Charities are listed by state.

Submissions to the directory are temporarily disabled. Pam S. and I are working on some major changes and additions. If you know of a US organization that accepts donations of knitting supplies or finished goods, please keep an eye on this page for instructions that we will post shortly.

Wool Works contains a number of patterns suitable for charity knitting.

Please note that any additions made to the states in the first half of the list (any states before Idaho) were lost when the file was corrupted on an update in early November, 2006. Apologies for the inconvenience; we'll have a way to add listings soon.

First, it is their mission to provide love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need through the gifts of new, handmade blankets and afghans, lovingly created by volunteer "blanketeers."

Second, it is their mission to provide a rewarding and fun service opportunity for interested individuals and groups in local communities, for the benefit of children.

At the request of the Project Linus webmaster, Wool Works no longer maintains individual listings for each chapter. All the Project Linus chapters are listed on the official website.

Caring Hearts / Threads of Love
Northport, AL 35475
Contact: Kay Hill
email: katyditten@earthlink.net
About us: We supply handmade items to babies at two local hospitals, to Teen Moms and Save a Life. Anyone may join. All ages welcome. No special skills needed, just a willingness to learn. If you don't know how to knit or crochet, come and we will teach you!

We make / need: We make many different types of sewn, knitted, crochet items for babies of all sizes.

Our group has a saying "if you would make it for your child or grandchild then we will find someone that needs it".

All donations are needed.

The Innocence Game, Inc.
Rockland, AL
Contact: Mona Mreiche
email: DaughterOfHope@hotmail.com
This non-profit strives to give back to its supporters as much as they give to it. They collect blankets, clothes, socks, diapers, etc. for preemies and babies. Per each donation, points are counted. These points permit you to subscribe to their Monthly Pattern Journal, as well as having the chance to win crafting supplies. As your points go higher, you can also score special thank you awards.

Tuscaloosa Metro Animal Shelter
3140 35th St.
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Contact: Judy Hill
+1 (205) 752-9101
email: mas@dbtech.net
World Wide Web: http://www.metroanimalshelter.org/
I know that they could use several knitted squares or rectangles for the cats & kittens to "paw" or "knead" on. This would really help them feel more comfortable while they are in confinement. I'm sure they could also use blankets for the puppies. Thank you so very much.

Newborns in Need, Central Alabama
217 Primrose
Prattville, AL 36067
Contact: Linda Davis
+1 (417) 967-9441
fax: +1 (417) 967-4450
email: office@newbornsinneed.com
World Wide Web: http://www.newbornsinneed.org
Newborns In Need is a non-profit 501 (c) Christian organization who specializes in providing clothing and bedding items to premature and newborn sick and needy babies. We donate to hospitals, medical centers, crisis facilities and other places that help babies. The baby items we donate are very much needed. All items Newborns In Need donates are "free of any charge". Our volunteers choose to help so that they may ease the suffering of tiny babies who are unable to help themselves. Donations of hats, booties, blankets and afghans are greatly appreciated. When constructing these items, please use the softest yarn possible - most of these tiny babies have very sensitive skin.

Booth Memorial (a Salvation Army program)
3600 East 20th Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99508
Contact: Joyce Guest
+1 (907) 279-0522
fax: +1 (907) 279-0525
Booth is a residential program for girls experiencing mental health and behavioral problems. The program also provides baby clothing and supplies to mother who are in need. Knitted baby items would be great for these mothers, as well as the teen moms in the program.

the Giving Tree Outreach Program
4888 e. Broadway Blvd
Tucson, AZ 85711
Contact: Libby Wright
+1 (520) 304-4232
fax: +1 (520) 881-2270
We are an all volunteer faithbased organization that provides a hot meal weekly, case management,clothing, food boxes, toiletries,blankets etc. to homeless babies, children, and families. We will soon open a "The Grace Home" for homeless babies and children. We are not government supported. We provide all services unconditionally and free of charge. We would like donations of any kind and we are very interested in receiving nice warm blankets, etc.
Thank you for your serving hearts.

Newborns in Need, Southern Arizona
9120 E. Mesquite Court
Tucson, AZ 85749
Contact: Sandy Marvik
+1 (417) 967-9441
fax: +1 (417) 967-4450
email: office@newbornsinneed.com
World Wide Web: http://www.newbornsinneed.org
Newborns In Need is a national non-profit 501 (c) Christian organization who specializes in providing clothing and bedding items to premature and newborn sick and needy babies. We donate to hospitals, medical centers, crisis facilities and other places that help babies. The baby items we donate are very much needed. All items Newborns In Need donates are "free of any charge". Our volunteers choose to help so that they may ease the suffering of tiny babies who are unable to help themselves. Donations of hats, booties, blankets and afghans are greatly appreciated. When constructing these items, please use the softest yarn possible - most of these tiny babies have very sensitive skin. Newborns in Need has many chapters all across the United States, look for the chapter nearest you.

Homeward Bound
29 W. Thomas Rd. Ste. E
Phoenix, AZ 85013
Contact: David Bridger
+1 (602) 263-7654
fax: +1 (602) 265-4006
This is an organization that helps battered, abused, and low-income working women with children with case management and counseling support along with transitional housing. This program targets the working poor. If the parent is able to save and follow the HB program criteria, they will be able to purchase their own home (with HUD support) in 2 years. It is a program of self sufficiency without welfare. We would appreciate it if knitters could make some baby blankets, booties and baby hats for participants in the Homeward Bound program in their spare time with their spare yarn.

Black Family and Child Services of Arizona
2323 North 3rd Street, Suite 202
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Mary M. Black, executive director
Black Family and Child Services is a community-based and community-operated organization providing services to children and families. Black Family and Child Services provides quality services incorporated with cultural sensitivity. The agency is staffed by highly qualified individuals who are committed to working with families through the service delivery period. Black Family and Child Services is a vital resource in this community in keeping families together. We serve various groups of people, but predominantly youth from ages 8 to 18. We also serve pregnant teenage mothers, so the need for infant blankets and clothes is steady.

Sedona Godmothers
P.O. Box 2481
Sedona, AZ 86336
Jane Shreyas, founder
+1 (520) 282-7179 (voice and fax)
The Sedona Godmothers is a non-profit organization joyfully dedicated to serving the needs of thousands of innocent children afflicted by AIDS and other life-threatening diseases. You can participate by knitting Love Covers from our 100% cotton chenille, which is cuddly for the children and good for hospitals and private care centers because it washes easily. In order to maintain a constant flow of chenille, we must have a flow of donations to pay for the yarn in quantity. It takes about 1 1/4 pounds of yarn to make a 33"x33" Love Cover. We can ship this for an $18.00 donation for each cover, which includes shipping and handling one way. We have distributed over 2,000 Love Covers so far. You can knit a Love Cover yourself, or set up a chapter of Sedona Godmothers wherever you live. Write for a brochure and a yarn sample.

High School knits for charity
Lewis Foster Dr.
Half Moon Bay, CA 94018
Contact: Deja Gibson-Delaney
email: tight_knit_group@yahoo.com
I am the Prime Minister of my high school knitting club. As a group we have dedicated ourselves to charitable works. We started with hats for Premature Babies, to donate to our local hospital. Now we also make scarves for the seniors of our community, Lukemia patient hats, and are in the process of expanding, sending out donations to various organizations. All of our yarns, needles and patterns are privatly owned or have been donated to us through family, and even the Lion Brand Yarn Company. Yet, we have come to the of our supplies, but we feel we can do so much more. With new students coming to learn every week, we are in need of more supplies. If you have any materials, of any age or quality, it would be greatly appreciated. E-Mail us, with contact information. Thank you so much, and keep on knittin'!

Nathan's Project
537 Minahen St.
Napa , CA 94559
Contact: Cris Kelly
+1 (707) 258-1825
fax: +1 (707) 258-1825
email: ckelly@napanet.net
Nathan's Project is a 100% volunteer effort of knitting and crocheting projects for patients in need at the St. Helena Hospital, St. Helena, CA.
Donations are collected by the volunteer coordinator and taken up to the hospital monthly.
Creations needed include: baby hats, baby blankets (30x30 or 36x36), chemo hats (for adults and children), and adult lap blankets (roughly 36x46).
This is a new project and many donations are needed. Be creative....let you imagination and heart lead you.
Donations may be sent to:
Cris Kelly, Volunteer Coordinator, Nathan's Project
537 Minahen St.
Napa CA 94559
Thank you, and happy stitching!

B Vision Youth
2110 N Winery # 103
Fresno, CA 93703
Contact: Kimball Hopson
+1 (559) 455-9400
fax: +1 (559) 455-9500
email: bvisionyouth@sbcglobal.net
World Wide Web: http://www.bvisionyouth.com
About Us
B Vision Youth Group Homes are six bed residential facilities that operate 24 hours/7 days per week. We provide services to at risk children and youth ages 12-17, male or female. B Vision Youth program was designed specifically to provide care for at-risk youth placed in the group homes by County Child Protective Services (CPS) or other agencies. B Vision Youth facility provides a home-like environment along with training designed to help youth more fully develop their intellectual, social, and emotional capabilities.

We currently have 18 females that love to knit, we are in need of needles and yarn to help thse young ladies continue there projects in time for Christmas

Rice Plus Project
P.O. Box 1264
Carmel, CA 93921
Contact: Sandhya Kolar
+1 (831) 624-6715
email: kolar@redshift.com
Needs knitted goods for newborn infants born to needy families of Monterey County.

Stitching Hope
Santa Clara, CA 95055
Contact: Heather Guillen
+1 (408) 249-3516
email: heather@cybercsj.org
We are the continuation of the former KnitInc group. We make blankets for preemie babies, children in need, and for homeless and domestic violence shelters. We can accept yarn, needles, knit or crochet 5x5 squares, or blankets of all sizes. Stitching Hope is a project of End Homelessness Now/Creating Social Justice a 501c3 organization.

