 Survivors for more information or Squares4Survivors.com.
Contact Person: Catherine Nicklow
E-mail: email@example.com
Stitches from the Heart
Description: Stitches from the Heart is a non-profit organization in the Southern California area that loves to knit and crochet for children. Any knitted or crocheted items are appreciated. Stitches from the Heart has donated thousands of hand-made hats, booties and blankets to various hospitals around the country. The group has quarterly teas to collect the booties, blankets, and hats (or they can be sent directly to group leader Kathy Silverton to be included in boxes regularly being mailed to the hospitals).
Donations: Hats, Booties, and blankets
Contact Person: Kathy Silverton
Mailing Address:
Phone: 1-866-472-6903
E-mail: email@example.com
Support Virginia Tech Comfort Shawl Initiative
Description: The YMCA at Virginia Tech is coordinating volunteers to knit or crochet ?comfort shawls? for those directly impacted by the campus tragedy. Comfort shawls ?wrap, enfold, comfort, cover, give solace, mother, hug, shelter and beautify.? The intent of the shawl is to put a loving thought, prayer or memory into each stitch of the shawl to provide comfort during times of grief or joy. Please visit www.shawlministry.com for instructions and various pattern types and additional information about creating a shawl. Don?t knit or crochet? Make a donation of money or supplies?yarn (555 or 740 yards), knitting needles sizes 11 or 13, crochet hooks size M, N or P. All donations and completed shawls can be sent to YMCA at Virginia Tech at the below address. Please include your name and address with your donation.
Contact Person: Sandy Wirt, Student Programs Director
Mailing Address:
Phone: 540-231-3734
TX Moms of Tiny Angels
Description: TX Moms of Tiny Angels donates hand made blankets, booties, hats and burial gowns to local hospitals for babies in the neo-natal intensive care unit, and for babies who are stillborn or who dies shortly after birth. It was founded by women who experienced the loss of a child due to miscarriage, stillbirth, or early infant death.
Donations: Blankets, booties, hats, and burial gowns.
Teeny Tiny Treasures
Description: Teeny Tiny Treasures donates blankets, hats, booties, and gowns for babies in hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Units to use in the hospital and at home. Volunteers are needed to sew, crochet, knit, or quilt items in the small sizes needed by premature infants. Teeny Tiny Treasures also needs donations of yarn, fabric and polyfill stuffing. Stuffed animals and dolls are also accepted. Burial gowns are also accepted, since the families find it difficult to find gowns to fit the tiny babies. The Teeny Tiny Treasures web site has information on sizes of blankets, type of yarn or thread to use, washing instructions and free patterns for a preemie hat, preemie booties, and preemie afghans.
Donations: Blankets, hats, booties, gowns and burial gowns.
Contact Person: Laura Reavis
Mailing Address:
Phone: 336-838-4452
E-mail: email@example.com
The Pink Slipper Project
Description: Inspired by Terry Grahl of Enchanted Makeovers.org,and her work with women's and children's shelters, The Pink Slipper Project is an endeavor to warm the hearts and the toes of women and children living in shelters. Our goal is to provide hand-made slippers to as many of these women and children as possible.
Donations: Ways that you can help...Create simple slipper patterns for The Pink Slipper Project. Create slippers using your own patterns. Get your sewing and quilting groups involved. Donate materials - fabrics, yarns etc. Spread the word.
Contact: www.facbook.com/ThePinkSlipperProject
Touching Little Lives
Description: Touching Little Lives is a charity for needy, premature and newborn babies in Ohio. Donations of crocheted items such as afghans, sweaters, hats, booties and burial layettes in preemie and newborn sizes are accepted. In addition to supplying more than 15 hospitals, Touching Little Lives also donates infant items to family service agencies and to women's shelters. Volunteers with sewing, knitting, and crocheting skills are especially needed.
Donations: Afghans, sweaters, hats, booties, and burial layettes.
