2007 Warm Winter Wear Drive - Update

Now that 2007 has come to a close I wanted to update you on this year’s Warm Winter Wear Drive. This year we donated 16 hats, 14 scarves, and 6 pairs of mittens to The Redwood Shelter for Abused Women.

I want to thank everyone who donated this year: Renee, AuntieM, Nikic, Karen, Deborah, Gnomenclature, Jen, Bonnie, and Jen A. (Please comment here if I missed you! I tried to save the mail tag from each package but this list seems incomplete.) Once again I was impressed by the amount of love and work that went into the wearables you made. The complexity of the work, from complicated intarsia to reversible hats and double-thick mittens really blew my mind. It was exciting to open each package to discover each amazing piece of wearable art inside. I made sure to wrap everything up with ribbons and tags before boxing it up and taking it over to the shelter.
I know it’s a year late but here is last year’s thank you note from The Redwood:




January 19th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Awesome!
Thank you so much, Gayla, for organizing this each year. I look forward to participating each year as the world gets crazy and chaotic around the holiday season. It’s a nice way to focus on the spirit of love.
January 19th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Thank you for your tags Renee. You can see one in use in the foreground box.
January 19th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Yaaay! I was wondering when they’d be boxed up and sent, and I’m glad that my three hats arrived in time.
Now to get started on next year’s box!
January 20th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
I had to wait a bit longer than I would have liked for some mail stragglers (the Holidays are a bad time to send mail) so next year I am going to start promoting this earlier and bring the deadline forward a bit. I need to put a reminder on my calendar right this minute!
January 21st, 2008 at 2:26 am
wow, well done everyone!
January 30th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Kudos, everyone! This was my first year on You Grow Girl and participating in the drive. I only managed to make two pairs of mittens, but next year I hope to do more. Those of us in the USA definitely need to get a early start, because our mail to Canada can take a long time to arrive.
January 30th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Next year we start WAY earlier. I’ve got it on my calendar for September!