The Hat Box
725 Welch Road
Clinic D
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Contact: Katie Harding
+1 (650) 578-1073
email: angeldawling@yahoo.com
World Wide Web: http://www.freewebs.com/thehatboxproject
The purpose of The Hat Box is to provide hats for children that have lost their hair due to cancer. The Hat Box is a Girl Scout Silver Award project. This basically means that it is a community service project headed by a Cadette Girl Scout.

afghans for Afghans
San Francisco, CA
Contact: Ann Rubin
email: afghans4Afghans@aol.com
World Wide Web: http://www.afghansforAfghans.org
Americans are making ... afghans for Afghans!
afghans for Afghans is a humanitarian and educational people-to-people project that is sending hand-knit and crocheted blankets to the beleaguered people of Afghanistan.

Newborns in Need, Conejo Valley
887 Puesta Del Sol
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Contact: Lora Altamirano
+1 (417) 967-9441
fax: +1 (417) 967-4450
email: office@newbornsinneed.com
World Wide Web: http://www.newbornsinneed.org
Newborns In Need is a national non-profit 501 (c) Christian organization who specializes in providing clothing and bedding items to premature and newborn sick and needy babies. We donate to hospitals, medical centers, crisis facilities and other places that help babies. The baby items we donate are very much needed. All items Newborns In Need donates are "free of any charge". Our volunteers choose to help so that they may ease the suffering of tiny babies who are unable to help themselves. Donations of hats, booties, blankets and afghans are greatly appreciated. When constructing these items, please use the softest yarn possible - most of these tiny babies have very sensitive skin. Newborns in Need has many chapters all across the United States, look for the chapter nearest you.

Newborns in Need, California Gold
19110 Pimlico Road
Apple Valley, CA 92308
Contact: Priscilla Mason
+1 (417) 967-9441
fax: +1 (417) 967-4450
email: office@newbornsinneed.com
World Wide Web: http://www.newbornsinneed.org
Newborns In Need is a national non-profit 501 (c) Christian organization who specializes in providing clothing and bedding items to premature and newborn sick and needy babies. We donate to hospitals, medical centers, crisis facilities and other places that help babies. The baby items we donate are very much needed. All items Newborns In Need donates are "free of any charge". Our volunteers choose to help so that they may ease the suffering of tiny babies who are unable to help themselves. Donations of hats, booties, blankets and afghans are greatly appreciated. When constructing these items, please use the softest yarn possible - most of these tiny babies have very sensitive skin. Newborns in Need has many chapters all across the United States, look for the chapter nearest you.

Newborns in Need, Central California
201 Waterman Road
Ione, CA 95640
Contact: Anita Hatfield
+1 (417) 967-9441
fax: +1 (417) 967-4450
email: office@newbornsinneed.com
World Wide Web: http://www.newbornsinneed.org
Newborns In Need is a national non-profit 501 (c) Christian organization who specializes in providing clothing and bedding items to premature and newborn sick and needy babies. We donate to hospitals, medical centers, crisis facilities and other places that help babies. The baby items we donate are very much needed. All items Newborns In Need donates are "free of any charge". Our volunteers choose to help so that they may ease the suffering of tiny babies who are unable to help themselves. Donations of hats, booties, blankets and afghans are greatly appreciated. When constructing these items, please use the softest yarn possible - most of these tiny babies have very sensitive skin. Newborns in Need has many chapters all across the United States, look for the chapter nearest you.

Binky Patrol/Comforting Covers for Kids
17029 Ardath Ave.
Torrance, CA 90504
Contact: Lulu Squires
+1 (310) 594-2231
email: weezie@pocketmail.com
Binky Patrol delivers handmade blankets to children and teens who are seriously ill, in hospitals, homeless, in foster homes. Blankets for babies should be 3'x3', children and teens may be larger - any size.

Take to the Hills
4923 1/2 Saratoga Ave
San Diego, CA 92107
Contact: Ian Black
+1 (619) 226 8256
email: blackbox61@aol.com
World Wide Web: http://www.taketothehills.org
We're a group of volunteers who drive to villages in the Sierra Madre mountains of Northern Mexico, leaving clothing off at churches/community centers. The winters there are very cold and the people are very poor. They can particularly use children's clothing and any warm clothes or blankets.

Stitches Of Love
657 South Cochran Ave.
Apt. # 103
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Contact: Lisa Joice Kelly
+1 (323) 939-2480
email: lisajkelly@crosswinds.net
Stitches Of Love is a new, non-profit organization based out of Los Angeles that makes/donates blankets to no-kill animal shelters and animal rescue organizations.

KnitInk
781 Los Padres Blvd
Santa Clara, CA 95050
Contact: Heather Guillen
+1 (408) 249-3516
email: ianthebeth@cs.com
KnitInk's initial mission is to knit blankets for the homeless, battered women and needy children. We will move onto other knitted items as per our member skills and as needs are presented to us. Eventually we want to teach knitting skills to the homeless and battered women. We accept:
5 by 5 knitted or crochet squares
yarn on any type, color, etc.
knitting needles of any kind

Stitches From the Heart
116 Tigertail Road
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Contact: Kathy Silverton
+1 (310) 472-0355
fax: +1 (310) 476-6313
email: LAKAT123@aol.com
Stitches From the Heart is an group of women from the Southern California area who love to knit for children. After reading an article about premature and needy babies going home from hospitals with nothing but a diaper, I started knitting in car pool lines, sitting at the dentistÕs office and at home when I had a few minutes, My friends noticed and pretty soon they were involved too. At the knit stores, I told knitters about my project. When an article was published in the Involvement Section of the Los Angeles Times, over a hundred women contacted me. In the spring of 1999, Stitches From the Heart was born.

In January of this year, a tea was held for these wonderful ladies to collect the various items. We were overwhelmed by the abundance of beautiful hand-made items that were donated. Over 820 items were sent to hospitals all over the country for needy children the following day. To date over three thousand items have been donated countrywide.

I have always wanted to make a difference in the world. Now I am doing something I love by giving needy children hand-knitted booties, blankets and hats from people who care.

We have donated to the following hospitals: Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and Women; St Bernadine Medical Center; Providence Holy Cross Medical Center; Columbia Hospital for Women; Children's Hospital of New Orleans; Children's Medical Center Augusta Georgia; Holy Cross Hospital; Navadid Hospital Salinas, Wyler Children's Hospital Chicago; LaRabida Children's Hospital Chicago; Huntsville Hospital; Children's Hospital Birmingham Alabama; Emanuel Medical Center; Arkansas Children's Hospital; Citizen's Baptist Medical Center Alabama; Nyack Hospital Pediatric Center; Gavette Hospital; St Mary's Hospital, and many more.

Komfort 4 Kids
18517 St. Andrews Pl.
Torrance, CA 90504
Contact: April Massey
+1 (310) 324-6933
email: Kmft4Kds@aol.com
I am a seventeen year old student and I have started this charity with my mom and my grandma. I deliever the blankets to UCLA County Hospital to children who have prolonged illness and to newborn babies whose parents cannot even afford a simple blanket. If you are interested in helping me, please e-mail me and I can give you more details! God Bless and thank you!

Let's Warm Up Moncton!
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, CA
Contact: Dee Arsenault
email: amythyst@fundy.net
World Wide Web: http://user.fundy.net/amythyst/warmup.html
We accept donations of 8" squares, complete bed size blankets, yarn and other knitted or crocheted items which are given to needy families in the Greater Moncton area. We are always looking for volunteers to help sew the blankets together as well. For more info, please visit the website. Thank you!

Youth Task Force Los Angeles
600 S. Kingsley Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90005
+1 (213) 288-4033
fax: +1 (213) 386-0495
Contact: Tam Ma
email: tamme@earthlink.net
Youth Task Force LA is a community service-learning program sponsored by Constitutional Rights Foundation. There are 20 YTFLA teams located in Los Angeles County at various high schools. YTFLA members have recently initiated Warm-Up America at their respective teams. The purpose of Warm-Up America is to knit and crochet blankets for those in need. Students are facilitating workshops to teach student volunteers to knit and crochet. Yarn, crochet hooks (size G,H,I) and knitting needle (sizes 6-9) donations are appreciated!!! Our goal is to make 100 blankets by the end of the school year.

Crisis Pregnancy Center of Northern California
810 Lake Blvd., Suite D
Redding, CA 96003
Dana Gilette, executive director
We have a need for baby quilts, afghans, receiving blankets, sleepers, booties, t-shirts, and bibs for our newborn layettes. Crisis Pregnancy Center serves low income families, both during a pregnancy (we provide maternity clothes too!) and after the baby is born. We give layettes to moms soon before they deliver, or just after. Many times we'll deliver a layette box when we visit the new mom in the hospital. Since we help out with clothing for newborns up to two-year-olds, infant wear items such as hats, mittens, and sweaters up to size 2 are also needed.

Sacramento Children's Home
2750 Sutterville Rd.
Sacramento, CA 95820
Ann Ramirez, community relations coordinator
The Sacramento Children's Home is a residential treatment facility for abused and neglected children. In addition to the residential component of the Home, we have a community-based program that would benefit from knitters' generosity. Warm winter mittens and scarves, baby blankets and clothing would be a tremendous help to these folks. Helping the children feel special would be added emotional benefit that only a handmade item can provide. The program serves families with newborn babies and children up to the age of 18. The Home has 91 children.

Youth Action Center
Compton, CA
Contact: Tina
email: tinaamer@aol.com
In dire need of all types of yarn. The youths (boys and girls) involved in this project are knitting squares for the Warm Up America Program. Many of the youths involved in this project are former gang members.

Warm the World
Canon City, CO 81212
Contact: Nan Sullivan
+1 (719) 276-0021
email: founder@warmtheworld.org
World Wide Web: www.warmtheworld.org
We are a 100% volunteer organization that makes handmade afghans and quilts for children without a permanent home.

