Every year since I began crocheting, I try to donate hats and/or money to charity. Before I even opened CSD, I did a "hats for cancer" challenge where every lady in our online group crocheted 10 hats & sent them. (This is how I discovered my love for hat-making!) One year I had a one-for-one sale... for every hat customers purchased, I'd donate one to charity. Another year, I donated a percentage of my profits. Usually, I gather up many of the "extra" hats I have in my stash (hats from pattern testing or that are "left over" from craft fairs or RTS sales) and I donate them to a charity. In the past I have donated to several wonderful charities, including the
Susan G Komen Foundation and
Halos Of Hope.
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| 2008 - C models a hat I donated to SGK. |
Yesterday, I rounded up 15 of my extra hats and 3 pairs of wrist warmers & I'm mailing them to
Hats 4 the Homeless. They give hats, gloves & scarves to the hundreds of homeless men and women in the NYC area. I think it's a very generous thing for them to do, especially since it gets so cold there in the northeast in the fall and winter.
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2013 donation pile
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If you have extra hats, scarves, blankets, or gloves hanging around in your stash, and if you have the means to make a generous donation to people in need, I highly recommend you box them up & donate them!
Happy Crocheting!
♥♥ Danyel
