Bean's Cafe Donation

10 hats, 5 scarves. Plus, 15 soaps, 14 coffees, and 11 tea/sugar sets. Plus clothing/bedding items:  comforter, sleeping bag, 2 coats, camelbak, and backpack. 61 items

Items donated:  419 --93.1% of goal Overall goal:  450 items - 31 to go   Soaps: 74 - 66 to go -- 150
112 total Scarves:  88 to go (out of 200) Hats: 51 to go - 74 total (out of 125)

Salvation Army donation

Donations for Salvation Army to include  50 baby food containers, 8 baby bottles and supplies, 16 diet meals, 2 shirts, jeans, 2 tote bags, 8 towels, 4 pillows, briefcase.  Wow.  92 items

Items donated:  358 --79.5% of goal
Overall goal:  450 items - 92 to go  
Soaps: 58 - 104 to go -- 150
 total Scarves:  93 to go (out of 200)
Hats: 61 to go - 64 total (out of 125)

10 more scarves!

10 more scarves for Bean's Cafe.  

Items donated:  266 --66.5% of goal
Overall goal:  450 items - 184 to go Soaps: 58 - 104 to go -- 150 total Scarves:  93 to go (out of 200) Hats: 61 to go - 64 total (out of 125)

Homeless Shelter Donation

20 scarves and 5 hats to Bean's Cafe!  First snow in the Anchorage area.  Got to keep 'em warm!


Items donated:  256 --56% of goal
Overall goal:  450 items - 194 to go
Soaps: 58 - 104 to go -- 150 total
Scarves:  103 to go (out of 200)
Hats: 61 to go - 64 total (out of 125)

Soup Kitchen Donation

7 scarves and 3 hats for the Downtown Soup Kitchen, Anchorage.

Items donated:  231 --51.3% of goal
Overall goal:  450 items - 229 to go
Soaps: 58 - 104 to go -- 150 total
Scarves:  123 to go (out of 200)
Hats: 66 to go - 59 total (out of 125)

Homeless shelter donation

10 more scarves and 8 more hats.

Items donated:  221 --49.1% of goal
Overall goal:  450 items - 239 to go
Soaps: 58 - 104 to go -- 150 total
Scarves:  130 to go (out of 200)
Hats: 69 to go - 56 total (out of 125)

Goals so far

Items donated:  203 --45.1% of goal
Overall goal:  450 items - 247 to go
Soaps: 58 - 104 to go -- 150 total
Scarves:  140 to go (out of 200)
Hats: 77 to go - 48 total (out of 125)

Sockeye Fire Relief Donation

Donations collected by Chugiak-Eagle River Senior Center to benefit those who lost homes and are displaced by the fire. 

12 bars of soap
5 packages of baby food
7 snack bars
24 items total

New hats

A couple of new hats for donation. Love the multi-colored yarn.

Still working

There may not be a lot of post lately, but rest assured, things are still busy.  Still knitting, baby!  Life just got in the way of the posting.  Hold on for more updates really soon!

Craft and hygiene donation

22 skeins of yarn of various size, plus pack of scissors and pens for craft activities for Bean's cafe clients.  Plus, 30 mini bars of soap.

54 items total.

Items donated:  179 --39.7% of goal
Overall goal:  450 items - 271 to go
Soaps: 46 - 104 to go -- 150 total
Scarves:  140 to go (out of 200)
Hats: 77 to go - 48 total (out of 125)

More hats

and a ear warmer for donation!

Hat, Scarf and Soap donation

A nice sized box to Bean's Cafe containing 14 hats, 16 soaps, 5 scarves and 1 ear warmer/headband
Items donated:  125 --27.7% of goal
Overall goal:  450 items - 325 to go
Soaps: 16 - 134 to go -- 150 total
Scarves:  140 to go (out of 200)
Hats: 77 to go - 48 total (out of 125)

Some of the hats donated:

More scarves and a hat

Adding to the donation stash...

12 Hats to Homeless shelter

Bean's Cafe is in dire need to hats, so 12 hats are being sent!  I am out of new ones, so off to knit I go!