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Tyler for Life
Description: The Tyler for Life Foundation, Inc. is a not-for-profit volunteer organization that seeks to improve the life of babies by preventing mental retardation and death resulting from disorders detectable through newborn screening. Early detection can lead to early treatment and prevent unnecessary complications. The Tyler for Life motto is Saving Babies One Foot at a Time. Deborah Hamburg coordinates the miniature Baby Booties program to raise awareness of Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD) and other disorders. She wears the booties and whenever someone comments on them, she gives them with information on newborn screening. Her goal is to give a pair of booties and an information sheet about testing to all new and expectant parents in the U. S. A pattern for the mini booties is available on their website.
Donations: Miniature Booties
Contact Person: Deborah Hamburg, c/o Annie's Attic
Mailing Address:
E-mail: email@example.com
Warm Fuzzies of Love
Description: My name is Amy Butterfield and I am co-founder of Warm Fuzzies of Love. After making numerous baby blankets for friends, I realized that I needed another outlet for my crocheting. I can only make so many blankets for my friends & family to enjoy! I had also just taught a friend and my 12 year-old daughter how to crochet, and they were looking for projects to work on.
With a little discussion and thought, Warm Fuzzies of Love was born. We researched organizations that collect handmade items for people in need, and made the decision to align ourselves with five non-profit organizations that share our vision in helping others. The organizations were selected because their missions are dear to our hearts due to personal experiences we have faced, and the populations they serve.
We provide blankets for Project Linus, a national organization that collects and distributes handmade blankets to children in need. They may be knitted, crocheted, quilted, or no-sew type blankets. Within the local area, the blankets are given to hospitals, shelters, foster homes and more.
We provide scarves for Threads of Compassion, an organization that collects handmade scarves for victims of sexual violence. These are donated to area rape crisis centers and hospitals for distribution.
We provide hats for chemotherapy patients for Head Huggers. Hats may be knitted, sewn or crocheted and are distributed to local cancer treatment centers, oncology offices and hospice organizations.
We provide baby items, handmade and new, for Miracles Happen, a national organization that supports pregnant women in need. Items made and donated are delivered to local pregnancy resource centers for distribution to their clients.
We also provide handmade shawls and lap blankets to residents in nursing homes, hospice patients, parents of hospitalized children, anyone who could benefit from the comfort.
Contact Person: Amy Butterfield
Mailing Address:
Phone: 614-327-1041
E-mail: email@example.com
Warm Hearts-Warm Babies
Description: Warm Hearts-Warm Babies is an all volunteer group that sews, knits, crochets, and quilts for premature infants and babies in need. Afghans, hats, booties, mittens, sweaters, etc. in sizes for preemies to 4T are donated to hospitals, crisis pregnancy centers, shelters, law enforcement agencies, foster care, WIC offices, and individuals in Colorado and neighboring states. Donations of other baby items, yarn, and sewing supplies are also accepted.
Donations: Afghans, hats, booties, mittens, sweater, yarn, and sewing supplies.
Warm Up America
Description: The Craft Yarn Council of America (CYCA) sponsors the Warm Up America! Project. The goal is to provide warm crocheted or knitted afghans to anyone in need. Afghans are collected by CYCA and distributed to Red Cross chapters for use during natural disasters, for the homeless, and for those who lose their homes and belongings in fires. Persons wishing to start a Warm Up America! project in their community, or wishing to contribute a completed afghan(s) or sections and/or to obtain free sample crochet and knit patterns for use in the afghans, should send a self-addressed stamped #10 envelope.
Donations: Afghans
Contact Person: Craft Yarn Council of America
Mailing Address:
Phone: 704-824-7838 or 800-662-9999
Warming Families
Description: Warming Families encourages families to work together to create afghans and quilts, mittens, hats, headbands, scarves, socks, slippers and teddy bears for homeless individuals and families. The hand made items are distributed to homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, orphanages, and foster group homes. The project is sponsored by Alan Osmond's One Heart Foundation and TheFamily.com. The web site provides patterns for six-inch crocheted squares, labels to print to attach to blankets, suggestions on how to get started, and a list of shelters that need donations. Suggested sizes for blankets are 48x72 which is eight 6 by twelve 6 squares; and 36x42 for cribs which is six 6 by seven 5 squares.
