A Glutton for Punishment

Monday, October 26, 2009
I have a Hot Cousin. Actually, I have many Hot Cousins - my Gram was a busy gal in her day.

Ahem.

But this particular Hot Cousin and her daughter are members of Eastern Stars, or Job's Daughters, or some other Mason related cult (bazinga!). Part of their work with these organizations is support for a girls group home in Aurora, Colorado called Exceslior Youth Center. They collect toiletries, blankets and other necessities for the girls there.

So during our monthly family get-together this weekend, the Hot Cousin commented that she should learn to knit hats on looms so that she could donate them to the girls who live at Excelsior. I researched the facility and considered the issue, and decided that I could knit hats for these girls - all 180 of them. I'm giving myself until Christmas to get it done.

I have 55 hats on hand right now, which only leaves me with 125 to go. Yeah.

Anyone who can knit and wants to contribute to the effort, you can contact me using the information on the sidebar, and I'll e:mail you details on where to send your pieces. Any help would be gratefully accepted...
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Updated 10/26/2009 9:15 p.m.: Okay, troops - anyone who wants to donate to the cause in the way of yarn can either mail your selections to the Big Yellow House, or send a cash donation to my PayPal account. No more than $10.00, though. Thanks to all - you rock!

8 comments:

Jeri said...

That's a very ambitious goal! I don't knit - and have crappy hand-eye coordination - but if you need yarn donations to support your big push tell me what and where. :)

neurondoc said...

Ditto on the not knitting and crappy hand-eye coordination (emphatically not a brain surgeon), but I'd love to donate yarn.

Janiece said...

You guys RAWK. Let me do an inventory, and I'll let you know.

vince said...

I'm late to the party, and also don't knit, but would be happy to contribute. I know nothing about these things (except you'll pry the scarf and hat that I won from you from my cold, dead hands) but I would be happy to contribute money for you to purchase whatever you need to make this happen.

mom in northern said...

What nice folks...

Janiece said...

Indeed they are.

mattw said...

Being a Mason myself, and seeing the decline of Masonry, it's nice to hear when Mason-related groups are active and doing good in the world.

Venus Vaughn said...

So, uh, what's your paypal account?