Our focus in the U.S. is children currently in foster care, nonprofit pregnancy centers and the at-risk independent elderly.

Warm Woolies
5572 E. Mansfield Ave.
Denver, CO 80237
Contact: Kimberly Turnbow
+1 (303) 6399391
email: warmwoolies@comcast.net
Warm Woolies mission is to provide warm, hand-knit wool clothing to children living in extreme poverty. Our volunteers knit for children in orphanages in eastern Europe and China, and for children on tribal reservations in South Dakota. We can always use wool yarn and needles!

Warm Hearts-Warm Babies
PO Box 1266
Brighton, CO 80601
Contact: Victoria Swain
+1 (303) 654-0199
email: info@warmheartswarmbabies.org
World Wide Web: http://www.warmheartswarmbabies.org
We are a 501c3 charity, serving Colorado, that provides clothing, blankets, and other essential items to premature & newborn babies, and young children in crisis.
We welcome any donations of: booties, hats, mittens, sweaters, and afghans in premature sizes up to 4 toddler. We also accept donations of yarn and volunteers!

Newborns in Need, Western Colorado
118 Mount View Drive
Grand Junction, CO 81501
Contact: Joyce Mueller
+1 (417) 967-9441
fax: +1 (417) 967-4450
email: office@newbornsinneed.com
World Wide Web: http://www.newbornsinneed.org
Newborns In Need is a national non-profit 501 (c) Christian organization who specializes in providing clothing and bedding items to premature and newborn sick and needy babies. We donate to hospitals, medical centers, crisis facilities and other places that help babies. The baby items we donate are very much needed. All items Newborns In Need donates are "free of any charge". Our volunteers choose to help so that they may ease the suffering of tiny babies who are unable to help themselves. Donations of hats, booties, blankets and afghans are greatly appreciated. When constructing these items, please use the softest yarn possible - most of these tiny babies have very sensitive skin. Newborns in Need has many chapters all across the United States, look for the chapter nearest you.

Eagle Scout Project
1038 S. Owens Court
Lakewood, CO 80226
Contact: Tyler Konecny
+1 (303) 986-3479
email: blankets2000@uswestmail.net
Life Scout Tyler Konecny, 15, of Troop 342, in Lakewood, Colorado, is working on his Eagle Scout project. His goal is to collect 2000 blankets for the homeless of Denver which will be distributed by the Catholic Charities Samaritian House for the year 2000. Any help or blanket donations, seconds, irregulars or returns, will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

ESA International (Philanthropic sorority)-"Hats for Hope"
363 West Drake Road
Ft. Collins, CO 80526
Contact: BJ Clark
+1 (970) 233-2824
email: esainfo@esaintl.com
World Wide Web: http://www.esaintl.com/
To provide hats for the homeless children around the U.S.A. Yarn is always needed to this end.

San Luis Valley Christian Community Services
Noel Dunne, Director
Alamosa, Co 81101
email: ccs@slvccs.org
We accept knitted goods for baby layettes. We distribute 150 layettes annually (worth $75 each) for free.

Christmas for Kids Program
El Paso County Department of Social Services
105 North Spruce
P.O. Box 2692
Colorado Springs, CO 80901
We have identified peak periods throughout the year that place families and children at risk. Many holidays, birthdays, and the beginning of the new school year are particularly stressful because of limited resources that prevent parents from providing traditional experiences for their children on these occasions. We have selected three major annual projects: Christmas for Kids, Easter Baskets, and School Supplies. The children that we have identified are physically and emotionally battered by the harsh realities of today's world. If you would like more information, please call Rebecca Jacobs at +1 (719) 444 5951 or Cheryl Abeyta at +1 (719) 444 5937. If you would like to make a donation, please make checks payable to El Paso County Department of Social Services - "Christmas for Kids." Our tax identification number is 841184965.

Caps for Nepal
1041 Rockafellow St.
Canon City, CO 81212
Esther Shaw
Penny and Woody Strong travel each year to the Orphanage and Crippled Children's Hospital and Maternity Hospital in Nepal. Any knitted items will be accepted. Whenever a person donates time or effort, we always acknowledge them with a note. Woody and Penny make sure donors receive an annual newsletter regarding the Nepal Program.

The Pikes Peak Hospice
3630 Sinton Road, Suite 302
Sinton Pond West
Colorado Springs, CO 80907-5098
Dorothy Walker, RN, director of inpatient care
The Pikes Peak Hospice is committed to the philosophy that patients have the right to live and to die in whatever setting they choose. The Hospice assists patients to live with as much comfort and dignity as possible. It affirms life by providing the care and support necessary to enhance the quality of life remaining for the patient, as well as his or her family and significant loved ones. We provide services for all ages and especially appreciate booties and afghans for our patients' comfort.

Tri-Lakes Cares
P.O. Box 1301
Monument, CO 80132
Robin Davis, executive director
We are a not-for-profit social service agency serving a semi-rural area of Colorado. We provide emergency services such as food, clothing, household goods, and referrals to other helping agencies. We include in our services a computerized job listing called Discovery: Job Network, a well-baby clinic, and senior meals. We serve all ages, and can especially use mittens, hats, afghans, sweaters -- anything to help people keep warm in our cool climate.

Adoption Resource Center of Connecticut, Inc.
78 Eastern Boulevard
Glastonbury, CT 06033
Contact: Penny Rearick
+1 (860) 657-2626
fax: +1 (860) 657-1304
email: prearick@arcct.org
World Wide Web: www.arcct.org
Promotes adoption. Does much fundraising to help finance mission educate the public about adoption and to find families for children. Also supports humanitarian efforts domestically and internationally by donating goods to orphanages and foster care settings. Knitting supplies for volunteersto make blankets, slippers, sweaters for children. Also knitted goods to be auctioned at fundraising events. THANK YOU!!!!!!

THE GLOBAL PEACE SOCKS PROJECT
128 francis st
new britain, CT 06053
Contact: susan rogers
+1 (860) 229-8451
email: iknit2@hotmail.com
hi, my name is susan.and for some time now i have been knitting what i call"peace socks" for a charity called the
ADOPT-A -NATIVE-ELDER PROGRAM.but i have decide to expan the
circle of giving,and would like to include women with breast
cancer and firefighters/rescue works(beginning with NYC FIREFIGHTERS).BUT i cant do it alone,so im asking for help.
im asking for dontations of HANDKNITTED ALL WOOL SOCKS,be sent to me that i may give them to THE A.N.E. PROGRAM,WOMEN
WITH BREAST CANCER,and FIREFIGHTERS/RESCUE WORKERS.I do have some requirements: they should BE KNITTED OF 100%WOOL YARN,NO WOOL/SYTHETIC BLENDS,ALL SYNTHETIC YARN,SUPER WASH WOOL OR COTTON.THEY can be all wool or a blend of the following fibers:wool,llama,angora bunny,mohair,camel.also they need to be either ADULT SIZES S,M,L. the smal size should have 7inches of K2/P2 RIBBING AND THE M/L SIZES SHOULD HAVE 8inches of K2/P2 RIBBING.THERE are no color restrictions.also if u could please attach a hang tag to the socks and on one side include fiber content and care intsructions and on the other side if u wish to in clude a messege of hope and peace pleace do so.also u may specify to
where u want the socks donated IE: ANE PROGRAM,A WOMAN WITH BREAST CANCER OR A FIREFIGHTER. ALSO if u could please enclose a second hang tag with your name address and e mail
so i may keep track of dontations,i would greatly appreciated.if u have any questions,u may call or email me.
please send the socks in care of me:SUSAN ROGERS,TO the above address. THANK YOU IN ADVACE FOR YOUR HELP. and if u have any spare wool yarn you wish to dontate that would be greatly apprecitated as well. i hope over time that i will beable to put out a newsletter as well.
sincerly,susan rogers

St. Mary's Knitters
Waterbury, CT
Contact: Katherine Welsh
email: KateLinnea@hotmail.com
We knit for the patients of the Children's Health Center at St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, CT. This is an inner city pediatric clinic. Many of the patients are new to the cold climate or just don't have warm clothes. We'd love scarves, hats, mittens, or anything else for any size from infant to adult. Please contact Katherine at KateLinnea@hotmail.com for more information and an address to where to send your donations. Thank you!

The Wool Connection
Phyllis Fishberg
Rt. 10
Riverdale Farms
Avon, CT 06001
The Wool Connection distributes knitted items to various charities and welcomes donations of any kind.

The Box Project
P.O. Box 435
Plainville, CT 06062
Tracy McCuin
The Box Project serves people in rural Mississippi with several programs. You can adopt a family in need and begin a person-to-person relationship, adopt an elderly person or couple, be a Holiday Santa to a family, or send knitted items to the Box Project. Needed are caps, scarves, mittens, and sweaters. It gets quite cold down there in the winter. For a full information packet, write to the above address.

Binkie Patrol
16 Craig Road
Bear, DE 19701-1127
Contact: Norma Skarupa
+1 (302) 323-0957
fax: +1 (302) 323-1293
email: spinner@magpage.com
World Wide Web: http://www.binkiepatrol.org
Binky Patrol is devoted to reaching out to needy children, including HIV-positive, drug-addicted, neglected, abused, or children experiencing trauma in any way. Binky Patorl volunteers bring a caring, loving touch by creating and delivering handmade blankets, "binkies", to enrich the children's lives and to meet their most basic needs of warmth, security and comfort.

A "binky" is a homemade blanket that is soft, washable and cuddly. Binkies need to be at least 36" x 36" and up to twin bed size for the older teens. The binkies can be quilted, sewn, crocheted or knitted. They all have a Binky Patrol label sewn in any one corner.

Contributions Sought: acrylic yarn, cotton fabrics, 6" squares crocheted or knitted squares (must be from acrylic yarn), completed blankets.

ALL VOLUNTEERS WELCOME!
No matter what your skill level, we have a job for you!

