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Giving Hearts and Hands - Charity Information and Projects
Project Linus
Project Linus is a 100 percent volunteer, nonprofit organization dedicated to providing love, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized or otherwise in need through the gifts of new, handmade, washable blankets and afghans lovingly created by volunteer "blanketeers."
Founded in 1995 by Karen Loucks-Baker of Parker, Colo., and named after the blanket-carrying character in the Peanuts comic strip, Project Linus now has over 300 chapters in the United States and has delivered over half a million security blankets to children around the world. The project has been featured in leading magazines and on the Rosie O'Donnell and Oprah Winfrey shows. For more information and a listing of national chapters, visit their website as www.projectlinus.org, which also has links to numerous free patterns to make crocheted, knitted or quilted blankets. You may also contact them at Project Linus National Headquarters, P.O. Box 5621, Bloomington, IL 61702-5621, (309) 664-7814.
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Charity Organizations
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| Angels4Preemies www.angels4preemies.com |
Angels for Hope 308 Spring Road Palmyra, PA 17078 www.angelsforhope.org |
Bear Hugs for Babies
make up "baskets" containing a quilt, diapers, bottles, and a diaper bag to deliver to under-privileged babies and their caretakers (Mothers, foster parent, or adoptive parent). 20200 Coastal Highway Suite 196-A Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971 www.bearhugsforbabies.org |
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Binky Patrol is a national nonprofit organization that makes and gives handmade blankets to babies born HIV positive or drug-addicted, children who are abused, in shelters, or foster care.
Binky Patrol Comforting Covers P.O. Box 652 Beaverton, OR 97075-0652 (503) 214-9346 www.binkypatrol.org binky@binkypatrol.org |
Blankets for Canada Society is a non-demoninational, non-profit charity that makes 8" squares to be joined together into blankets. Inspired by Warm Up America, Blankets for Canada distributes blankets to organizations who care for people without shelter and in need of warmth. Blankets for Canada Society 210A - 12'A' St No Suite 217 Lethbridge, Alberta Canada, T1H 2J1 For more info please visit their website at: www.blankets4canada.ca |
Bundles of Love Charity is a non-profit organization that provides clothing, bedding, and infant care items to premature babies and babies in crisis, assisting the families in the local Twin Cities and Rochester metro areas.
Bundles of Love P.O. Box 240301 Apple Valley, MN 55124-0301 (952) 953-7683 www.bunddlesoflove.org info@bundlesoflove.org |
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Caps for Kids 2500 Lowell Rd. Ranlo, NC 28054 www.capsforkids.com/ |
Care Wear is a 501(c)(3) non-profit nationwide group of volunteers who provide handmade baby items to hospitals. Care Wear Volunteers, Inc. Bonnie Hagerman c/o Hood College 401 Rosemont Avenue Frederick, MD 21701 Phone: 301-696-3550 Fax: 301-696-3952 hagerman@hood.edu www.carewear.org |
ConKerr Cancer Foundation
accepts donations of fun, cheerful homemade pillow cases. These pillow cases are distributed to children's hospitals to help cheer children undergoing medical treatment, usually for cancer but also other diseases. www.conkerrcancer.org |
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Crafting For A Cause is a 501(C)3 not-for-profit organization making hand crafted items with all money raised going to charities for children and elders of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in SD and children at the UC Davis Pediatric Cancer Infusion Center in Sacramento. www.craftingforacause.org |
Ewe and Me Jesus Baby Blanket Ministry makes and donates blankets to area hospitals in Fort Worth; Churches and Hospitals in Matamoros, Mexico, and "Mercy Heart" ministry of Glenview Baptist Church. Glenview Baptist Church attn: Ewe and Me Jesus Baby Blanket Ministry 4805 NE Loop 820 Fort Worth, Texas 76137 (817) 281-3361 www.glenviewchurch.org |
Faith, Hope and Charity Stitches, Inc. 9290 South Brown Rd Chardon, OHIO 44024 www.faithhopeandcharityinc.com E-mail Karen Munro, board chairman at fhcsinc@roadrunner.com |
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The Giving Heart is a 501(C)(3) non profit organization providing basic needs, assistance, acceptance and opportunities to the underprivileged, elderly, and those who otherwise are hindered in their desire to move forward. 11527 Primrose Lane Rockville, Va. 23146 (804) 749-4726 www.thegivingheart.org |
