~ Charity Links ~

Heartfelt Donations-Helping Grimsby, Ontario Stay Warm April 2007
Heartfelt Donations collects new hand knit or crocheted items and distributes them to areas of need in Grimsby, Ontario.
Items collected are baby layettes and blankets (premi and full term); slippers, socks, mittens, hats and scarves (all for children, teens and
adults); bed jackets, lapghans and afghans; and small animal blankets.

These items are delivered to "Out of the Cold Program" in St. Catharines, McMaster Hospital (premi items and afghans for seriously ill or
traumatized children/teens), local nursing homes, McNally House (Hospice), Grimsby Life Centre, West Niagara Second Stage Housing, Community
Living and Grimsby Animal Hospital and other organizations as needed.
Each item is tagged with the crafters first name to make it more personal.
For more information please contact:
Donna Nelson - Grimsby, Ontario 905-945-1596 email: heartfelt_donations@sympatico.ca (no web site)

RAY OF HOPE - making baby cardigans, ventilator hats, booties and more for babies in the UK.

Stitches Of Love and Kindness - - UK based charitable organisation (founded 2001) who make lap quilts for children and adults with long-term or life-threatening illnesses.

Our mission is to provide as much warm clothing as possible - hats, socks, scarves, jumpers, shawls, and also blankets - in order to help those in need survive the harsh Afghanistan winter, in which 100s of lives are lost each year due to extreme weather.

At the moment, we only have a collection point in Melbourne, Australia. All finished goods can be posted to:

The Ruth Mailbag Group is collecting blankets, clothing, food and toys for all ages, from premature and newborn babies to senior citizens, and the pets at the shelter. Send donated items to: The Ruth Mailbag Group, “For Charity – NO Retail Value”, C/o Foto First, 180 Murchison Street, Ladysmith 3370, South Africa. Please remember to add your name and address / email so the group can let you know that your items have arrived.
Contact: joy.coetzee@gmail.com
http://theruthmailbaggroup.blogspot.com
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Ruth-Mailbag-Group/153666104700531

Turkey

added March 2013 -
LILY (love in the language of yarn) Helping the refugees in Syria - mainly the orphans

LILY C/O Dianne Jones
Turkmen Mahlesi
Ünlü Sokak No 10 D 4
Kuşadasi
Aydin
Turkey

Founded in memory of Lily Iris Gibson born sleeping 18th July 2010. Our main object is to provide blankets for Syrian refugee children in camps in Turkey. Secondly to provide winter warmers to orphans in orphanages throughout Turkey, and to provde NICU's in several Turkish hospitals with blankets and garments for premature babies. We need all really for the Syrian refugees and orphans , hats, scarfs, socks, etc, we also need squares to make blankets - 8inch squares knitted or crocheted, acrylic or wool , any colour or stitch, for prem babies hats, booties, mitten, blankets.Our blankets are lovingly made by adults and children from all walks of life and many different countries around the wold. They provide love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to Syrian refugee children who have been made homeless by war and will send a message of concern and hope. Your participation is important in sending this message of hope, the thought that someone cares, that this beautiful, handmade blanket was created especially for them. It doesn't really matter what it looks like: even the most basic knitted blanket patterns will yield perfect results – a smile :)

https://www.facebook.com/LilyLoveInTheLanguageOfYarn
http://love-in-the-language-of-yarn.blogspot.com

"When a poor person dies of hunger, it has not happened because God did not take care of him or her. It has happened because neither you nor I wanted to give that person what he or she needed. We have refused to be instruments of love in the hands of God to give the poor a piece of bread, to offer them a dress with which to ward off the cold. It has happened because we did not recognize Christ when, once more, he appeared under the guise of pain, identified with a man numb from the cold, dying from hunger, when he came in a lonely human being, in a lost child in search of a home." Mother Teresa

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