I was born and raised in Staten Island, New York. Since Hurricane Sandy hit last week I have seen my hometown destroyed via photos on the Internet. I see Facebook posts of old friends talking about the destruction, the suffering and the loss. My heart is in pain from the devastation that Hurricane Sandy left behind. While I have made my obligatory Red Cross donation, collected donation items and drove them to the right places I feel like I need to do more. It’s getting so cold out and people have lost everything.
As the granddaughter, daughter and niece of knitters and crocheters I thought by collecting handmade hats and giving them out directly to in the communities that lost I could bring a little bit of warmth and love from knitters and crocheters. So I have created Spreading the Warmth: One Hat at a Time.
I decided I could unite some people, maybe gather up 50 or so hats and bring them home to Staten Island. To the families that have lost EVERYTHING!!! A friend of a friend from Staten Island made me a flyer that I started sharing it a little on Facebook late Monday night and Tuesday Morning. Tuesday alone I had 671 hits to my blog post about it, about 100 emails and Facebook messages and EVERYONE wanted to help. I mean EVERYONE….From Canada, to Israel, to The Netherlands, Orlando, Wisconsin, Iowa, California, Nevada AND SO MANY more places I can’t list them all.
I’m looking for more!!
Are you a knitter? Do you Crochet? Together we can Spread the Warmth, One Hat at a Time…..
You can follow the collect progress and cheer on everyone on Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/FinneganAndTheHughes
Email me- hatsforhurricane@gmail.com
Tonight….I too, am picking up my needles
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About Me…I grew up in Staten Island, New York and my family moved to New Jersey when I was 18 years old. I say things like Pay-pa and waddaa sometimes and try to cover my thick accent! When I escaped working in New York City for a new life in Philadelphia I started dating my now husband Rob. We have two children, Derek is 4 and Hayley is 2. Finnegan is our 5 year old Australian Shepherd and really more like a third child than a dog. All of our children love to sleep in our bed!! I blog over at www.finneganandthehughes.com
Thank you for visiting. I hope I can continue this project here in my township. This is great!
I love how many crafters are out there! I started to knit because of my grandmother.
How many hand made items did you grow up with? My kids are begging for Harry Potter gear.
Jordan, thanks for stopping by! I would love to see this idea extend beyond victims from Sandy to all people of need.
What an awesome idea and great cause. I wish I knew how to knit or crochet. But I will definitely pass on the word.
Oh wow! I was just talking about the crochet hats my great aunt use to make. Great idea and with the weather getting colder these will come in handy!
This is an amazing idea. I’m going to share it with my mother. She is a knitter!
I tried to give this stars and some how I’m giving out negative stars. Sorry! But I’m sharing! I love this idea.
I’m happy to help!
Thank you so much helping spread the word!!!