Donations: Afghans
Warmth for All
Description: We are a large and fast growing online support group, free for laryngectomees, caregivers and professionals. Our goal is rehabilitation. One of our constant needs is for stoma covers for new patients and for those who just cannot afford to buy the ready made ones. The MidSouth Division of American Cancer Society is handling the distribution of these to individuals (and to other groups when our supplies are sufficient).
Contact Person: Nancy Price - American Cancer Society
Mailing Address:
Phone: 205-930-8876
E-mail: email@example.com
Description: Webb-Babies is an all volunteer organization that provides blankets and knit or crocheted clothing for babies in neonatal intensive care units. Hand made clothing is needed because commercially available infant clothing is too big for these tiny babies. Donations of yarn and fabric are also needed.
Donations: Blankets, yarn and fabric.
Welcome Baby!
Description: Welcome Baby! Is a project of Dorchester CARES and the Family Nurturing Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Trained volunteers make a friendly visit to families with newborns and provide a gift basket, plus information on community resources and services. Welcome Baby! needs donations of handmade baby blankets to include in the gift baskets.
Donations: Baby Blankets
Contact Person: Randi Freundlich
Phone: 617-474-1143 ext. 228
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Interactiveagogo necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 28 diseños de 11 diseñadores freelance.
This is a luxury clothing retailer's new website design.
This is the design brief for a luxury clothing retailer's new website design. We'd rather not say who yet, so have supplied a similar logo (Coke Cola's logo - to be clear, this is not a project for Coke Cola) to use in place of the retailer's brand.
The retailer is very traditional British, very understated and upmarket. They need an ecommerce site that is easy to use and navigate around, but which also looks very upmarket. We've attached quite prescriptive wireframes, but are happy for alternatives to be offered if you feel strongly about it.
The wireframes pdf can be downloaded here.
- The logo (in this case, use the Coke Cola place holder)
- In terms of links and functionality, please refer to the wireframes
- The retailer does sometimes use a black paisley motif
- Ideally, we'd like to receive layered files in Photoshop from the winning designer.
- Anything too wild and out there is the opposite of what this retailer wants.


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San Diego residents have reported sightings of a rare black jellyfish known as sea nettles at local beaches.
The dark purple sea creatures were last seen about a year ago, and have now returned to local waters – sometimes delivering a painful sting to anyone that bothers them. And they're not small – black jellyfish can grow up to three feet wide, with tentacles spanning 10 feet long.
A group of children at Pacific Beach were stung on Sunday afternoon, and said they witnessed others getting hurt as well.
But the sting isn't too bad – the kids said it wasn't painful for long.
"It lasts about 20 minutes," said Tyler Crabtree.
It's not certain why the jellyfish come to San Diego's beaches, but scientists speculate it's because they're attracted to waters with low oxygen levels. This year marks the fifth time in a little more than a decade since they've been seen.
Earlier this month, black jellyfish were seen at Laguna Beach. People were got stung there said it felt like a bee sting.
Anyone who suffers a sting should wash it out with water, and should avoid rubbing the area so toxins do not spread.
Rare Black Jellyfish Seen at San Diego Beaches
Locals have sighted the rare jellies at beaches across the county
San Diego residents have reported sightings of a rare black jellyfish known as sea nettles at local beaches.


text: Amelia wanted a dress for Christmas from this green Denyse Schmidt fabric. I was going to make a Oliver & S Jump Rope Dress, but Amelia had other ideas and insisted on New Look 6972 View B using the pockets from the the Jump Rope Dress (there is not much made in this house anymore without those pockets). I am glad she chose this pattern, it probably took me less than half the time of the Jump Rope Dress which meant much less late night sewing last week. I used my tutorial for the headband.


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Season announcements: Miners Alley, Vintage and Evergreen Players
Season announcements have come in from the Miners Alley Playhouse in Golden, Vintage Theatre and Evergreen Players. Here are their plans for 2011:
1224 Washington Ave., Golden 80401 303-935-3044, www.minersalley.com
Jan. 14-Feb. 27, 2011: "Don't Dress for Dinner"
March 11-April 24, 2011: "Fiction"
May 6-June 19, 1011: "Rose Colored Glass"
July 8-Aug. 28, 2011: "A Touch of Spring"
Sept. 9-Oct. 23, 2011: "The Night of the Iguana"
Nov. 11-Dec. 22, 2011: "A Rocky Mountain Holiday"
At 2119 E. 17th Ave, 303-839-1361, vintagetheatre.com
Jan. 7-Feb. 6, 2011: "Bedroom Farce"
Feb. 18-March 20, 2011: "Equus"
April 1-May 1, 2011: "The Dixie Swim Club"
May 13-June 12, 2011: "Grey Gardens"
July 1-31, 2011: "Moonlight & Magnolias"
Aug. 19-Sept. 18, 2011: "Love! Valour! Compassion!"
