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If you
love to make granny squares, but never know where to send them, this
page
is for you! And, if you NEED squares,
please email me the following information to be included:
Your name
email
address
mailing address
(IF
you wish to have that included)
size of squares
needed
colors if
applicable
Charity or place
they
are needed for.
If you need
patterns click... Bev's
GRANNY SQUARE Patterns
The
Afghan Project ~ needs 6" squares and the contact email addy is
info@afghanproject.org
NEW - Jan 2007
Anna Holzinger
Lois Aney Project
13680 168th Avenue
Grand Haven, MI, 49417
I'll accept squares in 6,7,9, and 12-inch. They can be any color, any design, baby or adult, crocheted or knitted.
They will be donated to varies homeless shelters in Michigan including:
Ozone House
http://ozonehouse.org/about.shtml,
Casa de la Paz
http://www.chdo.org/casadelapaz1.htm,
and Crisis Center
http://www.covenanthousemi.org/programs/crisis.php
Cup of Kindness
Jeanette
Stubblefield
President's
Office
Faulkner
University
5345 Atlanta
Highway
Montgomery, AL
36109
Baptist Hospital -
South's
Neonatal Unit in Montgomery, Alabama. We could use any size
granny
square that our members could join to make small blankets for the
babies.
Some of the blankets are used at the hospital but many are sent home
with
the babies. Soft, pastel baby colors or white would be preferred
in Baby Sport yarn.
Handmade
Warmth
would
like 5" granny squares in White Sport Yarn, and Pastel Pink and Pastel
Blue Sport Yarn.
janet
wolfe
We donate handmade
baby items.
For My Free Patterns Click Here
http://www.handmadewarmth.com/1aprils.html
The
Linus Project
Blanketeers make comfy
blankies
for kids in hospitals, or other traumatic situation. Click on the
Chapter page, and email a blanketeer in your area to find out their
needs.
Online
Angels.org
Mary
Reinhart
36 Pine Drive
Pottsville, PA 17901
We will accept ANY
sized,
any pattern, any color, any 'theme', crocheted or knitted squares. They
can all be put to good use to make into afghans for people who are
going
through sickness, or other trials. (Bev: This is a fantastic
charity,
and has helped 2 of my friends.)
Project Beverly
P.O. Box 310062
Atlanta, GA 31131
They make blankets for
shelters
and take any color, any stitch, crochet or knit squares in 5,6,7 &
8 inches.
Warming
Families Volunteers
Many of the Area
Volunteers
need Granny Squares to make warm blankets for the homeless. Click
HERE to see if there is a local chapter near you.
Carolyn G. Owen
2903 Fairway Drive
Marion, Ohio 43302
I crochet 4"
baby squares and 6" granny squares and also am collecting them for
Online-Angels projects....
Any color is needed....Thank-you and God Bless.
Connie
Smith
211 East Otway 18-D
Odessa,
MO
64076
any size to 12", any
color,
wool or acrylic - please mark wool
Goes to
homeless- afghans
& Carewear babies... blankets
Afghan Square Info For Ship
Support POC:
All 7" Bright (not neon) squares go to:
Suzy Hulet
581 South DeSmet
Buffalo, WY 82834
All 7" Red/White/Blue squares go to:
Cindy Bock
109 Albrighton Dr
Longwood, FL 32779
All 7" Earthtone squares go to:
Kim Herzog
10134 Eastview St
Firestone, CO 80504
7" squares for
ShipSupport
group-she requested guy colors, bright, pastels and r/w/b squares-
these
are used to make afghans for the POC
Debbie
Garcia
15186 Sweetbriar Drive
Basehor, KS 66007
Granny squares are needed in any color. No wool,
please.
- 6" squares will be used to make blankets for the
Open Hands ministry. They will be given to newborns of
teenage mothers that are in need, and these young moms have decided to
go through with their pregnancy and keep their babies.
- Any size squares from
6" to
12" will be used for nursing homes and shut-ins as lapghans.
Added Aug 2007 - "Thank
you to all who have donated granny squares. It has been greatly
appreciated by the families.Please click on the link to view some of
the latest baby blankets distributed:"
Baby Blankets
Dianne Kruger
3593 South Fawcett
Ave.
Tacoma, WA 98418
Any size, any color,
any style
for making lapghans for a nursing home.
Eileen
Palmer
9 Myron Road
So. Glens Falls, NY
12803
Needs 6" squares any
colors,
to make into blankets for newborns at Glens Falls Hospital, she and her
group also donate to the Senior Citizen's baskets that go to the
elderly
who really need it, with the Christmas baskets, (Moreau Civic Center)
Heidi
Fox
1014 Van Buren St
Great Bend, KS 67530
I am making
comfortghans for
those who have lost a family member or are going through medical
problems,
and I'm starting to try to get some afghans made before the
holidays.
House fires seem to be quite a problem around that time so I want to
have
some afghans on hand for that. I'm accepting any size of square.
I can use all the
6" squares
I can get for my Warming
Families project--I have a homeless shelter within a stone's throw
of my apt. building. This is a year round project for me.
