At present one of the good causes I am supporting is a local charity who are trying to raise £300,000 to get a dialysis unit here on the island so that kidney patients don't have to take the long and tiring journey to the mainland 3 times a week for treatment.
Recently, sales have been a bit on the slow side but as I am still crocheting away, my stash of completed items is growing ever larger.
I've been enjoying making the wrist warmers - they are so quick and easy to make and are nice and warm to wear.
So I had an idea.
Knowing that the weather is getting colder I wondered if there were any charities or organisations that supported homeless people who could make use of some pairs of these wrist warmers. I thought a pair of them in a ziplock bag with maybe a pack of tissue and a few others bits and bobs would make a nice and welcome gesture to a homeless person.
I can't afford to donate much money to the causes I support but I can donate my time in making up these packs and also by making other items and donating them to help raise funds.
So I put a tweet up asking if anyone knew of any homeless outreach organisations who might be interested in some of these packs. I picked Birmingham and Glasgow as the former is my hometown and the latter is the nearest city to me now.
Not long after the lovely Sue from Beanies Masato got in touch with some contact details for a couple of organisations so I will be sorting things out with them and sending off some goodies. More details to follow about that. Please pop over and check out their website. They donate a beanie to a homeless outreach organisation for every one purchased. The beanies are great and very funky.
So, all I've got to do now is make contact with the organisations and see if they want any of my handmade goodies. Will let you know how it goes.
See you soon.
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