Sept. 30-Nov. 6, 2011: "To Kill a Mockingbird"
27608 Fireweed Drive, 303-674-4934, www.evergreenplayers.org
Jan. 14-30, 2011: "Story Theatre"
Feb. 11-12, 2011: "My Comic Valentine"
March 18-April 10, 2011: "The Women of Lockerbie"
July 15-Aug. 7, 2011: "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"
Oct. 21-Nov. 6, 2011: "Brighton Beach Memoirs"
Dec. 16-Dec. 18, 2011: "Storybook Holiday"
In addition, Miners Alley Playhouse and Vintage Theatre submitted these additional summaries describing each of their 2011 offerings:
- Miners Alley Playhouse:
Jan. 14-Feb. 27, 2011: "Don't Dress for Dinner"
By Marc Camelotti adapted by Robin Hawdon
Directed by Robert Kramer.
Bernard is planning a weekend with his chic Parisian mistress in a French farmhouse. It's foolproof; what could possibly go wrong?
March 11-April 24, 2011: "Fiction"
By Steven Dietz
Directed by Richard H. Pegg
Linda and Michael Waterman are successful writers and thrive on their unusually honest and candid relationship. However, when they decide to share their diaries with one another, the boundaries between past and present, fact and fiction, trust and betrayal begin to break down.
May 6-June 19, 1011: "Rose Colored Glass"
By Susan Bigelow & Janice Goldberg
Directed by Rick Bernstein
Set in 1938 Chicago, "Rose Colored Glass" takes place in the back rooms of Lady O'Riley's and Rose Fleishman's delicatessen. Their disparate worlds, separated by much more than the alley between their kitchens, are about to collide.
July 8-Aug. 28, 2011: "A Touch of Spring"
By Samuel Taylor
Directed by Richard H. Pegg
Dealing with love and red tape and the magical atmosphere of Rome in the spring, this delightful witty comedy (presented on Broadway as "AVANTI!") went on to success in London in the newly revised version offered here.
Sept. 9-Oct. 23, 2011: "The Night of the Iguana"
By Tennessee Williams
Directed by Rick Bernstein
Set against the lush and steamy background of sub-tropical Mexico, this is the story of a conflicted defrocked minister and the women who fight for his body and soul. Reduced to working as a two-bit tour guide, besieged by inner demons, the man struggles to hang on to his dignity. A tale of lust, love, and redemption.
Nov. 11-Dec. 22, 2011: "A Rocky Mountain Holiday"
Created by Richard H. Pegg & Paige Larson
Directed by Robert Kramer
What happens when both friends and strangers are thrust together for the holidays? An original evening of story and song for the holiday season.
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Jan. 7-Feb. 6, 2011: "Bedroom Farce"
By Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by Linda Williams
Trevor and Susannah, whose marriage is on the rocks, inflict their miseries on their nearest and dearest, three couples whose own relationships are tenuous at best. Taking place sequentially in the three beleaguered couples' bedrooms during one endless Saturday night of co-dependence and dysfunction, beds, tempers and domestic order are ruffled, leading all the players to a hilariously touching epiphany.
Feb. 18-March 20, 2011: "Equus"
By Peter Shaffer
Directed by Craig Bond
Dr. Martin Dysart, a psychiatrist, is confronted with Alan Strang, a boy who committed a violent fit of passion against six horses. This very passion is as foreign to Dysart as the act itself. To the boy's parents it is a hideous mystery; Alan has always adored horses. To Dysart it is a psychological puzzle that leads both doctor and patient to a complex and disturbingly dramatic confrontation.
April 1-May 1, 2011: "The Dixie Swim Club"
By Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten.
