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- afghans for Afghans - 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.
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- Aid Equals Hope - Several initiatives available here where avid and new knitters and crocheters, sewing buffs and folks who wish to volunteer help in any way they can, are invited to browse and
then sign up if they wish for one or more of the charitable efforts seeking volunteers. Site is new but will build in content pertaining to knit and crochet patterns for charity,
links to helpful resources, a chat area, newsgroup, and E-Letters to volunteers involved. Special invitation to those already involved or seeking to get involved with projects
including Blankets for Canada, Project Linus, Outrider News (writers needed), etc., particularly in the Ontario, Canada region, but everyone welcome.
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- Arizona Warming Families - Warming Families, a project of the One Heart Foundation, is a 100% volunteer project that delivers blankets and other warm items to the homeless and displaced while strengthening families through charity work.
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- Binky Patrol - All-volunteer, US national, non-profit organization that distributes handmade
blankets to children born HIV+, drug-addicted, infected with AIDS
or other chronic or terminal illnesses, those who are abused, in foster care or experiencing trauma.
(Added: 10-Sep-1999 Hits: 974 Rating: 9.20 Votes: 5) Rate It
- Care Wear - Care Wear is a nationwide group of volunteers who knit, crochet, or sew, providing handmade baby items to hospitals. All Care Wear items are given free to infants, children and their parents. Site offers free patterns.
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- Children in Common - A non-profit organization providing hand-knit items (scarves, mittens, socks, sweaters and hats) for children in Russian and Lithianian orphanages. Sizes needed are newborn to age 16 (adult) both sexes.
(Added: 11-Jul-1999 Hits: 1085 Rating: 10.00 Votes: 2) Rate It
- Country Cottage, The - Free patterns for various items to make for those in need, plus
places to send them. Preemie hats, booties, blankets and more.
(Added: 12-Jul-1999 Hits: 1648 Rating: 8.17 Votes: 6) Rate It
- Head Huggers - Hat patterns who have undergone hair loss due to chemotherapy, brain surgery, burn wounds, etc., and ways to donate the finished products.
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- Hugs for Homeless Animals - US nonprofit charitable organization
dedicated to homeless and displaced animals.
(Added: 16-Mar-1999 Hits: 709 Rating: 9.67 Votes: 3) Rate It
- Let's Warm Up Moncton! - 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.
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- Metro Animal Shelter - Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Needed: 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. They could also use blankets for the puppies.
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- Miracles Happen - Miracles Happen is a network of volunteers who make and distribute handmade items for a newborn baby’s early needs.
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- Nana's Angels - Nana's Angels makes hats and "huggies" (small huggable toys) for children with cancer, ages infant through 18 years.
(Added: 16-Mar-1999 Hits: 1000 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It
- Newborns in Need - Nonprofit volunteer group helping parents of
premature babies, low-income and sick infants, and young children who have been abused or displaced by home fires. Free patterns on site.
(Added: 7-Dec-1998 Hits: 1437 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It
- Operation Toasty Toes - Ohio Congressman Steven C. LaTourette is coordinating this effort to knit slipper socks for servicepeople overseas. Site includes a pattern.
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- Project Linus - US nonprofit supplying security blankets to seriously ill or traumatized children.
(Added: 16-Mar-1999 Hits: 834 Rating: 9.50 Votes: 2) Rate It
- Take to the Hills - 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.
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- Teeny Tiny Treasures - Hays, North Carolina. An all-volunteer project to provide clothing for premature babies in NICUs.
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- The Hat Box Project - 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.
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- Touching Little Lives...serving the babies of Ohio - Touching Little Lives is a non-profit charity benefiting the needy preemies and newborns of Ohio. We are a totally Volunteer charity, hand-making and donating, free of charge, afghans, quilts, booties, hats, sweaters, clothing, etc., to Ohio needy preemies and newborns. We also accept donations of fabric, yarn, thread, etc.. Visit our web site for additional information on how you can help the babies of Ohio.
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- Warm Hearts - Warm Babies - We are a Colorado based 501c3 charity providing clothing, blankets, and other essential items to premature and newborn infants, and young children in crisis, free of charge.
(Added: 11-Apr-2001 Hits: 576 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It
- Warm the Baby - A nonprofit project in Connecticut to make clothing for premature and ill babies.
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- Warming Families - Warming Families ~ Warming the homeless 'families' of the world, one warm
item at a time!
A volunteer project providing blankets and warm items (hats, mittens, etc.)
to homeless and domestic violence shelters. Free patterns and family charity
work information can be found on our website.
(Added: 6-Jun-2001 Hits: 852 Rating: 9.50 Votes: 2) Rate It
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