CHALLENGE #18-2022 IS COMPLETE!

Safe House Alliance for Non-Violence

Boulder, Colorado

In 2021 SPAN received over 9,000 calls to their hot line.  They provided 7,173 safe nights for 148 adults and 49 children".   "With the fast spread of Omicron, limiting exposure and social distancing has never been more important. We have kept our Shelter safely open and partnered with a few hotels to provide additional space for clients. Our clients’ locations remain confidential and safe. SPAN advocates have adapted their support systems to accommodate the increased space between clients."

SLIPPERS AND WASHCLOTHS 

(Requesting all slipper sizes be a neutral color)

15 Women Small -DONE

35 Women Medium -DONE

7 Women Large -DONE

3 Men/Teenage boys - DONE

16 Preteen -DONE

16 Youth -DONE

12 Toddler -DONE

8 Baby booties -DONE

100 Washcloths - DONE

PET COZIES

Pet blankets may be knitted, crocheted or sewn, but must be washable. Knit or crocheted blankets should be a tight weave, fairly thick (use several strands together or a single strand of #5 or #6 bulky yarn.) Suitable fabrics are denim, flannel, heavy cotton with batting in between layers and stitched from corner to corner so the batting doesn't bunch up when washed.

3 Small (20" X 20") -DONE

3 Medium (24" X 24") - DONE

3 Large (24" X 30") - DONE

Happy Hands:

10 skeins of yarn - DONE

10 pairs of knitting needles - DONE

10 crochet hooks -DONE

10 pairs of scissors (blunt tip) - DONE

10 yarn needles (large-eyed) - DONE

-You may send used knitting needles and crochet hooks, but please do not send plastic knitting needles if they are bowed or bent. No 14” knitting needles, please.

-Yarn: Worsted or bulky (#4 or #5) preferred. No partial skeins or balls.

-Knitting needles: 8” or 10”, single or double point. Circulars are fine, too. Preferred sizes for knitting needles are 7, 8, 9, 10, 10 1/2, 11.

-Crochet hooks: Preferred sizes are G, H, I, J, and K.

-Scissors: We ask that scissors be children’s blunt tipped scissors for safety reasons and they are sharp enough to cut yarn.

Mailing Deadline: June 17, 2022

Mail to:

Safe House Alliance for Non-Violence
835 North St.
Boulder, CO 80304

If you would like to make a pledge on this challenge, you may send it via email to:  ThePinkSlipperProject (at)gmail(dot)com or send it through the message box (top right).  Please include your full name and city/state and category or categories and the amount of each you wish to pledge.  If a size//gender category has already been filled, we will let you know and ask if there may be another size/gender that you would like to make and send.  Our challenges are also posted in our Facebook Group ('PSP Challenge Group') and most pledges are made there.  Please feel free to join our group there, too!

CHALLENGE #17-2022 is Complete

CHALLENGE #17-2022

Unalaskans Against Sexual Assault and Family Violence (USAFV)

Unalaska, Alaska

USAFV is located in beautiful Unalaska, Alaska, about 800 miles southwest of Anchorage.  Unalaska is accessible only by air or sea, so our community is small and isolated, but is also one of the most diverse communities in the state of Alaska, if not the nation.  People from all over the world come here to work in our fishing and transportation industries.

USAFV operates a 24-hour crisis line and a very small shelter. USAFV provides crisis intervention; shelter; safety planning; personal support; legal and other systems advocacy; information and referrals; and other services that improve the quality of life in Unalaska/Dutch Harbor.    Our target population is those who have experienced or witnessed domestic or sexual violence, child abuse, elder abuse, stalking, incest, other crimes. USAFV strives to provide services to all those who seek them; to increase awareness and prevention of interpersonal violence, sexual abuse, other violent crimes, and suicide; and to advocate for health and well-being.    

Due to the size of the shelter and limited storage, they have requested specific amounts and sizes. They are excited about Happy Hands as they have a small library and some of the books are about learning to knit and crochet!!

SLIPPERS AND WASHCLOTHS 

(For children, requesting neutral color)

2 Women Small - DONE

5 Women Medium - DONE

2 Women Large - DONE

2 Men/Teenage boys - DONE

3 Preteen - DONE

3 Youth - DONE

3 Toddler - DONE

3 Baby booties - DONE

30 Washcloths - DONE

Happy Hands:

10 skeins of yarn - DONE

10 pairs of knitting needles - DONE

10 crochet hooks - DONE

10 pairs of scissors (blunt tip) - DONE

10 yarn needles (large-eyed) - DONE

-You may send used knitting needles and crochet hooks, but please do not send plastic knitting needles if they are bowed or bent. No 14” knitting needles, please.

