Squares for the Afghan project

I'm starting to receive squares for the afghan project.
We're going to have a very cheerful, colorful afghan. Lots of colors, lots of patterns. I will be receiving more squares later this week, and once I have them all I'll lay them all out, try to find the right colors to use for joining, and get it together. I'm really excited about this group project!

Caps to the Capital - help reduce infant mortality rates

Many of our members are involved in a crochet project now. If you knit or crochet, or just want to help newborns in developing countries survive, you may be interested in getting involved in the Caps To The Capital project.

Use the link above to read about this program.

Make s cap for a newborn. The caps and our letters will be sent to President Bush to demonstrate the need for the United States to do more to help newborn babies around the world. Each year, 2 million babies dies in the first 24 hours after birth because they don't have some of the simple things that they need to survive. We can help!

The deadline for this project is January 2, 2007. Download the project packet from the site above. It will provide you with addresses, patterns (for this project you must use the knit or crochet patterns that they suggest), and lots of information about the program.

If you would like to help but don't knit or crochet, this would be a great time to learn! I can't help you with knitting, but I'll be glad to help any of you with crochet tutorials.

And if you can't participate, you can certainly help spread the word.

Afghan project

seems like several of our members are getting very active with making squares for our afghan. I can't wait to see everyone's work and what our finished blanket looks like.

The group decided that we want to send this blanket to a family who recently lost a marine in Iraq.

Since it looks like we're all enjoying the crafting and the giving - I think this will be the first of many "EA Cares" projects.

Pet Causes

We all have our charities of choice and social concerns that touch our hearts. Sometimes people want to help, but don't know how.

I can become overwhelmed with my inability to make a large-scale difference. That's why I made a conscious decision to try to make small-scale changes. I can't cure cancer, but every chemo cap that I can make and donate might make a difference in one person's struggle with the disease. I can't donate $1 million dollars, and I feel like $5 here and there doesn't make a difference, but it does! If everyone does just a little bit, great things can be accomplished.

I don't want this blog to be a place where we ask for money or stand on a soapbox for our causes, but it can be a place where we share ideas and concerns. I'm hoping that blog members will feel free to post about issues that concern them, and provide ideas or links so that others who may choose to get involved will know how to begin.

Whether you're knitting a blanket for charity, writing to government officials, donating school supplies, sending cards to the troops - feel free to talk about it here. Maybe others will want to get involved, maybe not, but we can all make a difference simply by bringing issues to the forefront.