The Ships Project for Troop Support
351 Conch Shell Lane #107
Casselberry, FL 3270704222
Contact: Ellen Harpin
+1 (407) 332-6167
email: shipsupport@webtv.net
World Wide Web: http://www.wtv-zone.com/kjsb/bataan.html
I began The Ships Project (formerly The BATAAN Project) in Oct., 2001, to send warm, hand-knitted/crocheted/sewn "hugs from home" to deployed troops in the form of hats, slippers, and socks. We also send cool ties during the warm months. We have a mailing list for participants. To date, we've sent over 76,000 handmade gifts to sailors, soldiers, airmen, and Marines involved in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

INFANTS IN NEED, INC
725 N Greenway Dr.
CORAL GABLES, FL 33134
Contact: Wendell E. Ray
+1 (305) 476.1338
fax: +1 (305) 444.7883
email: wendray@iin.org
World Wide Web: http://www.iin.org
Infants In Need, Inc./ Linda Ray Children's Center is a 501(c)(3), not for profit, organization (Federal Tax ID #65-00204061) formed in 1987 to develop facilities to meet the special needs of infants and toddlers who are at risk due to abuse, neglect, exposure to drugs or other conditions that interfere with normal development.
The mission of Infants In Need is to help the helpless, the children who cannot defend or speak for themselves, to give them hope, happiness, a sense of worth and to ensure them a childhood.
We need Afghans, booties, little head covers or any knitted goods.

God Bless,

Wendell Ray

INFANTS IN NEED, INC
725 N Greenway Dr.
CORAL GABLES, FL 33134
Contact: Wendell E. Ray
+1 (305) 476.1338
fax: +1 (305) 444.7883
email: wendray@iin.org
World Wide Web: http://www.iin.org
we need afgans for infants, booties, anything for babies

Angels of Love Charity, Inc.
3776 SW Savoy Drive
Palm City, FL 34990
Contact: Phyllis Rhoads
+1 (772) 221-7996
fax: +1 (772) 221-0285
email: prhoads@bellsouth.net
World Wide Web: http://www.angellovecharity.org
~*~ Angels of Love Charity, Inc. is a non-profit charity organization whose volunteers create basic, essential clothing and blankets for newborn babies in crisis situations. Our "angel network" helps to alleviate concerns that families and caregivers may have, regarding clothing for newborn babies in cases of prematurity, illness or need. Volunteers can be of any age and share any talents, such as, knitting and crocheting. Volunteers can make blankets, afghans, gowns, booties, hats, washcloths, toys, bibs, sweaters, etc., to help fill our layette packages. We deliver layettes to hospitals and agencies to disperse to the families that need them, free of charge. We also make demise layettes (gown, hat, blanket, booties) for the angel babies that, unfortunately, do not survive. Volunteers are welcome to come to our monthly "angel network" meetings or may enjoy doing their creative work in the comfort of their own homes. Finished items can be mailed or dropped off to any ALC location. Your help is very much appreciated! Email us for further information! Please keep checking for updates on our web site...a work in progress. ~*~

Feline Rescue Inc.
PO Box 50273
Lighthouse Point, FL 33074
Contact: Gina Stefanides
+1 (954) 4250541
fax: +1 (954) 4254117
email: felinerescue1@aol.ccom
This is a non profit all volunteer organization striving to save the thousands of stray/feral cats in south florida. Our main goals are to spay and neuter as many cats as possible to slow down the over population of cats. Most of the money we raise is through garage sales. We would appreciate any help that you can offer. We are a small 501 c 3 charity which allows us to give tax deductions.
Thank you so much....

Newborns in Need, Bay Area/Mobile AL
7873 Lenora Heights
Pensacola, FL 32526
Contact: Dottie Hollingsworth
+1 (417) 967-9441
fax: +1 (417) 967-4450
email: office@newbornsinneed.com
World Wide Web: http://www.newbornsinneed.org
Newborns In Need is a national non-profit 501 (c) Christian organization who specializes in providing clothing and bedding items to premature and newborn sick and needy babies. We donate to hospitals, medical centers, crisis facilities and other places that help babies. The baby items we donate are very much needed. All items Newborns In Need donates are "free of any charge". Our volunteers choose to help so that they may ease the suffering of tiny babies who are unable to help themselves. Donations of hats, booties, blankets and afghans are greatly appreciated. When constructing these items, please use the softest yarn possible - most of these tiny babies have very sensitive skin. Newborns in Need has many chapters all across the United States, look for the chapter nearest you.

WIC (Women, Infants, and Children)
615 Paul Russell Rd.
Tallahassee, FL 32301-7099
+1 (904) 487 3006
Contact: Jo Shuford-Law
Items needed: baby booties.

Olivia's Angels, Inc.
1143 Herndon Road
Midville, GA 30441
Contact: Mary Hurst
+1 (478) 763-2807
email: mhurst@pineland.net
World Wide Web: http://www.geocities.com/ktsmama
Olivia's Angels is an IRS-approved 501(c)3 organization dedicated to providing clothing and other necessity items to needy infants in Southeast Georgia. We
would love to receive knitted blankets, hats, booties, handmitts, and sweaters. Please feel free to contact me for other items we need.

Ellie's Angels
2665 Frank Lane
Douglasville, GA 30135
Contact: Ellie Handsel
+1 (770) 489 5816
email: ehandsel@juno.com
World Wide Web: http://www.accessatlanta.com/community/groups/elliesangels/
Ellie's angels was founded in 1989. We provide blankets for the terminally ill. We feel that people in their final moments need to know that they are not alone and that we care. We have volunteers in many states and Canada.

Tiny Stitches
c/o Sandra Adair
P.O. Box 128
Suwanee, GA 30024-0128
Contact: Sandra Adair
+1 (770) 476-8864
fax: +1 (770) 623-9681
email: sbadair@mindspring.com
Tiny Stitches is based in Gwinnett County, GA. We provide basic layettes for disadvantaged newborns and preemies in north Georgia. We welcome donations of blankets, afghans, booties, sweaters, and other items for infants. We can always use yarn in colors suitable for infants.

Newborns In Need of North Georgia
4928 Shelley Lane
Sugar Hill, GA 30518
Contact: L. Dempsey
+1 (770) 271-8003
fax: +1 (770) 271-8770
email: LisaLeeD@aol.,com
World Wide Web: http://www.newbornsinneed.org/northerngeorgia
Newborns In Need is a non-profit, all volunteer organization who sepcializes in providing clothing and bedding items to premature and needy newborn babies. We donate to hospitals, medical centers and care giving facilities within North Georgia. The handmade items we donate always make a big hit with the new moms and they are so appreciative and thankfull that someone has taken the time to make something tiny and beautiful for their baby. Many of these babies will leave the hospital without adequate blankets and clothing, and especially in winter, this can be life threatening. All items Newborns In Need donates are "free of any charge". Our volunteers choose to help so that they may ease the suffering of tiny babies who are unable to help themselves. Donations of hats, booties, blankets and afghans are greatly appreciated. When constructing these items, please use the softest yarn possible - most of these tiny babies have very sensitive skin.

Northwest Children's Home
419 22nd Avenue
Lewiston, ID 83501
Christy Chase
Northwest Children's Home was established in 1908 and is a private, non-profit residential treatment center for children ages 8-16. The Home provides care to boys and girls who have suffered physical or sexual abuse or neglect. Needed are all items for children, including mittens, caps, scarves, afghans, and sweaters.

Crafty Angels
Edgebrook Covenant Church
6355 N. Spokane Ave.
Chicago, IL 60646
Contact: Christine Pokorny
+1 (773) 594-0541
email: clpokorny@aol.com
World Wide Web: http://www.edgebrookcovenantchurch.org
Crafty Angels makes knitted, crocheted, and sewn items for families served by the North Park Friendship Center - a food pantry and clothing depository serving the neediest of the needy on the northwest side of Chicago (www.npfriendshipcenter.org). Currently we are serving over 3000 people per month. Hats, scarves, afghans, shawls, sweaters, shrugs, mittens, baby items, and baby blankets are all welcome - they help keep people warm during the cold Chicago winters. Donations are accepted year round - we prefer acrylic, synthetic, or washable yarns for our items, to make it easier for our families to care for the items - as most use public laundromats. Yarn is also welcome - we survive completely on donations.

Threads of Compassion
920 W. Wilson Ave.
Chicago, IL 60640
email: threads_of_compassion@yahoo.com
World Wide Web: http://threadsofcompassion.bravehost.com/
Threads of Compassion is a loosely connected group of survivors of sexual violence who desire to offer comfort and support to recent victims. The idea is simple. Any survivor of sexual assault or abuse is welcome to knit or crochet a scarf which in turn will be given to an assault or abuse victim when they enter the hospital for emergency treatment.

IL National Guard Welcome Baby Project
456 n vernon st
Herscher, IL 60941-9453
Contact: Mollyann Hesser
+1 (815) 426-6824
email: redhottie@afiveteran.com
The IL National Guard Welcome Baby Program supports the needs of families whose babies are born while their soldier is deployed. The very nature of the National Guard, leaves families without the support other military families would find on a base.
We are seeking baby blankets and booties and any other items you would like to send to help support the smallest of our heros...our children.

Cozy Cuddles for Kids
1939 Waukegan Road
Suite LL2
Glenview, IL 60025
Contact: Kathi Quinn
+1 (847) 9989950
fax: +1 (847) 9989945
email: shfk2000@aol.com
World Wide Web: http://WWW.PROQUEST2020.COM

�COZY CUDDLES FOR KIDS!�
COZY CUDDLES & THE MITTEN TREE PROJECT 2003 ! [SCHOOL SUPPLY CAMPAIGN BELOW]
Someone once said warm hands equal warm hearts. It is amazing that there are children right here in the United States of America who don�t have warm hands on their way to school or allowing them to play outside. Your help will make the difference in t he life of a child-right here in our �backyard� not worlds away! We can distribute just about anything you can create to needy children! If you have questions feel free to contact me by email at fraction1030@aol.com or by telephone at 847-998-9950 or fax at 847-998-9945. [email is the fastest, least expensive way!]