-Yarn: Worsted or bulky (#4 or #5) preferred. No partial skeins or balls.

-Knitting needles: 8” or 10”, single or double point. Circulars are fine, too. Preferred sizes for knitting needles are 7, 8, 9, 10, 10 1/2, 11.

-Crochet hooks: Preferred sizes are G, H, I, J, and K.

-Scissors: We ask that scissors be children’s blunt tipped scissors for safety reasons and they are sharp enough to cut yarn.

Mailing Deadline: June 10, 2022

Mail to:

USAFV
P.O. Box 36
Unalaska, AK 99685

If you would like to make a pledge on this challenge, you may send it via email to:  ThePinkSlipperProject (at)gmail(dot)com or send it through the message box (top right).  Please include your full name and city/state and category or categories and the amount of each you wish to pledge.  If a size//gender category has already been filled, we will let you know and ask if there may be another size/gender that you would like to make and send.  Our challenges are also posted in our Facebook Group ('PSP Challenge Group') and most pledges are made there.  Please feel free to join our group there, too!

CHALLENGE #16-2022 IS COMPLETE!

CHALLENGE #16-2022

Safe Harbor  
Ashland, Kentucky  

"You have the right to a life free of violence. You deserve individualized, survivor-centered advocacy that responds to your unique safety and healing needs.

Our dedication to inclusion and non-discrimination in our organization and the community is steadfast. We honor the link between intimate partner abuse and other forms of oppression. No one will be denied opportunity for employment, shelter, housing, or participation in programming and services, now will they be subject to   discrimination in any project, program, or activity, on the basis of actual or perceived age, race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, familial status, pregnancy, handicap or disability, disabled veteran, Vietnam era veteran, or other protected status."

SLIPPERS AND WASHCLOTHS 

(Requesting colors be more of a neutral color)

20 Women Small -DONE

40 Women Medium -DONE

15 Women Large - DONE

10 Men/Teenage boys -DONE

10 Preteen Girls -DONE

10 Preteen Boys -DONE

10 Youth Girls -DONE

10 Youth Boys -DONE

10 Toddler Girls -DONE

10 Toddler Boys -DONE

5 Baby girl booties -DONE

5 Baby boy booties - DONE

150 Washcloths -DONE

PET COZIES

Pet blankets may be knitted, crocheted or sewn, but must be washable. Knit or crocheted blankets should be a tight weave, fairly thick (use several strands together or a single strand of #5 or #6 bulky yarn.) Suitable fabrics are denim, flannel, heavy cotton with batting in between layers and stitched from corner to corner so the batting doesn't bunch up when washed.

3 X-Small (14"x 18") - DONE

3 Small (20" X 20") - DONE

3 Medium (24" X 24") -DONE

3 Large (24" X 30") -DONE

3 X -Large (36" X 36") -DONE

Happy Hands:

12 skeins of yarn -DONE

12 pairs of knitting needles -DONE

12 crochet hooks -DONE

12 pairs of scissors (blunt tip) -DONE

12 yarn needles (large-eyed) -DONE

-You may send used knitting needles and crochet hooks, but please do not send plastic knitting needles if they are bowed or bent. No 14” knitting needles, please.

-Yarn: Worsted or bulky (#4 or #5) preferred. No partial skeins or balls.

-Knitting needles: 8” or 10”, single or double point. Circulars are fine, too. Preferred sizes for knitting needles are 7, 8, 9, 10, 10 1/2, 11.

-Crochet hooks: Preferred sizes are G, H, I, J, and K.

-Scissors: We ask that scissors be children’s blunt tipped scissors for safety reasons and they are sharp enough to cut yarn.

Mailing Deadline: June 4, 2022

Mail to:

Ann Perkins
3700 Landsdowne Dr.
Ashland, KY 41102

If you would like to make a pledge on this challenge, you may send it via email to:  ThePinkSlipperProject (at)gmail(dot)com or send it through the message box (top right).  Please include your full name and city/state and category or categories and the amount of each you wish to pledge.  If a size//gender category has already been filled, we will let you know and ask if there may be another size/gender that you would like to make and send.  Our challenges are also posted in our Facebook Group ('PSP Challenge Group') and most pledges are made there.  Please feel free to join our group there, too!

