2012 Goal Met - Yay!

13 more fleece scarves to Positively Kids!

ITEMS DONATED 2012: 253--goal met!!
SCARVES: 188   (includes scarves donated and not previously noted)
HATS: 46
Clothing: 14
cowls: 2
gloves: 2
SOAP:
Misc 1

Positively Kids Donation

25 more fleece scarves for Positively Kids.  We are almost at our goal.

ITEMS DONATED 2012: 240
SCARVES: 175 (includes scarves donated and not previously noted)
HATS: 46
Clothing: 14
cowls: 2
gloves: 2
SOAP:
Misc 1

30 fleece scarves donated for Positively Kids.

ITEMS DONATED 2012: 215
SCARVES: 150(includes scarves donated and not previously noted)
HATS: 46
Clothing: 14
cowls: 2
gloves: 2
SOAP:
Misc 1

Scarf Donation

15 more fleece scarves to the Nellis AFB holiday drive.


ITEMS DONATED 2012: 185
SCARVES: 120(includes scarves donated and not previously noted)
HATS: 46
Clothing: 14
cowls: 2
gloves: 2
SOAP:
Misc 1

Positively Kids Donation

5 fleece scarves to the local Positively Kids Organization

ITEMS DONATED 2012: 170
SCARVES: 105 (includes scarves donated and not previously noted)
HATS: 46
Clothing: 14
cowls: 2
gloves: 2
SOAP:
Misc 1

Angel Tree Donation

My husband and I donated to the local Angel Tree Project.  I selected a 8 yr old girl; my husband a 12 yr old boy.  For a Hello Kitty fan, I selected a pink hoodie and an adorable Hello Kitty hat to match. For the boy, a hoodie and an art set.  4 items.

ITEMS DONATED 2012: 165
SCARVES: 93
HATS: 46
Clothing: 14
cowls: 2
gloves: 2
SOAP:
Misc: 1

Fleece scarves

10 more fleece scarves donated to a drive held on Nellis AFB:)

ITEMS DONATED 2012: 161
SCARVES: 93
HATS: 45
Clothing: 12
cowls: 2
gloves: 2
SOAP:

Scarves, cowls and, gloves and hats donation to Nellis AFB, NV

Scarves: 16
Hats: 20
Cowls: 2
Gloves: 2

ITEMS DONATED 2012: 151
SCARVES: 83
HATS: 45
Clothing: 12
cowls: 2
gloves: 2
SOAP:

Clothing donation

Long overdue:  12 articles of clothing donated in Henderson, NV for a children's charity.

ITEMS DONATED 2012: 111
SCARVES: 67
HATS: 25
Clothing: 12
SOAP:

Making the rounds

I have packed up 4 rounds of donations that include not only scarves and hats, but also clothing as well.  I will post once the drop-offs are completed.

September Donation

This one was not logged in, so no official tally is available.  To the Vietnam veterans' charity went many towels, used clothing, and glassware. 

Donation season is upon us. More posts coming soon!

Belated May 16th Donation

To the Vietnam Vets went 20 scarves and 5 hats. 

ITEMS DONATED 2012: 92
SCARVES: 67
HATS: 25
SOAP:
MISC:  household items, curtains, clothing.  Not counted in total.

March 22nd donation

Also, donated was a few boxes to the Vietnam Veteran's organization.  As well as giving donated items away to veterans in need, they also raise funds by selling donated goods.  Donation included 20 scarves and 5 hats,

ITEMS DONATED 2012: 67
SCARVES: 47
HATS: 20
SOAP:
MISC:  household items, curtains, clothing.  Not counted in total.

Long overdue update: Airmen's attic donation

Over spring break (March 9-16), we put together a box for the Airmen's attic on Nellis AFB.  If you are unfamiliar with the Airmen's attic, it provides free or at minimal cost house ware items (and baby items such as formula, if donated) to servicemen and women under the rank of E-5.  As well as bedding and clothing, I donated 5 scarves and 5 hats to the Attic.

ITEMS DONATED 2012: 52
SCARVES: 32
HATS: 20
SOAP:
MISC:  household items, curtains, clothing.  Not counted in total.

Foster Care Donation

Friday, Feb3rd.

I dropped off a donation to benefit the Clark Country (Nevada) Foster Care through their program Peggy's Attic. This program helps to provide emergency clothing and other supplies to children in the foster care system as well as items to at-risk families.  

Items donated included 12 scarves and 8 hats. 

ITEMS DONATED 2012: 42
SCARVES: 27
HATS: 15
SOAP:
MISC:  household items, curtains, clothing.  Not counted in total.

First Donation of the year

The first donation of the year goes to a veteran's group, Vietnam Veteran's of America and their associated charities.

As well as a toaster oven, 5 sets of curtains and misc. clothing items, it included the following:

ITEMS DONATED 2012: 22
SCARVES: 15
HATS: 7
SOAP:
MISC:  household items, curtains, clothing.  Not counted in total.

Not a bad start.  Let's see if I can keep up the momentum.


Scarf on!




 

Goals for 2012

SnuggleWarmth Goals for 2012

After much thought I have come up goals that I can reasonable attain for this year.  While I could not entirely have predicted our cross-country move, I need to be realistic enough to add some cushion room for events like this that can impede making my goal.  With this in mind, I have changed the goals a bit.

Also, I am working with the realization that my hands are not quite up to par for marathon knitting, even with a loom.  In finishing my last graduate classes, I need my hands in order to complete my courses online.  Enough said, there is a lot of typing.  It take a toll on the hands. Knitting does too. So, with this I have a compromise.

This year I will focus on total quantity of items donated, not just an arbitrary set quota of items.

For 2012, I would like to DONATE 250 items for charity.  Not just knit them, but donate them.  I would also like to expand the donated items to soaps, as they are something I can do without a lot of stress on my hands.  Also, soap is of great need to shelters for in-shelter use as well as care packs.  This is something I can do.

So, it will look like this.

ITEMS DONATED 2012:
SCARVES:
HATS:
SOAP:
MISC:

Hopefully this will prove to be a a compromise for 2012.  Of course, I would like to blow this number out of the water.  We will see. But, this is my goal for 2012.

Thank you for your support.

Jennifer

Final Stats for 2011

After taking some time off for the holidays and the start of my new class, I start a new year at SnuggleWarmth.

First, I will start with the bad.  The scarf total for the year (see below) was well below the goal desired.  Moving from one coast to (practically) another,  had disastrous effects on the distribution come holiday time, as I just settled into our new home a couple of months before December.  Add to this that I am in the middle of completing my final terms of graduate study (hopefully ending in late July), keeping up with SnuggleWarmth has been challenging.


However, and this is the good part, I am still continuing the effort into 2012, my third year! With the aid of a wonderful person I was able to barter for some hats this season and without her help, I would not have made the hat quota.  We did though, and I am thankful!  Thank you, S., you know who you are!  Also, SnuggleWarmth was able, for the first time, to distribute soap to those in need. 


It is not all so bad after all.


My next post will have the goals for this year.  Stay tuned!

2011 scarf total:742011 Yearly hat total:53 Soap total: 11

Donation totals:Total scarves finished/knitted:235
Total scarves donated:140
Total hats donated:60
Total blankets donated: 2
Total gloves donated: 11
Total soap:11