Hooks and Needles for Charity

Crocheting for Charity has become a passion for me.  It's my way of giving back.  It also keeps me mindful that, no matter how difficult I may think my life is, there are millions for whom is much, much harder.  Here is a list of charities I’ve found, yet I know there are so many others.  If you have others you’d like me to include, find I have listed groups that are no longer active, or if you would like to receive this as a Word.doc, feel free to message me – L.J. Roberts - Updated 27 July, 2023
 

Afghan Squares for Pine Ridge Reservation - This group knits and crochets afghan squares to benefit residents of South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation.  We accept blanket squares of all sizes and fibers. No square goes unloved or unused. The squares are sent to Pam in Louisiana. After seaming, she sends the finished afghans to Pine Ridge Reservation social service agencies or individual families who request them. - http://www.ravelry.com/groups/afghan-squares-for-pine-ridge-reservation

Binkie Patrol - We are an all volunteer, national, non-profit organization making and distributing homemade blankets to children born HIV+, drug-addicted, infected with AIDS or other chronic & terminal illnesses, those who are abused, in foster care or experiencing trauma of any kind. Our recipients are from 0-18.  - http://www.binkypatrol.org/   (from Angela Verry – SAS)

Bridge and Beyond - Our mission is to warm cold homeless people in need. We provide hand HAND KNIT AND CROCHETED items for men and women living outdoors in cold central Ohio (Bridge people), for women and children in desperate circumstance treated in 2 free clinics, abused and or homeless women living in temporary housing through Faith Mission, Men sleeping a night in The Shelter through Faith Mission, Families receiving a hot meal through Holy Family; and Homeless Families (men, women and children) living in temporary housing through The Homeless Families Foundation, and Families living in temporary shelters through The Y..., and families in need in Vinton Co. through St. Vincent de Paul, as well as multiple schools with kids in need. Hats, Scarves, Mittens, and Slippers hand knit or crocheted accepted all year long. Store bought socks also needed. - http://homelessbridge.blogspot.com/ - (From Sandie Stevens Petit – SAS) 

Christmas at Sea - Volunteer knitters from around the country knit garments as symbols of Seaman’s Church Institute (SCI’s) mission of hospitality. Each year, SCI distributes these warming gifts to mariners far away from home - http://www.seamenschurch.org/christmas-at-sea - (from Sandie Stevens Petit – SAS)

Cubs for Kids - Cubs for Kids is an organization started out of a love of children and a love of knitting to allow knitters to use their craft and left over yarn to create something that a child less fortunate would treasure forever.  - http://www.cubsforkids.com/

CureCaps Hat Project - In November 2007, we organized a grassroots effort called CureCaps and asked volunteers from around the world to help us fight deadly neurological diseases like Niemann Pick Type C by making hats to raise money for brain research. - http://addiandcassi.com/category/get-involved/curecaps/

Friends of Pine Ridge Reservation - Do you crochet, knit, or sew? Many organizations and individuals on Pine Ridge Reservation would love to receive your hand-crafted items. You’ll find free patterns for many items here, but feel free to make whatever you love working on – everything you can think of to craft is certainly needed! https://friendsofpineridgereservation.org/make-a-difference/crochet-knit-sew/ 

Hats For The Homeless  - knits and collects hats, scarves and gloves throughout the year. The weekend before Christmas at St. Francis Xavier's Soup Kitchen on West 15th Street in NYC, we distribute all these gift-wrapped items to the homeless. - http://www.hats4thehomeless.org/

Knit-a-square - Join our crochet and knitting for charity project to help make the abandoned children and AIDS orphans of southern Africa warm. - http://www.knit-a-square.com/  (From Jan Wilcox – SAS)

Knit Your Bit - Get out your knitting needles and help us keep our nation's veterans warm as we honor the 70th anniversary of America's entrance into WWII.  While we encourage knitters to use our patterns, we will accept any appropriate scarf. VA Centers have expressed their appreciation and are waiting for you to make a difference in veterans' lives this winter. - http://www.nationalww2museum.org/learn/knit-your-bit/ - (from Sandie Stevens Petit – SAS)

Knots-of-Love - We are dedicated to creating hand- made and heart warming crochet caps for people in need of some kindness and love. All Knots-of-Love creations are given free of charge to people who are battling cancer or other life threatening illnesses or injuries. - http://www.knots-of-love.org/

Luba's Blanket  - Knitting A Web of Compassion Throughout Lorain County, Ohio. - http://www.lubasblanket.org/

Mother Bear Project - is a grass-roots, non-profit group dedicated to providing comfort and hope to children, primarily those affected by HIV/AIDS in emerging nations, by giving them a gift of love in the form of hand-knit bears. - http://www.motherbearproject.org/

Newborns in Need - (NIN) is a charity organized to take care of sick and needy babies and their families; and in cases of crisis, to help where help is needed. - http://www.newbornsinneed.org/

Project Linus  - makes hand-made blankets and quilts that are then distributed to children of all ages in need. – http://www.projectlinus.org/

Red Scarf Project  - In 2005, OFA launched a unique initiative to warm the hearts (and necks) of college-bound foster youth. Their name has been changed to Foster Care for Success.  They began taking donations of handmade red scarves to put into our Valentine's Day Care Packages. - http://fc2success.org/what-we-do/programs/red-scarf-project/

Sew Caring - is a host of volunteers that sew, knit, crochet and quilt. Its primary focus is on needy children from birth to age five primarily in the Beltrami County, Minnesota area. - http://www.sewcaring.org/

Shawl Ministry - Compassion and the love of knitting/crocheting have been combined into a prayerful ministry and spiritual practice which reaches out to those in need of comfort and solace, as well as in celebration and joy. Many blessings are prayed into every shawl. - http://www.shawlministry.com/

Socks for Soldiers  - This group is about sending gifts of love to our soldiers in the Middle East. - https://socksforsoldiersinc.com/ 

Threads of Love  - is an outreach sewing ministry that strives to provide for some of the physical needs of tiny infants, while showing God's love to the babies' parents and families. - http://www.threadsoflove.org/

Warm Hearts Warm Babies - We are a group of kind hearted volunteers that help to make life easier for Colorado's tiniest citizens. We sew, knit, crochet, and quilt for premature infants and babies in need.  - http://www.warmheartswarmbabies.org/

Warm Up America - Create a warm afghan blanket for someone in need. That's what Warm Up America! is all about --- keeping people warm. Sound simple? Well, it is, and it works because you can make a difference whether you complete one small section or an entire afghan. - https://warmupamerica.org/