CHALLENGE #15-2022 is Complete

CHALLENGE #15-2022

Crisis Center of South Suburbia

Tinley Park, Illinois

"YWCA is on a mission."  We are on a mission to be a place for women and children to turn as they escape violence, homelessness, and crisis. We are on a mission to provide safety, warmth, and hope to those who need it most. We are on a mission to walk alongside each woman, support her as she heals, and remind her of her incredible worth. We are on a mission to empower her to transform her life. We are on a mission to watch her triumph as she moves from fear to freedom, breaking the cycles of poverty and violence and creating a better life for herself and her family." 

SLIPPERS AND WASHCLOTHS

15 Women Small - DONE

25 Women Medium - DONE

10 Women Large - DONE

6 Teenage boys - DONE

8 Preteen Girls - DONE

8 Preteen Boys - DONE

8 Youth Girls -DONE

8 Youth Boys -DONE

8 Toddler Girls -DONE

8 Toddler Boys - DONE

6 Baby booties (neutral colors) -DONE

110 Washcloths -DONE

Happy Hands:

12 skeins of yarn - DONE

12 knitting needles - DONE

12 crochet hooks - DONE

12 pairs of scissors (blunt tip) -DONE

12 yarn needles (large-eyed) -DONE

-You may send used knitting needles and crochet hooks, but please do not send plastic knitting needles if they are bowed or bent. No 14” knitting needles, please.

-Yarn: Worsted or bulky (#4 or #5) preferred. No partial skeins or balls.

-Knitting needles: 8” or 10”, single or double point. Circulars are fine, too. Preferred sizes for knitting needles are 7, 8, 9, 10, 10 1/2, 11.

-Crochet hooks: Preferred sizes are G, H, I, J, and K.

-Scissors: We ask that scissors be children’s blunt tipped scissors for safety reasons and they are sharp enough to cut yarn.

Mailing Deadline: May 27, 2022

Mail to:

Janice Barry
7700 Timber Drive
Tinley Park, IL 60477

If you would like to make a pledge on this challenge, you may send it via email to:  ThePinkSlipperProject (at)gmail(dot)com or send it through the message box (top right).  Please include your full name and city/state and category or categories and the amount of each you wish to pledge.  If a size//gender category has already been filled, we will let you know and ask if there may be another size/gender that you would like to make and send.  Our challenges are also posted in our Facebook Group ('PSP Challenge Group') and most pledges are made there.  Please feel free to join our group there, too!

CHALLENGE #14-2022 IS COMPLETE!

CHALLENGE #14-2022

YWCA Cass Clay

Fargo, North Dakota

 "YWCA is on a mission.  We are on a mission to be a place for women and children to turn as they escape violence, homelessness, and crisis. We are on a mission to provide safety, warmth, and hope to those who need it most. We are on a mission to walk alongside each woman, support her as she heals, and remind her of her incredible worth. We are on a mission to empower her to transform her life. We are on a mission to watch her triumph as she moves from fear to freedom, breaking the cycles of poverty and violence and creating a better life for herself and her family." 

SLIPPERS AND WASHCLOTHS

20 Women Small - DONE

40 Women Medium - DONE

15 Women Large -  DONE

10 Men/Teenage boys -DONE

10 Preteen Girls - DONE

10 Preteen Boys -DONE

10 Youth Girls - DONE

10 Youth Boys -DONE

10 Toddler Girls - DONE

10 Toddler Boys - DONE

5 Baby girl booties - DONE

5 Baby boy booties - DONE

150 Washcloths -DONE

PET COZIES

Pet blankets may be knitted, crocheted or sewn, but must be washable. Knit or crocheted blankets should be a tight weave, fairly thick (use several strands together or a single strand of #5 or #6 bulky yarn.) Suitable fabrics are denim, flannel, heavy cotton with batting in between layers and stitched from corner to corner so the batting doesn't bunch up when washed.