WHAT OTHERS ARE MAKING:
Knitting sweaters, hats & mitten sets, scarves, etc.
Crocheting layettes, afghans, vests, etc.
Quilting blankets, hats, vests, etc.
Sewing rag dolls and teddy bears
Embellishing hats, gloves, scarves, socks, etc.
Woodworking step stools, toys.

OTHER DONATIONS ACCEPTED:
Jackets, coats, dolls, trucks, books, etc. The only requirement is all items must be new & unwrapped. Keep in mind these gifts are for needy children of all religions and nationalities ages newborn to 18. One of the greatest unmet needs at the holidays is a gift for teenaged boys [12-18] who often wear adult sizes.

SCHOOL IS COOL � SUPPLY DRIVE: School supplies are needed for children of all ages. Outfit one child from backpack to pencils and crayons OR send a carton of crayons, glue, paint, and pencils, for classroom distribution in needy communities.

HOW TO SEND or DROP-OFF DONATIONS:
Please include your contact information inside the package you send or deliver. The organizations that end up with your gifts love to be able to thank you. If you need a donation receipt for your taxes let us know on that paper, too.

Send your donations to:
COZY CUDDLES FOR KIDS
c/o Kathi Quinn/ProQuest
1939 Waukegan Road, Suite LL2
Glenview, IL 60025

2-WAYS TO GET STARTED!
�COZY CUDDLES FOR KIDS� GIFT & MITTEN TREE CAMPAIGNS
1.>>>>Send us a self-addressed [Your name, address, city, state, zip code printed clearly or typed] Enclose your name, email, phone & fax numbers optional, you�re your SASE envelope with .80 cents postage [=3 ounces] on [OR mail us $1 and we�ll stamp an envelope for you] You�ll receive a Cozy Cuddles for Kids Mitten Tree HOW-TO flyer, a coloring page to copy & distribute to promote your Mitten Tree as well as labels and instructions for shipping donations to our sites.
Make a note if you want the SCHOOL SUPPLY HOW-TO [$2 FOR BOTH]
2. Or � if you want to start a campaign that keeps donations in your own community send $5 [or more to help defray printing mailing costs] for an application and start-up kit to:

COZY CUDDLES FOR KIDS
c/o Kathi Quinn/ProQuest
1939 Waukegan Road, Suite LL2
Glenview, IL 60025

Provident Hospital of Cook County HIV/AIDS Program
500 E 51st Street
Room 7014-E
Chicago, IL 60615
Contact: Mary Gaines
+1 (312) 572-2724
fax: +1 (312) 572-2799
email: mgaies@provcc.org
The Mission of Provident Hospital of Cook County is to continuoulsy improve the quality and availability of comprehensive health care services to all of the county's residents regardless of ability to pay-through both the delivery of services and through the establishment of collaborative relationships and joint ventures with other public and private providers.

The Provident Hospital of Cook County HIV/AIDS Program is committed to the care of people impacted by the HIV/AIDS virus. Clients are treated with respect, compasion and diginity. Comprehensive health care, social serivces, emotional and spiritual support services are provided unconditionally to all clients. Among those at risk and those who are HIV positive, educational materials are provided to control the spread of disease and foster the development of healthier lifestyles.

Access to services is available regardless of ability to pay, source of payment, substance use, risk behavior, stage of illness, sexual orientation, gender expresion, and to all people legally protected untder civil rights legislation.

We are a small public hospital with a HIV/AIDS program of approximately 400 patients. We receive no funding for World AIDS Day or our holiday party. We would like to give a memorial service in remembrance of our deceased clients and we would like to give our clients a holiday party both to be held in December.

Most of our clients have little or no income and are homeless. We could use donations of hats, gloves, scarves and socks.

Thank you very much for your help and consideration in this matter. We will follow-up with you in approximately one (1) month. We look forward to talking to you very soon.

Yours truly,
Mary L. Gaines, RN, MSN
Administrative Director
HIV/AIDS Program

MISS Foundation Of Illinois
104 W Race Street
Millington, IL 60537
Contact: Angela Farley
+1 (815) 695-9412
email: angie@thefarleys.com
World Wide Web: http://www.misschildren.org
I am seeking items to distribute to Chicago area charities. Here is a little more about our missionand what we need:

We need any baby and toddler items, toys, and especially burial gowns as parents truly need these items and cannot go to the store and buy an outfit for a 1 lb baby let alone be in the baby department at this time of horrendous tragedy in their life.

MISSion Statement

That no family should walk the journey of grief alone after their child�s death. Parents, children, and grandparents are all deeply affected by the death of a child. Community support must surround each member of the family.
That some deaths are preventable or carry variable risk factors, and thus we are committed to helping educate the public on safe child practices.
That our group shall help train medical personnel, and the community, to be sensitive to the needs of grieving families after the death of a loved one.
That our members are proactively involved in volunteering within their communities as a way to help themselves and others. Volunteerism is critical to helping us during our own grief journey.

Vision Statement

MISS is a nonprofit, volunteer based organization committed to providing emergency support to families after the death of their baby; stillbirth, neonatal death, premature birth, congenital anomalies, sudden death, and any child's death.
MISS supports medical research committed to the same cause.
MISS is committed to public awareness to decrease infant mortality. Our vision is to perpetuate education and awareness on ethics and death issues; decreasing enigmas surrounding grief and increasing bereavement sensitivity, and crisis intervention protocol establishment through a psychosocial, multidisciplinary training program.
No parent should ever have to endure the pain of their child's death alone: MISS is committed to the memory of the children who lived, who died, and who continue- even in death- to matter.

Thereby we adopt the following principles for operation:

� Whereby: Thousands of children die from stillbirth, congenital anomalies, premature birth, disease, motor vehicle accidents, sudden infant death, and any other infant death; Whereby thousands more young children die from various other causes.
� Whereby: Ethical and compassionate bereavement care is limited for families in crisis; and whereby the death of a child results in debilitating, isolating, and unrelenting guilt, anxiety, and isolation for all the family members causing behavioral problems in surviving siblings, marital issues, and an upheaval of the family unit; and whereby each member recognizes the significant value of our services within the community.

MERLIN SNUG HUGS FOR KIDS Annual Crochet & Knit-AThon
1939 Waukegan Road
Suite LL2
Glenview, IL 60025
Contact: Kathi Quinn
+1 (847) 998-9950
fax: +1 (847) 998-9945
email: shfk2000@aol.com
World Wide Web: http:// www.merlins.com
This year our theme is "Sets of Snug Hugs" all items are distributed to needy children served by The Children's Home & Aid Society. Ages from newborn to 18 [adult sized]. We''l take anything from hats, mittens, sox, scarves, sweaters, blankets, gloves, vests. The kids asked if they could get sets that matched - this year we are trying to get sets like a hat & scarf, or mittens & hat in t he same yarns or patterns. But EVERYTHING is accepted and appreciated. We have crafters working all year now, and have a volunteer day on November 10th. We'll accept donations of patterns, needles, yarn.

Project Hope
3047 West Cermak
Chicago, IL 60623
+1 (773) 542-8280
fax: +1 (773) 542-8286
Project Hope is a comprehensive long term treatment program for drug-abusing pregnant and post-partum women and their children. By providing consistent perinatal, pediatric and psychological care, Project Hope aims to ensure better birth outcomes and improve the quality of life for participating women and their children. The program has a "clothes closet" for its participants. Knitted items for women, infants, and children up to age 5 would be most welcome.

Columbus/Maryville
810 W. Montrose
Chicago, IL 60613
+1 (773) 728 5497
Contact: Maria Trevino
Serves children up to 6 years old. Needed are caps, scarves, mittens, slippers, sweaters, baby sets, and socks. Please direct donations to "Volunteer Office."

Operation Brotherhood
3745 W. Ogden Ave.
Chicago, IL 60623-2427
+1 (312) 522 0433
Contact: Helen R. Cooper
We serve a heterogeneous population of senior citizens and disabled persons who subsist on low, fixed income on Chicago's west side. 95% of the people we serve are 65 years of age or older. Needed are caps, scarves, mittens, afghans, slippers, and sweaters. We can certainly make good use of the knitted items, especially during the holidays.

Uptown Crisis Pregnancy Center
939 W. Wilson
Chicago, IL 60640
+1 (312) 989 2095
Contact: Sharon Mount
Serves ages 13-45 and babies. Needed are baby sets at this time.

Marillac House
212 S. Francisco
Chicago, IL 60612
+1 (773) 722 7440
Sister Yvonne, executive director
For nearly half a century, Marillac House has provided desperately needed social and educational programs to the people of East Garfield Park and North Lawndale neighborhoods on Chicago's impoverished west side. Marillac House is administered by the Daughters of Charity, the largest community of religious women in the world. The Sisters who live and work at Marillac House serve in the spirit of St. Vincent de Paul and St. Louise de Marillac, founders of the Daughters of Charity. With a staff of more than 100, primarily from the west side, Marillac House cares for more than 1,110 people each day -- children, families, the elderly, the homeless, the poor. On November 22, 1994, we broke ground for our new building, which is now open. The very real need for this facility was reinforced a month later when a major crack appeared in our gym wall. The gym is used extensively, not only as a play area for our children but also as an easily accessible area where our seniors gather monthly for sharing, socializing, and learning. Needed at this time are caps, scarves, mittens, afghans, and baby sets. Actually, we can use almost anything.

Saint Andrew Retirement Home
7000 N. Newark Ave.
Niles, IL 60714-4497
+1 (708) 647 8332
Contact: Jean Kennedy, acting director
Serves ages 70-100. Needed are afghans, lap robes, and shawls.