Directed by Robert Kramer
This is the story of five unforgettable women—a hilarious and touching comedy about friendships that last forever… friendships that began many years ago on their college swim team. Free from husbands, kids and jobs, they meet every August at the same beach cottage to catch up, laugh, and meddle in each other's lives. As their lives unfold and the years pass, these women increasingly rely on one another, through advice and raucous repartee, to get through the challenges that life flings at them.
May 13-June 12, 2011: "Grey Gardens"
Book by Doug Wright, Music by Scott Frankel, Lyrics by Michael Korie.
Directed by Craig Bond.
The story of Big Edie and Little Edie Bouvier Beale, the eccentric aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, once bright names on the social register who became East Hampton's most notorious recluses.
July 1-31, 2011: "Moonlight & Magnolias"
By Ron Hutchinson.
Directed by Luke Terry.
Movie mogul David O. Selznick shuts down filming of Gone "With The Wind" and locks director Victor Fleming and writer Ben Hecht in his office until they can complete a new screenplay in this zany comedy hit.
Aug. 19-Sept. 18, 2011: "Love! Valour! Compassion!"
By Terrence McNally.
Directed by Bernie Cardell
At a Dutchess County farmhouse, eight gay men hash out their passions, resentments and fears over the course of three summer weekends. It's life as usual, until one of the men brings his new boyfriend Ramon, an irresistible dancer who callously flaunts his sex appeal who manages to change everything on his first night in the house.
Sept. 30-Nov. 6, 2011: "To Kill a Mockingbird"
By Christopher Sergel adapted from the novel by Harper Lee.
Directed by Lorraine Scott.
Scout, a young girl in a quiet southern town, is about to experience the dramatic events that will affect the rest of her life. She and her brother, Jem, are being raised by their widowed father, Atticus, and by a strong minded housekeeper, Calpurnia. Wide-eyed Scout is fascinated with the sensitively revealed people of her small town, but, from the start, there's a rumble of thunder just under the calm surface of all who live here.


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Forest River Inc.'s plans to hire an additional 440 people by the end of 2015 – which hinges on the approval of various local and state tax breaks – includes expansions at five of the builder's facilities in Indiana's Elkhart County.
As reported by the South Bend Tribune, the recreational vehicle maker's expansion plans in Millersburg and Middlebury were presented Saturday (July 14) to the Elkhart County Council. A vote will be taken in a second meeting on Aug. 11 after a public hearing.
A similar presentation regarding two facilities in Goshen will be made to the Goshen City Council today. All told, Forest River's expansion covers five facilities, including a third site in Goshen for which the company is not seeking any incentives.
"I am glad to see Forest River step up and take this action," said Dave Ogle, director of business retention and expansion for the Economic Development Corp. of Elkhart County.
"The market is contracting rapidly to fewer significant players and as a consequence more states want our stuff," Ogle added, citing Oregon, Michigan, California and Ohio as states seeking RV companies. "I am glad they are giving us a chance to compete for their business here. We do not want that to be diluted in any way. That also impacts the supplier chain integrity as well."
Forest River is seeking the normal tax phase-in on new properties and improvements to existing facilities, Ogle said, along with phasing in its new investment in equipment for these properties.
"It's important people understand a tax phase-in does not impact the tax rate of an existing facility," Ogle said. In other words, Forest River will continue to pay what it has been paying at its facilities.
"The tax abatement impact is just on the new investment that is increasing the assessed value of that property," Ogle said.
The jobs are good paying jobs, Ogle said. Some are in the $22-per-hour range.
But Ogle said it is his understanding that Forest River is being conservative with those estimates. "In talking with the people at Forest River, it is not uncommon for people to make $25 to $30 an hour," he said, adding that there are bonuses tied to the amount of work employees complete.


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CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. began trading Friday as a stand-alone company and rose 5.4% from where the stock was priced Thursday.
The billboard-advertising company is splitting off from CBS Corp., as the media giant tries to lessen its reliance on ad dollars for its revenue. CBS Outdoor's message to investors is that the future of marketing rests just as much in the trusty billboard as in social media, online video or TV.