3 X-Small (14"x 18") -  DONE

3 Small (20" X 20") - DONE

3 Medium (24" X 24") -DONE

3 Large (24" X 30") -DONE

3 X -Large (36" X 36") -  DONE

Happy Hands:

12 skeins of yarn - DONE

12 pairs of knitting needles - DONE

12 crochet hooks -DONE

12 pairs of scissors (blunt tip) - DONE

12 yarn needles (large-eyed) - DONE

-You may send used knitting needles and crochet hooks, but please do not send plastic knitting needles if they are bowed or bent. No 14” knitting needles, please.

-Yarn: Worsted or bulky (#4 or #5) preferred. No partial skeins or balls.

-Knitting needles: 8” or 10”, single or double point. Circulars are fine, too. Preferred sizes for knitting needles are 7, 8, 9, 10, 10 1/2, 11.

-Crochet hooks: Preferred sizes are G, H, I, J, and K.

-Scissors: We ask that scissors be children’s blunt tipped scissors for safety reasons and they are sharp enough to cut yarn.

Mailing Deadline: May 20, 2022

Mail to:

Delaney Halloran

3000 South University

Fargo, ND 58103

If you would like to make a pledge on this challenge, you may send it via email to:  ThePinkSlipperProject (at)gmail(dot)com or send it through the message box (top right).  Please include your full name and city/state and category or categories and the amount of each you wish to pledge.  If a size//gender category has already been filled, we will let you know and ask if there may be another size/gender that you would like to make and send.  Our challenges are also posted in our Facebook Group ('PSP Challenge Group') and most pledges are made there.  Please feel free to join our group there, too!

CHALLENGE #13-2022 IS COMPLETE!

CHALLENGE #13-2022

Circle of Hope 
Cornelia, Georgia

Our goals are to provide 24-hour support and crisis intervention services for victims and their dependent children while assisting with developing and implementing plans for their safety and independence; to provide community education, training, and publicity about the issues and effects of domestic violence; and to adhere to professional policies and practices in order to maintain administrative excellence and sound financial management

SLIPPERS AND WASHCLOTHS

20 Women Small - DONE

40 Women Medium - DONE

15 Women Large -  DONE

10 Men/Teenage boys -DONE

15 Preteen Girls -DONE

15 Preteen Boys -DONE

20 Youth Girls - DONE

20 Youth Boys -DONE

20 Toddler Girls - DONE

20 Toddler Boys - DONE

6 Baby girl booties - DONE

6 Baby boy booties - DONE

200 Washcloths -DONE

PET COZIES

Pet blankets may be knitted, crocheted or sewn, but must be washable. Knit or crocheted blankets should be a tight weave, fairly thick (use several strands together or a single strand of #5 or #6 bulky yarn.) Suitable fabrics are denim, flannel, heavy cotton with batting in between layers and stitched from corner to corner so the batting doesn't bunch up when washed.

3 X-Small (14"x 18") - DONE

3 Small (20" X 20") - DONE

3 Medium (24" X 24") -DONE

3 Large (24" X 30") -DONE

3 X -Large (36" X 36") -  DONE

Happy Hands:

12 skeins of yarn - DONE

12 pairs of knitting needles -DONE

12 crochet hooks -DONE

12 pairs of scissors (blunt tip) - DONE

12 yarn needles (large-eyed) - DONE

-You may send used knitting needles and crochet hooks, but please do not send plastic knitting needles if they are bowed or bent. No 14” knitting needles, please.

-Yarn: Worsted or bulky (#4 or #5) preferred. No partial skeins or balls.

-Knitting needles: 8” or 10”, single or double point. Circulars are fine, too. Preferred sizes for knitting needles are 7, 8, 9, 10, 10 1/2, 11.

-Crochet hooks: Preferred sizes are G, H, I, J, and K.

-Scissors: We ask that scissors be children’s blunt tipped scissors for safety reasons and they are sharp enough to cut yarn.

Mailing Deadline: May 11, 2022

Mail to:

Circle of Hope

Attn:  Kayla Hubbard

PO Box 833

Cornelia, GA  30531

If you would like to make a pledge on this challenge, you may send it via email to:  ThePinkSlipperProject (at)gmail(dot)com or send it through the message box (top right).  Please include your full name and city/state and category or categories and the amount of each you wish to pledge.  If a size//gender category has already been filled, we will let you know and ask if there may be another size/gender that you would like to make and send.  Our challenges are also posted in our Facebook Group ('PSP Challenge Group') and most pledges are made there.  Please feel free to join our group there, too!