Children's Home & Aid Society of Illinois
226 S. 2nd Street
Rockford, IL 61104
Linda Swenson, resource worker
This organization sponsors several programs such as Family First, EPIC (for low income families), PASS, and Pregnancy and Early Parent Counseling. Needed are caps, scarves, baby sets, sweaters, slippers, and blankets.

Central Indiana Chapter, Newborns In Need
P.O. Box 78
1064 South 2nd Street
Upland, IN 46989
Contact: Lynda Barker
+1 (765) 998-2069
email: lcbarker@netusa1.net
The Central Indiana Chapter of Newborns In Need is a non-denominational, all volunteer organization that provides essential items such as crocheted and knitted blankets, quilts, burial layettes, T-shirts, caps and booties to premature and needy newborns. These items are provided FREE OF CHARGE. We survive on donations from caring individuals and businesses that understand that children are our future and should start life with every advantage. Volunteers are needed as well as donations of yarn, fabric, batting, etc. Thanks for your help!

Women's Care Center
305 South Chapin Street
South Bend, IN 46625
The Women's Care Center is a pregnancy help center offering free pregnancy testing. We see over 3,000 women a year and provide a variety of material support to women in need. We receive generous donations daily and would really appreciate hand knitted baby items. We give away all baby related items and clothing up to size 2T. The clients we see are very appreciative of the items they receive from us and any donation you make would be well used.

Children and Families of Iowa
1111 University Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50314
+1 (515) 282-1981
Children and Families of Iowa is a non-profit organization that helps abused children and mothers who, most of the time, have to flee at night. Children and Families of Iowa accepts knitted, crocheted, sewn, etc. paraphernalia. Anything is helpful!

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of North Central Iowa
106 S. 6th St.
Forest City, IA 50436
Contact: Elaine Hanson
+1 (641) 585-8294
fax: +1 (641) 585-8194
email: hansone@waldorf.edu
World Wide Web: http://www.waldorf.edu
RSVP responds to priority community needs. A need identified through the elementary schools in our 4 county area indicates a need for adequate winter wear for children. Statistics indicate the 40% of students in these schools are receiving free and reduced meals. RSVP distributes knitted and crocheted hats and mittens to the schools. Vision: Impacting caring connecting

Maine Coon Rescue
304 First Ave. West
Franklin, KY 42134
Contact: Jennifer Waldeck
+1 (330) 651-1543
email: jhw516@yahoo.com
World Wide Web: http://www.mainecoonrescue.com
We greatfully accept donations of finished goods, including blankets suitable for rescued cats and kittens, blankets for cats that could be sold as fundraisers to adopters and friends, and other knitted/craft items that could be sold or raffled as fundraisers for our animal rescue. Our mission:


We are a nationwide network of volunteers who share one love, Our Beloved Maine Coon Cats, and One Great, Big Vision:

to rescue abused, abandoned, surrendered and homeless Maine Coon (MC) Cats whether registered or not;

to act as liaison between shelters, animal control and disaster agencies nationwide;

to assist in providing appropriate medical care;

to ensure all MC and MC Mix cats placed directly through, or into carefully screened Maine Coon Rescue (MCR) Foster Homes are spayed/neutered, up-to-date on shots, tested for FeLV/FIV;

to provide carefully screened foster homes, if necessary prior to re-homing;

to assist in assuring that they are placed in carefully screened forever homes;

to share our wisdom and knowledge of this magnificent breed to assist in identifying MC/MC Mix cats that wind up in shelters;

to educate potential adopters about the breed;

to alert breeders that a cat from their cattery may need help;

to network with other rescue groups and pool our resources;

to help transport MC/MC Mix cats to their temporary foster or new forever homes;

to network with other transport groups and pool our resources;

to remain ever at hand, if needed, after a successful rescue has taken place;

to assist in providing resources, education and information regarding spay/neuter, declawing, behavior problems, indoor/outdoor issues;

to do our part to educate the public about responsible pet ownership.

Hearts and Hands of Kentucky
440 Larkwood Drive
Lexingotn, KY 40509
Contact: Susan Larmour
+1 (859) 269-1708
fax: +1 (859) 269-1708
email: heartsandhandsofkentucky@insightbb.com
World Wide Web: http://home.insightbb.com/heartsandhandsofkentucky/
FORMERLY WITH NEWBORNS IN NEED - NO LONGER ASSOCIATED WITH THEM

Hearts and Hands is an attempt to organize volunteers in KY to crochet, knit and sew items to be donated to the homeless and needy across the state. Our current focus is the Hope Center, a shelter for homeless men, and the preemies in the NICUs of the University of Kentucky and Kosair Children's Hospital. As we grow, more agencies will be added.

Stitch for a Cause
Kentucky Country Day School
4100 Springdale Road
Louisville, KY 40241
Contact: Lisa Stringfellow
+1 (502) 423-0440
fax: +1 (502) 423-0445
email: lisa.stringfellow@kcd.louisville.ky.us
World Wide Web: http://www.stitchforacause.org
Stitch for a Cause is a community service project at Kentucky Country Day School in Louisville, Kentucky. The group knits, crochets, sews, and quilts baby blankets and apparel for several local children's agencies. Your help is greatly needed as we rely on donations to supply yarn, fabric and other materials for crafting. We would also welcome contributions of handmade sweaters, hats, booties, or other items that would provide warmth and comfort to needy children in the Louisville area.

Newborns in Need, Western Kentucky
243 Edwards Drive
Paducah, KY 42003
Contact: Marla Caneer
+1 (417) 967-9441
fax: +1 (417) 967-4450
email: office@newbornsinneed.com
World Wide Web: http://www.newbornsinneed.org
Newborns In Need is a national non-profit 501 (c) Christian organization who specializes in providing clothing and bedding items to premature and newborn sick and needy babies. We donate to hospitals, medical centers, crisis facilities and other places that help babies. The baby items we donate are very much needed. All items Newborns In Need donates are "free of any charge". Our volunteers choose to help so that they may ease the suffering of tiny babies who are unable to help themselves. Donations of hats, booties, blankets and afghans are greatly appreciated. When constructing these items, please use the softest yarn possible - most of these tiny babies have very sensitive skin. Newborns in Need has many chapters all across the United States, look for the chapter nearest you.

Newborns in Need, Central Kentucky Chapter
440 Larkwood Drive
Lexington, KY 40509-1260
Contact: Susan Fritter Larmour
+1 (606) 269-6058
fax: +1 (606) 269-6058
email: susanlarmour@newbornsinneed.com
World Wide Web: http://www.newbornsinneed.org
Newborns in Need has 34 chapters across the United States and an affiliated group in Australia. Volunteers sew, knit and crochet clothing and blankets for preemies and needy newborns in hospitals in the area where each chapter is located. The yarn used is mostly baby fingering or sport weight yarn although worsted weight can be used. The primary need is that the yarn be very soft.

Father's Love Children's Ministry
c/o Betsy Packard
72 Highland Manor
Shelbyville, KY 40065
Contact: Betsy Packard
+1 (502) 647 1570
email: BPACK55294@aol.com
+1 (508) 651-2559
email: Afghanerin@aol.com
World Wide Web: www.massyouthinaction.org
I am a 15 year old and as part of the 4H Youth in Action club, I started the Essential Care Packet Project. The purpose of this project is to provide a sewn bag full of essentials to children when they first enter foster care in MA. I have delivered over 1300. Erin's afghans is another project in which I have delivered over 1700 afghans to foster children in MA. In the past the afghans were delivered separately, but now many are placed in the placement duffel bags and given to the children when they first enter care. Please visit my website for more information. I send out an on-line newsletter each month to keep people updated. I am in need of yarn donations and people to make afghans or 6" squares or to sew placement bags. The patterns for the bags can be found on my website.
Thanks
~Erin~

Boston Health Care for the Homeless
Attn: Eliza Strode, LICSW
729 Massachusetts Ave.
Boston, MA 02118
Contact: Eliza Strode, LICSW
+1 (617) 488-1749
fax: +1 (617) 731-8195
email: EStrode@bhchp.org
Boston Health Care for the Homeless has two medical respite units for women and men who are homeless and who have medical problems which are severe enough that they cannot stay in a shelter and not so severe that they need to be in a medical hospital. Knitting and crocheting are very popular pasttimes for the women, who are coping not only with medical problems but often also with trauma histories, substance abuse, and disconnection from family. The women make blankets, baby clothing, angels, purses, etc. Some of our favorite quotes: "I do it to relax. It's something I accomplished, and I feel good inside about it. I crocheted a blanket for my 8-year-old son. He wrapped it around him and it made him feel happy too. He said to his dad, 'Next time Mommy makes me a blanket, tell her not to put so many holes in it!" Another woman said, "It keeps me sane. We need a way to relax our minds, because we're already stressed from so much stuff. You can tell your story with the different colors of the yarn. You can express your artistic side." The women stay an average of three weeks at our residential, and so we are always in need of yarna nd supplies. We could really use: yarn, knitting and crochet needles, and gift certificates to WalMart for yarn. Thanks so much for caring!

THE KNITTING CONNECTION, INC.
PO Box 560065
West Medford, MA 02156-0065
Contact: Sue A Manning
+1 (781) 387-9181
email: theknittingconnection@hotmail.com
We are three women who started a volunteer program by collecting donated yarn and distributing it to volunteer knitters/crocheters to make hats, mittens, scarves, sweaters, afghans, baby booties, layette sets, and Christmas stockings for the needy children in metro Boston.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR DONATIONS OF YARN.
If you have any resources of yarn, we would love
to have the donation.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEER KNITTERS/CROCHETERS.
If you have the time, we have the yarn, would love
to use your talents for a needy cause.

WE WILL ALSO ACCEPT FINISHED KNITTED/CROCHETED ITEMS.
Your donations may be mailed to: THE KNITTING
CONNECTION.

This past Holiday the items were donated to The Renewal House, Shelter, Inc., Hildrebrand House, Alternative House, Home for Little Wanderers, Spaulding Hospital, A Women's Concern, and others. The requests for the donated items have increased, therefore all the help and donations would be greatly appreciated.

