Bev's INTERNATIONAL CHARITY CRAFTS WEEK"
October 1 - 7th every year!

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2007

Bev Q - I will be making mittens for the orphanages that LDS Humanitarian missionaries are currently taking care of.
Chris H - making warm items for the homeless in SLC area
Daphne - I will be making some booties, hats and mittens. I will be delivering them to a local shelter.

Here's what our readers did in 2005

Bev Q in Nevada - Will be making little gnomes and possibly booties for the FESTIVAL of TREES tree that my friend Kim H and I are auctioning off

Carolyn M. - I am a Co-Team leader of a group of Auxiliary members of Hillcrest Hospital in Tulsa, OK.  We call ourselves "The Angel Threads" and knit, crochet, and sew for preemies, newborns, cancer survivors and the bereavement program for non-surviving babies. We will be putting up a bulletin board display outside our office the week of the 1st to inform everyone.

Iris - Well, for International Charity Crafting Week, I will be making a tube scarf (loom knitted) to donate to a homeless shelter in The Fall (for cold weather). I am using the small balls of yarn I have from previous
projects.

Laura A. - The Preemie Project will be focusing on bereavement items this week.  We feel that bereavement items are often overlooked.  So we want to make this a week of rememberance. 
The Preemie Project's volunteers will be setting personal, private goals for the week.

Erica H  - Hi, Bev.  I've been a fan of your site since January, when I picked knitting (back) up.  In memory of my son, Paul, I've been making baby hats for the UCSF ICN where he lived his short life. July 31st is the one-year anniversary of his death.  On August 1st, I plan to deliver my completed hats (blue ones, white ones, variegated ones, pink ones) to the hospital, during Charity Crafts week.  I will also ship a few off to The Preemie Project.  I may do one or two other things, too.  I still have a bit more yarn to use up, but so far, I've made 73 baby hats in varying sizes from X-Small Preemie to Full-Term Newborn.

Patti N. -  Hi-- I will be making "cool-ties" & "cool-heads" for our kids over there. I will also be crocheting slippers & hats as the weather gets cooler.(Ships Project) I will also be crocheting hats for Ronald McDonald House.(Beanie Babies)

Dianne G - I'll be working on hats and mittens for the Festival of Trees.  Also, plan to make some slippers.   I hope to finish two blankets for Hooks 'N Grannies.

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Here's what our readers have done for ICCW in past years

2004
Bev Q in Nevada will be knitting and crocheting newborn booties for LDS Humanitarian's newborn kits.  Read all about her 500 pairs bootie challenge here!
And see how many others are joining in!  Not just for this week but for the rest of the year!  God bless you

"I will be working on building up our stash of items for Hearts and Hands.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/heartshands2003
Hugs,
Cyndi P in FL"

2003
Rhonda and her group... Mobile Alabama. We have a project that we do monthly as a group called Crochet with a cause and we usually donate 10 per month but for this special week we are doing 30 blankies and Hats :O)  www.hooksngrannies.com
"Fergie" says:  "Just to let you know that for ICCW,  I will be finishing up and mailing a number of baby blankets to a children's hospital in NC."
Bev Q in Nevada made purple booties and hats for Sunrise Children's Hospital in Vegas. (2002) making loomed hats for Online Angels, and finishing Leprosy Bandages for LDS Humanitarian Services.  For more info click here. (2003)
CindyW in GA imade items for her local birthing center NICU.
Jori made purple items for Maimonides Hospital.
p2 in Houston, TX is made purple booties!
Carol made things for the Ships project.
Tiffany R helped the the Hoh and Quileute reservations in the Pacific Northwest through the http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HandsOnHelp group.  New members are welcome!
Sandy R. will be working hard on her Angel Pillows project, making pillows for children in Canada who have cancer.
Kathy H. in UT cut and sewed several teddy bears for the needy which she took to Girls Camp.  They girls struffed them and Kathy will be finishing the details for ICCW! :-)
Janine G. in Auckland, New Zealand. shared that ladies at her church are busy knitting for their local childrens hospital 'Kids First' at Middlemore Hospital in Otahuhu.
Penny in NY madesquares to be joined into an afghan for a hospice in Colorado and for Project Linus.  Plus she made a spiral hat for Knitting 4 Children. 
Dianne O. has been busy making warm items like afghans, mittens, hats and such for her local shelters.
Stacey made some burial gowns for preemies, as well as cancer caps for those undergoing chemotherapy.
Pam S. made crocheted Leprosy Bandages.
Janice in IN made slippers for Toasty Toes.
Leslie made preemie items for Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas,TX.  Be sure to check out her new charity project too: http://www.geocities.com/project_angel_kisses/