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!
Thursday, January 26, 2012
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
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
Friday, January 13, 2012
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
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
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