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If you say nothing else about social media, you can at least say it's developing a sense of humor. Mean? Maybe. Self-deprecating? Definitely. But it's a sense of humor.
The latest evidence is Klouchebag, a parody of Klout's influence score that launched earlier today. And if the name of the site isn't enough to clue you in, you need only read the "The Standard for Asshattery" tagline.
The one-page site encourages you to enter your Twitter handle. Then it returns, Klout-like, a score based on four metrics: Anger, Retweet Abuse, Social Apps and English Misuse. Or, as the site summarizes it, the ARSE rating system.
Klouchebag's FAQ states that it's "about as scientific as Klout's own measurements."
I asked creator Tom Scott, who lives in London (thus perhaps slightly skewing the "English Misuse" metric), whether this month's Wired feature story on Klout inspired Klouchebag — and indeed it did.
"I'd been annoyed with the idea of Klout for a while, and that article crystallised it. Today, I registered the domain name (sadly, "klunt.com" was already taken) and built the site in a couple of hours of spare time," he wrote.
As to the social media community's reaction to the site — or, potentially, its obsession? "Well, it only launched a few hours ago, so I can't be sure — but so far, it's been overwhelmingly positive."
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The last time DeMarcus Ware walked into Sports Authority Field at Mile High on Sunday, he walked off with a limp. With rain drizzling on Wednesday, there was no chance that Ware was going to practice, given the cautious approach to his bruised right lower leg.
The field tarp was on until an hour before the practice and once cleared, heaters were used to dry the turf. There was some discussion of not practicing.
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Peggy Peattie has over 30 years experience in visual storytelling. She has been at the U-T since 1998, concentrating on the border region, the environment, the homeless, military and San Diego's ethnically diverse communities. Peattie works primarily in still photos and video, but also writes. She completed her MS degree in Visual Journalism at Ohio University, and previously worked at newspapers in South Carolina, Los Angeles and Seattle, where she earned her BA degree in Journalism and Art at the University of Washington.Her work has received awards from International Pictures of the Year, California POY, Greater LA Press Photo, National Headliners, and Society of Professional Journalists. She serves as faculty at the Missouri Photo Workshop, the Mountain People's Workshop and the International Photojournalism Workshop. Peattie earned the first professional grant from the Alexia Foundation for World Peace and Cultural Understanding. She was a contributing photographer for the books America 24/7, California 24/7, America at Home and A Day in the Life of the American Woman. Her most recent work with the U-T includes an in-depth look at the region's water crisis, human sex trafficking in Mexico and San Diego's homeless post-9/11 veterans.


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At 5 a.m. on an ordinary day, you'll find New York designer Robin Bell still enjoying a little well-deserved REM. On this chillier-than-normal morning, however, she's wide awake--nestled next to a warm campfire and halfway through a hot cup of coffee.
In fact, here in western Montana, where Robin is visiting The Resort at Paws Up, 5 in the morning isn't even considered early; it's practically rush hour. The local herd of elk is already meandering across Highway 20 in search of breakfast, and guests at the resort are hopping out of bed, eager to start the day. Hiking and delectable spa treatments are calling.
It's experiences like these that lured Robin to Montana from Manhattan, and why she's up at the crack of dawn to start the day. That, and the fly-fishing.
When she's not knee-deep in design installations and paperwork for her own business called Robin Bell Interiors, there's no place she'd rather be than enjoying the great outdoors--preferably in a spot with no cell-phone reception and no to-do lists.
"Everything in our daily lives seems so packaged for us," notes Robin. "When we come to remote places like this, we reconnect with nature. The vastness of the West is beyond our comprehension. It impacts us so we feel both insignificant and powerful. It is truly liberating."
Her motto? "Have rod, will travel," laughs Robin. And while she has traveled the world in pursuit of the perfect fly-fishing locale, The Resort at Paws Up is a new favorite.
Just a 30-minute drive from Missoula, the getaway is set on 37,000 acres of unspoiled wilderness. Accommodation options are as expansive as Montana's much-celebrated big sky. The luxe tents (six in all) of the resort's River Camp perch along the Blackfoot River. Decorated by resort owner Nadine Lipson, the interior of each tent conveys both her love of the West and her desire to provide the ultimate pampering experience.
