Seniors #1

I finished my first item for the seniors. Its an eyeglass case in light brown. The yarn is soft and the button hole is very large, so it should be easy for older fingers to work.

A Need for Baby Items

I have heard from the Alice Day Park volunteer and donations coordinator and she has informed me that they are also in need of of baby items such as hats, booties and blankets. So I have decided that while my main focus will be on the seniors I simply cannot ignore the infants.

I plan on making 100 items for the seniors and 50 items for the infants in 2009. I hope to end up with more than that for each of them, however those are my initial goals.

Lebanon, NH Charity: A Partnership with the Alice Day Park Memorial Hospital

Since my life, no matter how busy it gets, doesn't seem complete with giving back to the community, I have contacted the Alice Day Park Memorial Hospital (ADP) and have found that they have two retirement/assisted living/nursing home facilities on their campus. What I found most appealing about this is that those who moving into the facilities can do so when they choose, and can start out living completely independently. As they age or as become ill they can increase the level of care they receive without moving. This makes the aging process as seamless and easy as possible. Many of these people live for a long time in this setup and do not get many visitors. It is therefore my projects main goal to provide items to brighten their personal space as well as warm their hearts and make them feel as important as our elders aught to feel.

The best part about a charity project like this is the many items that could be nice and useful for these people.
This is the list I have generated thus far
- Wheel Chair Totes
- Lapghans
- Shawls
- Eye glass cases
- Scarves
- Hats
- Mittens
- Pillows for propping up heads and putting between knees
- Tissue box covers
- Book marks
- Bible/ book covers
- Slippers
- Little bags they can keep things in (like candies)
- Anything else you can think of that would make there lives brighter and more cheery

I have started a thread on the Crochet for Charity page at www.crochetville.org
for more information you can see the thread Here.

If anyone would like to contribute to this charity effort who is not a member of crochetville you can either join the 'ville, post a comment, or send me an email.

Moved! and summary of Troy Charity

Well the move is officially over and I am now set up in Lebanon, NH. My husband and I have both started our new jobs, and we even got a puppy. Life is very busy and yet I still do not feel complete without a charity project going.

To sum up my project in Troy, NY
We donated 11 blankets, 8 hats, 3 scarves and 3 sets of baby booties to Samaritan Hospital in Troy NY. They will be used as needed for under privileged babies, children of abuse and the long term elderly patients who need some cheering up.We received a very nice thank you letter from the head of donations and volunteering at the hospital thanking us all for our time and effort in making the hand crafted items and assured that they would be well loved and appreciated by those who received them. Since the move was so sudden I still had enough squares for 2 blankets plus a few left over. Those were donated as well to be joined at a later time. Over all 28 people donated squares, completed comfortghans and other items to this project. Thank you all for your time and contributions!