Thanking you in advance. THE KNITTING CONNECTION, INC.

Newborns in Need, Central Massachusetts
PO Box 253,
277B Publick House Rd
Sturbridge, MA 01566
Contact: Gina Zeleznok
+1 (417) 967-9441
fax: +1 (417) 967-4450
email: office@newbornsinneed.com
World Wide Web: http://www.newbornsinneed.org
Newborns In Need is a national non-profit 501 (c) Christian organization who specializes in providing clothing and bedding items to premature and newborn sick and needy babies. We donate to hospitals, medical centers, crisis facilities and other places that help babies. The baby items we donate are very much needed. All items Newborns In Need donates are "free of any charge". Our volunteers choose to help so that they may ease the suffering of tiny babies who are unable to help themselves. Donations of hats, booties, blankets and afghans are greatly appreciated. When constructing these items, please use the softest yarn possible - most of these tiny babies have very sensitive skin. Newborns in Need has many chapters all across the United States, look for the chapter nearest you.

Little Treasures
67 Idaho Street
Mattapan, MA 02126
Contact: Susana
+1 (617) 296-5034
fax: +1 (781) 401-8181
email: scambara@email.msn.com
World Wide Web: http://www.guidinglyte.com
"Little Treasures Massachusetts Chapter" is organized to work within a given area to coordinate compassionate service efforts, i.e.. volunteer activities such as sewing, delivering finished goods, fundraising activities, making presentations to interested groups, etc.

There is a need for blankets, quilts, booties, hats, and warm clothing for
sick and needy babies. In some cases, when tiny premature and newborn babies leave the hospital, they are only wearing a disposable diaper, they do not even have a sleeper or receiving blanket to go home in, if they are one of the lucky ones who have at home to go to.

What is needed:
Quilts 36 x 36, 36 x 45, or 45 x 45.
receiving blankets,sleepers/gowns/outfits
baby clothing-layette sets,hats booties,Underwear,socks,shoes,toys-new or used, commercial or handmade, books, stuffed toys diaper bags, diapers, bottles, pacifiers.

Women's Educational and Industrial Union
Fiber Arts Department
356 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
Contact: Alice Lam, ext.156
+1 (617) 536-5651
fax: +1 (617) 247-8826
One of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union's programs is Horizons, a transitional housing program for battered women and their children. Horizons provides a stepping stone between an emergency shelter situation and permanent housing. The women and their children stay for up to eighteen months during which time they learn economic development and other life skills. The Union runs an annual all-night Knit-a-Thon, during which participants piece together 6 inch afghan squares. The completed afghans are given to the children as they go on to permanent housing. The Union accepts completed 6 inch squares knitted or crocheted out of machine washable fibers. Squares may be sent to the address above.

The Knitwits
Somerville Community Schools Program
167 Holland Street
Somerville, MA 02144
Attention: Peg Buckman
A group of women, called The Knitwits, of Somerville, MA, have been very busy for the last few years, knitting infant hats for newborns in hospitals, including preemies. They also knit every Christmas, hats and mittens for most of the Head Start children in Somerville, MA. This year they are increasing their charity work by knitting scully caps for people on dialysis. It seems there is a need for these patients to wear the caps when receiving the dialysis, to ward off the cold on their heads. This group could use any donations of yarn for any of these projects. They usually use baby or light sports yarn for the newborn hats and knitting worsted for the other things. Any colors would be welcome.

Mitten Tree
Vicki DeLalla
North Stratford NH 03590
I started a mitten tree last year for the kids in our town. Items include mittens, hats, scarves, head bands that cover the ears, socks and slippers. Any for grades K-12. Leftover yarn would also be helpful. It gets very cold up here. We are just a few miles south of the Canadian border.

Springfield Rescue Mission
19 Bliss St.
Springfield, MA 01101-2435
+1 (413) 723 0808
Contact: Ronald Willoughby, executive director
Serves both male and female clients. Needed are caps, scarves, mittens, slippers, and sweaters.

Children's Study Home
44 Sherman St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Jennifer P. Metsch, director of development
The Springfield Home for Friendless Women and Children was established in 1865 as the first non-profit organization in western Massachusetts to address the problems of families after the Civil War. In 1940, the Springfield Home changed its name to the Children's Study Home. Children and families find a safe environment and structured support to make changes in their lives.

Catholic Charities, Youville House
Pat Benoit, Residential Supervisor
133 Granite Street
Worcester, MA 01604
+1 (508) 753 3084
Youville House is a shelter for homeless families. We can always use hats, mittens, gloves, scarves, and afghans for adults and children of all ages.

Close Knit Hugs
PO Box 1100
Lewiston, MI 4956
Contact: Maggie Tatum
email: tatumm@kikland.edu
World Wide Web: httpp://

anyone that can use them
Taylor, MI 48180
Contact: Lynn Kowalczyk
+1 (313) 2916730
email: auggieamo@comcast.net
I have yarn in skeins with dye lots, baby yarn, sportss yarn,patterns,needles, hooks,plastic needle work supplies and patterns. I also have many years of ANNIES ATTIC patterns, books and other craft supplies I would like to donate to someone who would appreciate their value and enjoy them as much as I once did.

The Preemie Project - Michigan Chapter
8269 Woodcrest #1
Westland, MI 48185
Contact: Janette Bertram
email: jlaine76@yahoo.com
World Wide Web: www.knitsforsanity.typepad.com/preemieproject_homepage

"Booties, Bonnets and Blankets for Premature Babies"

The Preemie Project is a charity group that donates hand-crafted and store bought cothing items to our participating hospital NICUs. Preemies are so small that it is very difficult to find items that will actually fit them. We are fortunate to be able to fill this need. The items also provide a warm comfort to families who often spend many hours in the hospital with their babies. The babies take their gifts home as a reminder of their small start in life at a wonderful facility.

Some of the items we donate include hats, booties, blankets, sweaters, teddy bears and dolls, and burial items. We also donate store bought items such a diapers, bottles, formula and clothing to families needing extra support after leaving the hospital.


The Preemie Project also supports the families grieving a loss. These babies are also so small that it's difficult to find a suitable garment to bury them in. We provide the families with items such as burial layettes, and gowns. We also provide angel pockets, tiny blankets with a pocket, for the parents to wrap their baby in as they say goodbye. While our volunteers find it heartbreaking to make these items, they feel it is important that we do not forget these families. The Preemie Project only hopes, in some small way, to ease the pain of grieving families.

See The Preemie Project website for more information:
www.knitsforsanity.typepad.com/preemieproject_homepage
The site also has many links to useful patterns designed just for preemies.

Exciting News! The Preemie Project has a new website coming soon: www.thepreemieproject.org Stay Tuned!

Please come help us make a difference!

WEE CARE
600 14th st. Lot 82
Three Rivers, MI 49093
Contact: Robin Osman
+1 (269) 279-3204
fax: +1 (269) 279-2745
email: osmanrobin@yahoo.com
We are a small group of ladies who crochet,knit and or sew to provide things for the needy babies and young children in the SW MI area. We currently could really use donations of yarn and fabric.

Warming Families of SE Michigan
433 N. Sheldon Rd
Plymouth, MI 48170
Contact: Tammy King
+1 (734) 455-9373
email: thekings2607@sbcglobal.net
World Wide Web: http://www.geocities.com/pmshc/index.html
Warming Families is a national volunteer run project that provides NEW, warm items to the homeless. The SE Michigan chapter accepts all sizes of hats, scarves, mittens and slippers, as well as afghans and blankets, and baby items. Please check web site for additional information.

Angels of Detroit
11395 Montrose
Detroit, MI 48227
Contact: Lynda Bolich
+1 (313) 837-1042
email: angelsofdetroit@aol.com
We make hats, scarves,& mittens for the homeless in Detroit. This is our first year, but hope to expand state wide.

Samaritan Care Hospice
24445 Northwestern Hwy Suite 105
Southfield, MI 48075
Contact: Chris Kokenos
+1 (800) 397-9360
fax: +1 (248) 355-5705
email: chriskok@aol.com
Our Hospice organization serves terminally ill people in the Southeastern Michigan area. Our patients are often on limited incomes and cannot even afford a new blanket or a pair of slippers. Gifts of this sort are very much appreciated by our patients and their families. These gifts allow the patients to experience a ray of light, even during their darkest hours (especially when they know that the gifts are hand made).

We would also be most appreciative of any donations of yarn, as we have a couple of crocheting groups that make projects for the patients as well.

Warming Families, S.W. Michigan Chapter
Kalamazoo, MI 49001
Contact: Cindy Bosier
+1 (616) 629-9352
email: Taxeycab@AOL.com
World Wide Web: http://geocities.com/taxeycab/WarmingFamilies.html
Warming Families is a national volunteer run project that provides NEW, warm items to the homeless. This local chapter accepts all sizes of hats, scarves, mittens and slippers, as well as afghans and blankets. Please check web site for additional information. Thank you.

Newborns in Need, Southeast Michigan
26151 Student St.
Redford, MI 55044
Contact: Laconda Wilson
+1 (417) 967-9441
fax: +1 (417) 967-4450
email: office@newbornsinneed.com
World Wide Web: http://www.newbornsinneed.org
Newborns In Need is a national non-profit 501 (c) Christian organization who specializes in providing clothing and bedding items to premature and newborn sick and needy babies. We donate to hospitals, medical centers, crisis facilities and other places that help babies. The baby items we donate are very much needed. All items Newborns In Need donates are "free of any charge". Our volunteers choose to help so that they may ease the suffering of tiny babies who are unable to help themselves. Donations of hats, booties, blankets and afghans are greatly appreciated. When constructing these items, please use the softest yarn possible - most of these tiny babies have very sensitive skin. Newborns in Need has many chapters all across the United States, look for the chapter nearest you.