Guideposts Knit for Kids 39 Seminary Hill Road Carmel, N.Y. 10512 www.knitforkids.org |
Hats for the Homeless 905 Main St. Hackensack, NJ 07601 www.hats4thehomeless.org info@hats4thehomeless.org |
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Helping our Lakota Families HC49 Box 500 Pine Ridge, SD http://gwtc.net/~darbob darbob@gwtc.net A mother/daughter team (part of an Oglala Sioux family) living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation at Pine Ridge, SD. The reservation is very poor, and they distribute the goods they gather to other Lakota families. |
Hugs for Homeless Animals www.h4ha.org |
Knit4Charities Knit4Charities is a Yahoo group, based in Australia, dedicated to knitting and crocheting items to donate to needy people throughout the community. www.freewebs.com/knit4charities |
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Newborns In Need 112 West Main Street P.O. Box 385 Houston, MO 65483 (417) 967-9441 www.newbornsinneed.org office@newbornsinneed.org |
Online Angels is a non-profit 501(C)3 charity that makes loveghans, crosses, angels to comfort and uplift those who are sick, dying, lost a loved one. We make baby items and send to Children's Hospitals, slippers, winter items to send to shelters & reservations. For more info please visit our website at: onlineangels.myftp.org |
Prayerfully Yours/Sending Troops Prayers Ministry is a non-profit ministry of volunteers from around America that knit, crochet, loom and sew prayer cloths and shawls for people who need them and to our troops. Prayerfully Yours/Sending Troops Prayers Ministry P.O. 294761 Kerrville, TX 78029 http://www.prayerclothministry.com |
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Project Angel Kisses Ministry is a group that crochets, knits, quilts and sews hats, booties, blankies, burial layettes, going home outfits,etc for babies in need. http://project-angel-kisses.150m.com/ |
Project Linus National Headquarters P.O. Box 5621 Bloomington, IL 61702-5621 (309) 664-7814 www.projectlinus.org |
Project Sunshine 102 West 38th Street, 8th Floor New York, NY 10018 (212) 354-8035 www.projectsunshine.org Project Sunshine is a nondenominational, nonprofit organization that provides free programs and services to children and families who are affected with serious medical challenges. |
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Sew Much Comfort Adaptive Clothing for Wounded Service Men & Women is a non-profit charity that gives back to our country's dedicated men and women who serve this country. When the injured can get dressed everyday and get out of hospital gowns it gives them a whole new lease on life.
www.sewmuchcomfort.org |
The Shawl Ministry www.shawlministry.com |
Soldiers' Angels 1792 E. Washington Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91104 (626) 529-5114 www.SoldiersAngels.org |
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Stitches From the Heart 3306 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405 (866) 472-6903 www.StitchesFromtheHeart.org |
Threads of Compassion is a loosely connected group of survivors of sexual violence who desire to offer comfort and support to recent victims. http://threadsofcompassion.bravehost.com/ |
Touching Little Lives is an Ohio based 501(c)3 non-profit organization that provides clothing and necessity items, neonatal positioning devices(snuggles, snakes and frogs), and surgery dolls and stuffed animals to area hospitals. Touching Little Lives, Inc. 4300 Winchester Southern Rd Circleville, OH 43113 www.touchinglittlelives.org |
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Warm Hearts-Warm Babies donates items that are sewn, knitted, crocheted, and quilted for premature infants and babies in need. Warm Hearts-Warm Babies P.O. Box 1266 Brighton, CO. 80601 warmheartswarmbabies.org |
Warming Families One Heart Foundation P.O. Box 400 Orem, UT 84057 www.warmingfamilies.org E-mail project co-founder Suzanne Osmond at suzanne@oneheart.org |
Warm Up America! 469 Hospital Dr. 2nd Floor Suite E Gastonia, NC 28054 Tel: (704) 824-783 Fax: (704) 671-2366 www.warmupamerica.org |
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Warm Woolies is a non-profit organization whose volunteers knit warm clothing for poverty-stricken children who would otherwise suffer from cold. Warm Woolies 5572 E. Mansfield Ave. Denver, CO 80237 www.warmwoolies.org |