CHALLENGE COMPLETED!

Challenge #9 of 2016 has been completed!   Thanks to everyone for your continued support.   If you missed out on this challenge, we will have another one posted before too long.    Stay tuned!

Rachel, Judy, and Lynne

CHALLENGE #9 - 2016

HOPE UNLIMITED

IOLA, KANSAS

*****CHALLENGE COMPLETED*****

Hope Unlimited has a Young Philanthropist Club for under 18 children. These young folks gather various things for guest bags for the residents and the shelter. These items include postage stamps, asking for loose change, making treats for the kids, donating time to work at the shelter or collecting needed items for the programs.

There is a virtual tour of the shelter on their website. I saw a cozy and comfortable living room with lots of recliners to curl up in and many other rooms that were very cozy and a very homey atmosphere.

For Hope Unlimited we need:

25 women - DONE

5 preteen girls - DONE

5 preteen boys  -  DONE

5 youth girls - DONE

5 youth boys -  DONE

15 toddler girls -  DONE

15 toddler boys - DONE

8 booties for girls - DONE

8 booties for boys  -  DONE

75 Washcloths - DONE

PLEASE SEND EVERYTHING BY:    March 28, 2016.

MAIL TO:

Katrina Fernandez

8 North Washington Ave.

Iola, KS 66749


Please post your pledge in a comment below and we will get it by email.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

Rachel, Judy, and Lynne

COZIES CHALLENGE COMPLETED!

COZIES FOR PETS #3 OF 2016 has been COMPLETED! Thanks, everyone, for your pledges!  We have so many pet lovers and owners in our group that these challenges always go quickly.

It always saddens me to think about all of the wonderful pets that sometimes have to be left behind to suffer abuse because DV victims are not always allowed to bring pets to the shelters. However, more and more, we are seeing that shelters across the US are recognizing that many victims won't leave if it means leaving beloved pets behind to possibly be abused after they are gone.  KUDOS to all these shelters that now have facilities on site or programs in place to foster or adopt these pets!      (Judy)

COZIES FOR PETS #3 - 2016

GATEWAY BATTERED WOMEN'S SERVICES,AURORA, COLORADO

*****CHALLENGE COMPLETED*****

We would like to do a Cozies for Pets challenge for the Gateway shelter (Challenge #7) and would like to send them the following number of pet blankets:

3 – 20 X 20   -   DONE

3 – 24 X 24   -   DONE

2 – 24 X 30   -   DONE

Blankets can be crocheted, knitted, or sewn. If crocheted or knitted, please use several strands of worsted weight or at least one strand of bulky or extra bulky acrylic yarn and a simple pattern without holes. If you are making fabric blankets, use fleece, flannel (with a filler), corduroy or similar warm material. All blankets must be washable!

MAILING DEADLINE:   MARCH 9-10, 2016          (If you also pledged slippers and/or washcloths for this shelter, you can hold them and send everything together if you wish, as we extended this deadline.)

MAIL TO:

JENEEN KLIPPEL

P. O. BOX 914

AURORA, COLORADO 80040

CHALLENGE COMPLETED!

Thanks to our last few pledges from Carrie Brewer, Linda Westby, and Jan Oswald, we have now completed our 8th challenge of 2016! This one went along very quickly.

I need to double-check with Rachel, but I think we still need to do a Cozies for Pets challenge for the Gateway Battered Women's Services shelter in Aurora, Colorado (challenge #7). If so, we will put it up soon.

Judy

CHALLENGE #8 - 2016

WOMEN'S & CHILDRENS HORIZONS

KENOSHA, WISCONSIN

*****CHALLENGE COMPLETED*****

Women and Children's Horizons has served victims and child witnesses of domestic violence in the emergency safety shelter since 1976. The emergency shelter houses up to 25-35 women and children and is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Victims and their children are able to stay in the shelter for 30 days to maintain their safety and begin living an abuse-free life. Each year the emergency shelter provides a safe haven for over 300 women and children, providing over 6,000 nights in shelter and 10,000 hot meals.

Following is what we would like to provide for this shelter:

30 Women's - DONE

2 Teen Boys - DONE

6 Preteen Girls - DONE

6 Preteen Boys - DONE

6 Youth Girls - DONE

6 Youth Boys - DONE

4 Toddler Girls - DONE

4 Toddler Boys - DONE

4 Booties (generic) - DONE

70 Washcloths - DONE


PLEASE MAIL BY: SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 2016

MAILING ADDRESS:

WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S HORIZONS
ATTN: DONATIONS
2525 - 63rd STREET
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN 53143

UPDATE!

We finished up 2015 with our 40th challenge - for Friends Against Abuse in International Falls, Minnesota.   Everyone was very busy getting ready for the holidays and we decided to take a little break at the Pink Slipper Project.  By late December, we were ready to gear up for the new year with our first new challenge for 2016.  

We have already finished seven (7) new slipper and washcloth challenges for 2016, plus three (3) Cozies for Pets and two (2) Happy Hands challenges for several of the shelters who allowed pets at the shelter and/or an arts/crafts program with crocheting and knitting opportunities.   These challenges were all posted and pledged on our Facebook page.   

So far in 2016, we have done challenges for:

• Christine Ann Domestic Abuse Services, Oshkosh, Wisconsin  (80 slippers, 80 washcloths, plus 8 skeins of yarn, 8 pr. knitting needles, 8 crochet hooks, 8 scissors, and 8 yarn needles
• Asian-Americans for Community Involvement, San Jose, California  (200 slippers, 200 washcloths
• Turning Point, Kemmerer, Wyoming  (80 slippers, 85 washcloths)
• Haven of Hope (HOPE Coalition), Red Wing, Minnesota  (103 slippers, 100 washcloths)
• Serenity Shelter, Mountain Home, Arkansas  (80 slippers, 80 washcloths, 6 pet blankets)
• Underground Railroad, Saginaw, Michigan  (108 slippers, 100 washcloths, 5 pet blankets, 10 skeins of yarn, 10 pr. knitting needles, 10 crochet hooks, 10 scissors, and 10 yarn needles
• Gateway Battered Women's Services, Aurora, Colorado  (66 slippers, 70 washcloths,)  Cozies for Pets challenge upcoming soon.

Our next challenge (for Women's & Children's Horizons in Kenosha, Wisconsin) will be posted shortly both here and on our Facebook page.   As pledges come in, the numbers still needed in each category will be updated in both places.

If you would like to make a pledge, please place it in a comment on the challenge post and we will get it.   There is a Sizing Chart in the right-hand column that will give you the approximate size of the slippers in each category.   Crocheted or knitted washcloths should be made with cotton yarn (not acrylic),  7" - 10", any colors.  Use any patterns you wish.

Each challenge will include a "mail by" date and the address where you should send your items once you have made them.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask us!    

Rachel, Judy, and Lynne