"We wanted these tents to feel luxurious and very comfortable," says Lipson, "and to fit with the environment--the majesty of the river, the colors of the rocks and timber--not fight with it."
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It's hard to object to a 5 a.m. wake-up call when the scents of sage and ponderosa pine greet you the instant you step outside.
Just down the country lane is Spa Town—the ultimate remedy for post-hike fatigue—where you can enjoy hot-stone treatments or a wellness massage dubbed "A River Runs Through It" while gazing across a meadow of wildflowers.
"This is a blessed place," sighs Robin. "The environment here is the star, and everything they've done is in concert with nature."
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Biology is the study of living systems and how they interact with the nonliving world and with one another. It is a discipline that bridges the physical and social sciences. Students who major in biology become familiar with all levels of biological organization from molecules to ecosystems, and gain practical experience in both laboratory and field studies. More information on the biology department is available on the Web site (www.bates.edu/BIO.xml).
Cross-listed Courses. Note that unless otherwise specified, when a department/program references a course or unit in the department/program, it includes courses and units cross-listed with the department/program.
Major Requirements. 1) Chemistry 107A or Chemistry/Environmental Studies 107B; and Chemistry 108A or Chemistry/Environmental Studies 108B; and either Chemistry 218 or Biology 244. The organic chemistry option (Chemistry 217-218) is strongly recommended for students interested in attending graduate school, and required for those planning to apply to medical school programs. Prospective majors are strongly encouraged to complete Chemistry 107A or Chemistry/Environmental Studies 107B and Chemistry 108A or Chemistry/Environmental Studies 108B in the first year.
2) At least ten courses in biology, of which a minimum of eight must be taken from the Bates faculty. Eight of the ten courses must be advanced courses (200-level and above, or the equivalent). Two introductory (100-level) courses may be applied toward the major, as long as at least one has a full laboratory component (Biology 103, 111, 116, 121, 123, 124, 125, or 131). Chemistry 125 and designated First-Year Seminars may be used in place of a 100-level biology course.
The ten biology courses must include:
a) The three biology core courses, which must be completed prior to beginning the senior year and may not count toward the major if taken pass/fail: Biology 201, 270, and s42. Beginning with the class of 2009, the three required courses are Biology 101, 242, and 270. Completion of the core courses by the end of the sophomore year is strongly recommended. Core courses have prerequisites.
b) Biology 460, Junior-Senior Seminar, which may not count toward the major if taken pass/fail and must be taken during the fall or winter semester of the junior or senior year.
c) Additional electives to complete the ten courses required. The advanced courses may not include Biology 244 if Biology 244 is used to complete requirement (1) above, and may include no more than two research or thesis credits from among the following biology courses: 360, 457, 458, 470 through 478, and s50, and no more than one Short Term unit (s30-level and above) in addition to s42. Short Term internships (s26 and s46) do not count toward the major.
d) For students in classes prior to 2009: at least one elective must be a laboratory course that focuses on form and function of plants or animals. Courses that currently satisfy the form and function requirement include 111 (Freshwater Invertebrates), 116 (Freshwater Biology), 121 (Plant Diversity), 124 (Plants and Human Affairs), 211 (Marine Invertebrates), 268 (Entomology), 311 (Comparative Anatomy of the Chordates), 335 (Avian Biology), 337 (Animal Physiology), 380 (Plant Physiology).
e) Beginning with the class of 2008, all majors must complete a capstone experience course that includes one of the following: Biology 457, 458, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, or, with prior departmental approval, a service-learning project or a semester-long research experience at certain approved programs, such as The Jackson Laboratory or Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
Chemistry 321, Chemistry 322, Psychology 355, or Psychology 363 may be substituted for one advanced course in satisfying the requirements of the major.
Excluding one 100-level biology course, and the three biology core courses (Biology 201, 270, and s42), students wishing to double-major in biology and biological chemistry, environmental studies, and/or neuroscience may apply only one biology course (or substitute course such as Chemistry 321 or 322, or Psychology 355 or 363) used for the biological chemistry requirements, the environmental studies requirements, and/or the neuroscience requirements toward the requirements for a major in biology.