Items donated:  89 --19.7% of goal
Overall goal:  450 items - 361 to go
Soaps: 150
Scarves:  145 to go (out of 200)
Hats: 91 to go - 34 total

Anchorage Downtown Soup Kitchen

10 fleece scarves. 

Items donated:  77 --17.1% of goal
Overall goal:  450 items - 373 to go
Soaps: 150
Scarves:  145 to go (out of 200)
Hats: 103 to go - 22 total

Homeless shelter donation

Another hat and scarf donation to Bean's cafe in Anchorage. 15 scarves; 10 hats

Items donated:  67 --14.8% of goal
Overall goal:  450 items - 383 to go
Soaps: 150
Scarves:  155 to go (out of 200)
Hats: 103 to go - 22 total

Chevron Scarves

5 scarves and one hat for the donation pile

More hats

and one scarf!  More for the donation pile!

Anchorage Soup Kitchen Donation

Anchorage Downtown Soup Kitchen not only provides meals for the homeless and working poor, but they also provide clothing for its clients.

18 scarves donated :)

Items donated:  42 --9% of goal
Overall goal:  450 items - 408 to go
Soaps: 150
Scarves:  170 to go (out of 200)
Hats: 125-->  113 to go! 

Chevron type scarves

More scarves for the donation stockpile!

Scarves for the stockpile

To be donated in the future!

Goals 2/10/15

Items donated:  24
Overall goal:  450 items - 426 to go
Soaps: 150
Scarves:  200 - 188 to go
Hats: 125-->  113 to go!

Hat donation to homeless shelter

When there is a need for hats, I knit hats.  Some hats and scarves going to Bean's Cafe:  12 hats and 12 scarves.  Hats and box pictured.

Item total:  24

Hats: A touch of green and more!

A touch of green and a red, brown and gray self-stripe yarn hats.

Valentine's inspired hats!

OK one is kind of hidden, but two hats are somewhat Valentine's Day inspired, with red and white colors!

New hats

New hats for donations.

Knitted Hats

Working on the stockpile.  Some knitted hats in the last week. And a couple of ear warmers too!

Goals for 2015

OK, so it was quite a hustle to make the item goal for 2014, but it was made by 13!  Yes!  Life gets in the way sometimes (for good reasons) and I fell behind a bit in 2014 with the arrival of our baby girl.  Hey, I am just one person.  This is a one woman operation and I do my best! :)

Last year's goals:

Overall goal:  400 items total --->made by 13!

Soaps:150 - made goal!
Scarves: 150 made goal
Hats: 100--fell seriously behind on this time, unfortunately.  Only 20 made, collected and distributed,  I would like to change this for next year.

Goals for 2015

Overall goal:  450 items
Soaps: 150
Scarves:  200
Hats: 125--> I want to make up for 2014

Item goals give me a lot of wiggle room for surpluses in any item. 

Hope to make 2015 a good one--even better than 2014!

Bean's donation and GOALS MET

 36 items to Bean's Cafe, including 28 fleece scarves and 8 more soaps.  400 item goal met.  Soap and Scarf goal met!!
100% of item goal met.
Soaps: +4 goal met!!!
Scarves: +23 goal met!

Hats: 80 to go
Ear Warmers: 15
Clothing: 50
Lotions for CTW: 10
Total items donated so far:  413

Another round of warm clothes

20 more articles of warm women's clothes have been donated to the Arc of Anchorage, plus 5 scarves and two ear warmers.

94% of item goal met.
Soaps: 4 to go
Scarves: 5 to go

Hats: 80 to go
Ear Warmers: 15
Clothing: 50
Lotions for CTW: 10
Total items donated so far:  377

Warm clothes donation

39 articles of warm women's clothes have been donated to the Arc of Anchorage, including 4 hats, 2 ear warmers and 3 scarves.

87% of item goal met.
Soaps: 4 to go
Scarves: 10 to go

Hats: 80 to go
Ear Warmers: 13
Clothing: 30
Lotions for CTW: 10
Total items donated so far:  350

Homeless Shelter Donation

30 Fleece Scarves to Bean's Cafe!

77% of item goal met.
Soaps: 4 to go
Scarves: 13 to go
Ear Warmers: 11
Hats: 84 to go
Lotions for CTW: 10
Total items donated so far:  311