Hats for Our Soldiers

We, the knitting group, received a military address today so we are mailing out the hats to soldiers this week. Our output is particularly wonderful when you take into account that many of us are beginning knitters, some of us have arthritic fingers, others work all day, and some take care of children from sunrise to sunset. But we know that knitting is good for the soul, and making the world better for others is priceless.  Click, click, we continue knitting.
  

Cleaning Closets

A new project to TWA is the Community Housing Network (CHN) project.  The TWA committee (Jeanette, Karen A., and Diane C.) partnered with CHN to decide how these local non profits can help each other. Our first project was to help fill the 'Cleaning Closet' pantry.  This pantry of items not normally supplied to the clients of CHN include such things as paper goods, personal care items, and household cleaning supplies.  Even though these items are not required to sustain life such as food is, these items often times mean living with dignity or not.

 

The TWA committee worked with several merchants to purchase boxes of items.  Once purchased we loaded the items in the back of two vehicles and delivered them to CHN with the help of CJ Felton, Development Assistant at CHN. 

As social workers make calls on their clients they will take them an additional care package of soap, shampoo, toothbrushes, household cleaning supplies, and paper goods from the 'Cleaning Closet'.

CHN provides affordable housing to those with disabilities or those who on the verge of becoming homeless.  Their annual fund raiser, Raise the Roof for affordable housing is scheduled for Oct. 6, 2011 at the Royal Park Place in Rochester.

www.communityhousingnetwork.org

Diane Claeys

Knitted in Appreciation

Mount Washcloths

Knitters among the Troy Women's Association have started a new project, knitting. After less than five months, we have knitted one hundred washcloths for our soldiers in the middle east. Well, our Mary took care of 80, the rest of us awarded her with great praise as we looked at our less robust pile. We learned from warmthforwarriers.com that soldiers take the washcloths, wet them down and use them under their helmets. After contacting an officer from the 35^th Infantry Regiment recently deployed to Afghanistan, our mountain of work is on it's way—as our expression of appreciation.