3) Completion of a thesis (457, 458) or the comprehensive examination requirement. The comprehensive examination requirement must be fulfilled by a satisfactory performance on the departmental comprehensive exam given once during the winter semester of the senior year, or by achieving a score corresponding to the twenty-sixth percentile on the Graduate Record Exam Subject Test in Biology. The GRE option must be fulfilled by the December test date of the senior year; students are encouraged to take the test early.
Planning for the Major. Prospective majors are urged to discuss course selection and scheduling with a member of the department in the first year, particularly if use of Advanced Placement credits or participation in an off-campus study program is anticipated. The department strongly encourages students to complete the required core courses before the end of their sophomore year to allow scheduling flexibility later. Completion of the core courses prior to the beginning of the senior year is required. The department also strongly advises that electives be chosen in close consultation with faculty to ensure breadth of knowledge within biology (from molecules and cells to organisms and ecosystems). Students may apply to include in the major a one-semester biology research internship at The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, or Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Alternatively, students who study abroad may apply up to two courses towards the major as electives if the courses are appropriate and pre-approved by the chair.
Pass/Fail Grading Option. Pass/fail grading may be elected for courses applied toward the major except for four required courses: Biology 201, 270, 460, and s42 (beginning with the class of 2009, Biology 101, 242, 270, 460).
General Education. Any two courses listed below may serve as a department-designated set, provided that at least one has a full laboratory component. Courses currently designated as having full laboratory components include 101, 103, 111, 116, 121, 123, 124, 125, 131, 201, 211, 242, 260, 265, 268,270, 308, 311, 313, 315, 323,335, 337, 341, 351, 362, and 380. First-Year Seminar 243,311, and the following units listed below may serve as partial fulfillment of the natural science requirement as a third course option: s23, s24, s27, s32, s33, s35, s37, s42, and s45. The quantitative requirement can be satisfied by completing Biology 155, 201, 244, 270, or s45. Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, or A-Level credit awarded by the department may not be used towards fulfillment of any general education requirements.


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"Premises and operations" coverage pays when a business is legally responsible for an injury claim, if, for example, someone slips and falls on company property.
"Products and completed operations" coverage, commonly called "product liability," helps pay for monetary losses that result from injury or damage caused by a company's product. One type of liability coverage required in Florida is commercial automobile insurance to cover vehicles owned by the company or personal vehicles operated by the company's employees while on the job.
Property Insurance Protects the value of physical assets. "Replacement cost" coverage pays to replace or rebuild buildings and other property, as long as the property is insured for replacement value.
Windstorm Type of construction, size of structure, proximity to water and location determine the cost and availability of windstorm insurance available through private insurers or through Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-created insurance provider.
Flood Property insurance does not cover damage from floodwaters, whether from rivers, bays or offshore water from the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean or other bodies of water. Through the National Flood Insurance Program, managed by the federal government, a small business's building and contents each can be insured for up to $500,000.
Workers' Compensation Florida law requires employers that have four or more employees, either full-time or part-time, to have workers' compensation coverage for their employees. Sole proprietors and partners are not considered employees. Unless exempt, corporate officers are included in the definition of "employee." (Employers in construction and agriculture are subject to different requirements.)
Business Interruption When a business must close because of an insured property loss, a business interruption policy, called "business income insurance," pays ongoing expenses such as rent, utilities and some or all payroll expenses.
"Extra expense insurance," another type of business interruption coverage, reimburses for special expenses that help a business minimize losses by getting up and running. For example, if a business can restart operations in a week, rather than a month, by paying a surcharge to ship replacement equipment by air express, the extra expense insurance would cover the air express charge. Since most business interruptions occur in the first 30 days after a disaster, it is important to get a policy that kicks in within a few days of the event.
Directors' & Officers' Liability When employees, shareholders, government agencies and others allege that the company has suffered financial losses due to company mismanagement, the response is often to sue directors and officers. This coverage protects both the company and individual executives.
Key Man When one or two individuals are vital to a business' success, it's important to have key-man insurance. The insurance protects the business in case of the death of the essential individual. The company buys and pays for a key-man policy — similar to a life insurance policy — on a specific individual, and the death benefit goes to the company rather than to the individual's family.