Judy Fergusen
P O BOX 3572
Bloomington, IL
61702
Jodi Landwehr
- These blankets will be donated to local nursing homes and
homeless shelter for men/women/children. Any color squares are
appreciated. Send to:
Jodi Landwehr
25 14th Street NW
Faribault MN 55021
NEW - Jan 2007
K.W.I.L.T.--standing for Kids Wrapped In
Loving Thoughts. My sister-in-law and I have started a group to
make handmade blankets
for foster care agencies and for other local children's
service
groups, in the Youngstown/Warren, Ohio area. We are able to use
6" or
12" squares in any kid-friendly colors. We also will accept any
handmade blankets (child-sized), whether they be crocheted, knitted, or
quilted or sewn. We have started a yahoo group called
K.W.I.L.T.--standing for Kids Wrapped In Loving Thoughts. Our
goal is
to show the love of Christ to hurting children through the gift of a
soft snugglie. I can be reached at Blossom392@aol.com. Anyone
interested in donating can e-mail me for the mailing address or join
our Yahoogroup.
Lisa
Tenney
2632 W. 1300 S.
Syracuse, UT 84041
Both collect squares
of all
sizes for 'afgans for Afghans' even those made of wool. Dark
colors
needed for AFA, likes 12" squares for this - 7" squares for Oregon
Carewear
in brights & pastels. I have an ongoing project with the
local
VFW (Veteran's of Foreign Wars) Post 7824 to do lap robes for the VA
nursing
home here in Vancouver, and also the Portland VA hospital.
LYNN MILLAR
1420 STOUT ST,
MENOMONIE, WI 54751
I need 6" and 7" GRANNY SQUARES for American Lutheran Homes, They really like lap throws.
Marie
Cappizi
22 John Street Rear
Pittston, PA 18640
6" or 7" Darker
colors
and pastels>>>> 4" pastels for baby afghans. Helps homeless
shelters, and
nursing homes.
CROCHET
SQUARES
>>>>> NO BLACK PLEASE
Marie
Conner
2057 Route 9H
Ghent, NY 12075
I can use squares to
help
make blankets for all of the children currently with and those who will
be joining Hugs and Hope.
I can also use them
for making
blankets to send to my local homeless shelters as they are always short
due to lack of donations.
Midas Touch Ministries
4851 Wood Avenue
Kansas City, KS 66102
Any Size any Amount granny squares needed - Afghans Used for Homeless, Battered Women\'s
Shelters, Juvenile Holmes, Nursing Homes.
Nancy
Hamm
P O Box 263
Merlin, OR 97532
Nancy collects granny
squares,
all sizes, all kinds for 'afghans
4 Afghans' charity. She has never met a granny square she
didn't like!!
Pat
Autin
150
Ballard Drive
Harlem,
Georgia 30814
12
inch
squares ONLY
VA
Nursing
home ( in Augusta, GA)... for Lapghans.
mailing
address is:
PENNY
VAUGHAN
5504
DATURA LANE
LOUISVILLE,KENTUCKY
40258
MOST ITEMS
WILL GO TO ST. FRANCIS NURSING HOME, ALSO HOSPICE AND SUBURBAN
HOSPITAL. WE HAVE SEVERAL WOMEN CROCHETING SOME FOR BABIES AT HOSPITAL
AND SOME FOR THE ELDERLY AND SICK. THANKS FOR THE HELP WE ARE NEW AND
CAN USE ANYTHING GETTING STARTED.
Project Rest
Assured requests 6" and 12" crocheted/knitted squares made of 100%
acrylic yarn to be assembled into lapghans for children in the
foster care system in Cleveland, Ohio. On a lonely night, we strive to provide
children with a comfort object to help with a good night's rest. Please
contact Amy at projectrestassured@sbcglobal.net for more information,
including color suggestions, or join our new group
NEW ! Feb
2007
Sharon Davis
3840
Arthur St.
Coppersville,
MI 49404
I could always use all size granny squares.
I use them for the Devos children's hospital, and also I work with
several other charities so if I had enough, I would use for the cancer
patients as well.
Sonja Hild
1430 Weil Road
Marion, Tx 78124
5"
and below squares;
yo-yo's
or circles, also small balls of left over cotton for Angels &
Butterflies
Suzanne Baisley
P. O. Box 8402
Roseville, MI 48066-8402
Metro Detroit Crafters
6", 8", 12" Squares - For homeless shelters, crisis
pregnancy centers, cancer patients, foster children, animal shelters
and veterans.
Name: Tabatha Burkholder
Email Address: rescuelittleangles@yahoo.com
Address: Please Email for Further information
Size: Any Size Squares - Crocheted or Knitted
Color: Any color, Themes, and Patterns Needed
Place: Local EMS worker is looking to help local victims of house
fires, traumatic injuries, nursing home patients, local hospitals, and
hurricane victims that were relocated to local areas.
Taliana Chiatti
ithinksew@gmail.com
24 Lamont Avenue
Apartment #3
Hamilton, nj 08619
squares 5" only please
colors: baby colors only please, no black.
I am donating the blankets made to NICUs, local nursing homes and
homeless shelters.
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If you
have not tried to make granny squares before, they really are pretty
easy to tackle and can be made into wonderfully warm blankets for
homeless shelters, nursing homes, hospitals in general often love
pretty afghans for their cancer patients or long term patients.
Babies and children need them too. Please consider making a few
squares and sending them to one or more of the people listed above.
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