Foote Socks
264 1/2 Griswold
Jackson, MI 49203
Contact: Betsy Miller
email: abbeyrhoad@hotmail.com
World Wide Web: www.footesocks.com
Foote Socks is an infant sock charity program, coordinated by Betsy Miller, for Foote Hospital in Jackon,
Michigan. Fingering weight baby yarn would be appreciated as a donation.

Angel Care
15911 Kinloch
Redford, MI 48239
Contact: Mary Piontek
+1 (313) 534-6496
email: damary@voyager.net
Angel Care supplies hospitals with handmade burial gowns and Layettes for infants that die before, during and shortly after birth. The items are given to the grieving families free of charge. We need everything from booties to hats to gowns to blankets in all sizes.

Amity
702 Greenhills Dr.
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Amity is a fellowship of Ann Arbor area women skilled in the fiber arts. It was originally the crafts committee of the Friends of University of Michigan Hospitals, responsible for the hospital's Holiday Bazaar, an annual event since 1981. Although still working in close cooperation with the Friends, Amity became a separate organization, responding to the needs for grassroots, one-on-one assistance to medical center patients and their families. Ernestina Parravano, a founding member of Amity, has been a daily volunteer at the Kellogg Eye Center since 1977, and the original funding for Amity came from donors who knew that she had reached into her own pocket to help people caught in the trap of illness and poverty. Although the formal aid network operates efficiently in most areas, sometimes it is stretched to the limit, and immediate emergency aid is not available. Then there are the amenities outside the formal network's scope that Amity has been able to provide, such as lullaby tapes for infants undergoing radiation therapy, toys to alleviate a child's anxiety during testing and treatment, special comforts for a camp for ventilator-dependent children, and so forth. The needs are endless. The original and continuing funding from generous donors has been augmented by the sale of Amity handiwork at the Friends Holiday Bazaar, at the Ann Arbor Women's City Fall Festival of the Arts, and to individuals who come to our weekly workshops.
Joan Hamer's suggestion: If you have something to offer, write and ask what might be needed currently.

Whaley Children's Center
1201 N. Grand Traverse St.
Flint, MI 48503-9985
+1 (313) 234 3603
William J. Weitzel, development director
Whaley is a children's home that works only with severely neglected and abused children. We are the only facility of our kind in Michigan and we have 50 children who live here. Our children, boys and girls, are between the ages of 6 and 12. We have about 12 girls and the rest boys at any one time. I would think any items such as hats, sweaters, socks, and mittens would be appreciated. Our children also like any knitted or sewn toys, dolls, or other items created by your gifted volunteers.

Bundles of Love
7975 166th Street West
Lakeville, MN 55044
Contact: Mary Jo Prinsen
+1 (952) 431-2867
email: president@bundlesoflove.org
World Wide Web: http://www.bundlesoflove.org
Bundles of Love is a non-profit, all volunteer organization, incorporated in the state of Minnesota to help infants and their families. We provide clothing, bedding and necessities for infants in need; provide correctly sized clothing for premature infants of all sizes; provide burial garments and keepsakes for families who have suffered the loss of an infant due to stillbirth, complications of birth, or illness and teach expectant mothers how to sew for their own babies.

We love to provide lovingly knitted items for the babies we help. Some project suggestions are: knitted afghans or afghan squares, infant sweaters, booties, hats, mittens or burial outfits. We also accept donations of yarn or other knitting supplies.

Range Center, Inc.
1001 N.W. 8th Ave.
Chisholm, MN 55719
Contact: Shelley Robinson, Executive Director
+1 (218) 254 3347
fax: +1 (218) 254 7343
email: rci@uslink.net
Range Center, Inc. is a large private, nonprofit organization providing residential and vocational services to adults and children with severe mental retardation and related conditions. In N.E. MN, the weather is very extreme during the winters. Our Center appreciates mittens (all sizes), hats, scarves and lap blankets. Your sewing and knitting talents will be much appreciated in the cold winter months in Minnesota!

TLC for Angels, Inc/SW Missouri Chapter
3305 Hwy MM
Mountain Grove, MO 65711
Contact: Lora Hall
+1 (417) 926-0964
email: lorah@fidnet.com
World Wide Web: http://tlc_swmo.tripod.com
We accept knitted, crocheted, and sewn items, including quilts, afghans, hats, booties etc to distribute to area agencies, hospitals and individuals in need. Both preemie and full term sizes are needed. Please contact me for more info on how you can help.

Newborns in Need, Minnesota Chapter
PO Box 385
Houston, MO 65483
Contact: Sherri Larsen
+1 (417) 967-9441
fax: +1 (417) 967-4450
email: office@newbornsinneed.com
World Wide Web: http://www.newbornsinneed.org
Newborns In Need is a national non-profit 501 (c) Christian organization who specializes in providing clothing and bedding items to premature and newborn sick and needy babies. We donate to hospitals, medical centers, crisis facilities and other places that help babies. The baby items we donate are very much needed. All items Newborns In Need donates are "free of any charge". Our volunteers choose to help so that they may ease the suffering of tiny babies who are unable to help themselves. Donations of hats, booties, blankets and afghans are greatly appreciated. When constructing these items, please use the softest yarn possible - most of these tiny babies have very sensitive skin. Newborns in Need has many chapters all across the United States, look for the chapter nearest you.

Newborns in Need, Southwest Missouri
PO Box 385
Houston, MO 65483
Contact: Beverly Tapp
+1 (417) 967-9441
fax: +1 (417) 967-4450
email: office@newbornsinneed.com
World Wide Web: http://www.newbornsinneed.org
Newborns In Need is a national non-profit 501 (c) Christian organization who specializes in providing clothing and bedding items to premature and newborn sick and needy babies. We donate to hospitals, medical centers, crisis facilities and other places that help babies. The baby items we donate are very much needed. All items Newborns In Need donates are "free of any charge". Our volunteers choose to help so that they may ease the suffering of tiny babies who are unable to help themselves. Donations of hats, booties, blankets and afghans are greatly appreciated. When constructing these items, please use the softest yarn possible - most of these tiny babies have very sensitive skin. Newborns in Need has many chapters all across the United States, look for the chapter nearest you.

Newborns in Need, Missouri Ozark
PO Box 245
Roby, MO 65557
Contact: Toy Lund
+1 (417) 967-9441
fax: +1 (417) 967-4450
email: office@newbornsinneed.com
World Wide Web: http://www.newbornsinneed.org
Newborns In Need is a national non-profit 501 (c) Christian organization who specializes in providing clothing and bedding items to premature and newborn sick and needy babies. We donate to hospitals, medical centers, crisis facilities and other places that help babies. The baby items we donate are very much needed. All items Newborns In Need donates are "free of any charge". Our volunteers choose to help so that they may ease the suffering of tiny babies who are unable to help themselves. Donations of hats, booties, blankets and afghans are greatly appreciated. When constructing these items, please use the softest yarn possible - most of these tiny babies have very sensitive skin. Newborns in Need has many chapters all across the United States, look for the chapter nearest you.

Newborns in Need, Suburban Chicago
PO Box 385
Houston, MO 65483
Contact: Laura Hilb
+1 (417) 967-9441
fax: +1 (417) 967-4450
email: office@newbornsinneed.com
World Wide Web: http://www.newbornsinneed.org
Newborns In Need is a national non-profit 501 (c) Christian organization who specializes in providing clothing and bedding items to premature and newborn sick and needy babies. We donate to hospitals, medical centers, crisis facilities and other places that help babies. The baby items we donate are very much needed. All items Newborns In Need donates are "free of any charge". Our volunteers choose to help so that they may ease the suffering of tiny babies who are unable to help themselves. Donations of hats, booties, blankets and afghans are greatly appreciated. When constructing these items, please use the softest yarn possible - most of these tiny babies have very sensitive skin. Newborns in Need has many chapters all across the United States, look for the chapter nearest you.

Intermountain Children's Home
500 S. Lambom
Helena, MT 59601
Jan Barnes, resource development
Intermountain Children's Home is a therapeutic youth group home, for 32 seriously disturbed children ages 4 to 12. We are one of two facilities in the nation that provide a unique attachment model of therapy that emphasizes the bonding between child and adult. With cold winters in Montana, any knitted sweaters for our boys or girls will be accepted with love.

Baby Threads
76 Seavey Rd
Belmont, NH 03220
Contact: Bonnie Champagne
+1 (603) 279-9922
fax: +1 (603) 267-1273
email: bdchamp2@netzero.net
Baby Threads provides layette bags filled with items for needy newborns. These bags are distributed by pregnancy centers and hospitals. Baby Threads also donates clothing for homeless children and adults. Items needed: sweaters, hats, booties, and afghans in baby sizes. For children and adults we have a need for hats, mittens, socks, scarfs, and larger size afghans.

Mitten Tree
PO Box A
Main St
North Stratford, NH 03590
Contact: Vicki DeLalla
+1 (603) 9228337
fax: +1 (603) 9228337
email: vickid@ncia.net
Our mitten tree is still growing. We would like yarn, mittens, scarves, socks - all sizes from K-12 and even adult in 2002 we had - I believe - the coldest winter for a long time. Two years ago I received a lovely box of items but lost the address for a thank-you note. Plese forgive me. Such designs - and your pictures were great.

Stratford Mitten Tree
Main St - PO Box A
N. Stratford, NH 03590
Contact: Vicki
+1 (603) 922-8337
fax: +1 (603) 922-8339
email: vickid@ncia.net
3rd Annual Mitten Tree 1998 - This is Stratford's 225th year and as we celebrate the event, we also would like to remember the kids of the town by filling the mitten tree with WARM items for them. Even though it is called a Mitten tree anything that will keep them warm - mittens, socks, scarves, caps and hats etc. The tree is displayed in the Post Office Lobby from Thanksgiving until the last day of school before the Christmas Holiday.

CancerCare of New Jersey
141 Dayton Street
Suite 204
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
Contact: Mo