tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877298384865082447.post7855903996285272714..comments2024-01-13T05:31:53.168-05:00Comments on Homespun Helpers: CONTEST TIME!!! SQUARES!funfairiegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10337990143292662608noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877298384865082447.post-6833733480361136862007-06-18T02:23:00.000-05:002007-06-18T02:23:00.000-05:00Actually if you want to donate your squares or com...Actually if you want to donate your squares or completed blankets directly, that is fine too. We just have someone in the US putting the squares together for us and then sending them on. But I think I will probably be putting my own together and donating them to a shelter here in town that takes them. Pet blankets may be a future contest. We just happen to be doing a blanket/square drive that we hadn't mentioned in awhile because we have had so much going on otherwise. Thought it would be a good way to get back on that since now is the time to do squares so they are in blankets by the time they are needed.<BR/><BR/>i will read some info on this charity and then post an update if it will work. I am sure it will, but I will have to do it late Monday or Tuesday since I am up at 3 am and have a buttload to do on Monday. <BR/><BR/>ok, I stopped making sense like 4 hours ago...funfairiegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10337990143292662608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877298384865082447.post-82854143193618730612007-06-17T21:18:00.000-05:002007-06-17T21:18:00.000-05:00I'm glad you're open to input on this. One excell...I'm glad you're open to input on this. One excellent charity to donate squares to is Warming Families (http://www.warmingfamilies.org/). I think they would be a particularly good addition to this contest, as it is international. It runs using Area Volunteers to collect and the squares, sew them up and then distribute the blankets to places that need them in the area. <BR/><BR/>Another option (although this may be for a future contest since it's a bit looser) is to have people donate directly to the places that need them instead of median organizations like those listed. They could donate the squares or small blankets to whichever their local animal shelter is, for example.<BR/><BR/>Don't worry about the fact that the GCs will be in US, since the recipient will likely be using them to shop online, anyway.Little Knittin' Kittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10703320431145494157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877298384865082447.post-38334902211908601102007-06-17T19:42:00.000-05:002007-06-17T19:42:00.000-05:00Little knittin' kitten - I understand wanting to s...Little knittin' kitten - <BR/><BR/>I understand wanting to start at home. I am obviously more familiar with US Charities and this is our first contest. Is there a similar charity in Canada with squares for blankets and if so can you please send me a link? I will look at it and see if it can fit into the guidelines of the contest, however the prizes will remain the same since I am based in the US and these are US companies that I am personally buying a GC from. Although there are a couple Canadian shops I can probably buy GCs from online I think. <BR/><BR/>I am totally open to adding similar charities outside the US to this contest if anyone wants to send links for me to review. Just remember that this is our first contest and sometimes we can't accodomate everyone - for instance non-knitters/crochers are being left out of this one. I am working on something that everyone can do for a later contest and would really appreciate the help thinking of something. Seriously. Because I literally have fiber on the brain 24/7 :)funfairiegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10337990143292662608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877298384865082447.post-36903699637956788522007-06-17T09:51:00.000-05:002007-06-17T09:51:00.000-05:00I would really like to participate in this, but I'...I would really like to participate in this, but I'm Canadian and prefer to give my charity knitting to organizations in my own country (charity begins at home, right?). According to your rules, I wouldn't be eligable unless I ship my squares across the border, since those are all American charities. Would it be possible to broaden the charity group list so that people who don't live in the States can participate with their own local charities?Little Knittin' Kittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10703320431145494157noreply@blogger.com