Charity Thank You's and Updates 06/2003

By Marilyn Esposito

I had really gotten into the crocheted Easter Egg project and showed a co-worker, Jeanette, who happens to be our Project Linus captain, and who also does a lot of volunteer work in Long Island where she lives. Between the two of us we had a few dozen eggs, which Jeanette brought to South Nassau Communities Hospital where she volunteers.

We received a lovely letter from the Director of Volunteer Services thanking us for making their patients happy with our beautiful and cheerful bunnies and eggs. Receiving that letter made my day.

Thanks to Mary and the Guild. It was a lot of fun. I would never have thought of such a clever idea on my own. Kudos to Mary DuBois!!!

From Mary Colucci, Craft Yarn Council

I just wanted to thank you all again for helping out at Parents Magazine. You might be interested in knowing that the staff crocheted enough sections to complete a baby blanket. So far they have not asked for any further help. I'll keep you posted if I hear or see the finished blanket! Thanks again.

From the website of the Happily Hooked on Crochet Club in CT

(http://members.aol.com/Crochetwithdee/HHCC.html)

A collection of various squares and yarn from the New York City Crochet Guild to aid The HHCC in the donation to the Danbury Hospital Preemie Afghans & Hats held on May 8th. [Note: these were from the NYCCG's collection of stitch of the month squares.]

By Linda Gerstein

Members of The Abraham Joshua Heschel School community and Dorot volunteers are making warm blankets to distribute to seniors living at Dorot's Homelessness Prevention Program (http://www.dorotusa.org/about/housing.html ). We plan to have fifty blankets completed by November 2003, to be given out starting in December 2003.

You can help by contributing standard Warm Up America 7" x 9" rectangles or complete blankets. Call or e-mail Linda Gerstein for more information (212-595-2936; lsgerstein@mindspring.com )

. While some of you were at Parents magazine, I was at Dorot with a couple of friends teaching ten or so seniors to knit and crochet. For some it was a refresher course, for others it was physical therapy. They're all excited about working on the "Warm Up" project for the Dorot's Homelessness Prevention Program. And I am thrilled at the response this project is getting. We will be setting up more workshops, if anyone would like to teach. Most of programs are daytime or after school. Is anyone available Thursdays at 4:00 p.m.? Call or e-mail me for more information (212-595-2936; lsgerstein@mindspring.com).

By Mary DuBois

Queens Boulevard Extended Care Facility and she is very overjoyed at the prospect of receiving all the donated wheelchair totes the guild members as well as Tatyana' s women have made At 8:30 last Sunday morning I delivered 20 (two were delivered previously) wheelchair totes to Linda Newby at Queens Boulevard Extended Care Facility. Our Guild members and Tatyana's Seniors Group made these totes. Needless to say Linda was overjoyed at our contribution. She informed me that when the wheelchair totes are given to specific patients she takes the time to put their names in each of them (for a personal touch). She will send a thank you letter to the Guild with an invitation for members to visit.

I will give specifications for the totes, as well as for walker totes, at our next meeting.

Project Linus

Marilyn Esposito has agreed to be our go-between for Project Linus donations. She will take the five blankets that Mary has been holding and will deliver them as our first donation to this organization. If you have any other blankets or children's crocheted items you would like to donate to Project Linus, please bring them to the next meeting and give them to Marilyn. Thank you, Marilyn.

By Kathy Keane

I am crocheting hats for the homeless at St. Christopher's Inn in Garrison, NY. They normally have a complement of 150 men. I am trying to crochet 150 hats by September, and would be very happy for all contributions. I am making them 20" round and 42 rounds long (making a border out of rounds 38-42) and using any 4 ply worsted yarns in colors that are good for the male gender. Size: Should be 8-1/2" to 9" deep, to come down over the ears, and stretch to fit 22-25 inches in circumference

Don't throw away even the smallest scrap of yarn!

Ellen Bowrosen crochets them into small circles, like granny's daughters, and sends them to be assembled into blankets and other items for charity. She would be happy for any donations of yarn.