***NEW*** CHALLENGE #16 - 2016

SAFE NEST
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

****CHALLENGE COMPLETED****

Safe Nest was opened in 1978 with 12 beds. Today 39 years later, they are the largest - with 70 beds - and the most comprehensive domestic violence program in Nevada.
All shelters rely on donations from the public to maintain the level of service. Donations can be in any form. They all love money, of course. Many shelters have a Wish List on their website of items that are needed such as laundry detergent to socks. I often see slippers and washcloths.

If you live in the Las Vegas area, you have likely seen purple and white donation bins. They belong to Safe Nest and have been placed throughout the Las Vegas Valley area. They are emptied on a regular basis and have proven to be a very effective method to increase donations.

So, today, we are going to make a donation to Safe Nest. Our donation will provide warmth for toes of all sizes and we hope they help warm the soul as well.

So let's get busy and make a pledge to Safe Nest:


 75 women - DONE

   5 teen 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 booties girls - DONE

    5 booties boys - DONE


150 washcloths - DONE



Mailing Deadline: May 31, 2016


Send to:

Safe Nest
Attention:  Chris R.
2915 W. Charleston Blvd. Ste. 12
Las Vegas, NV 89102


Please send your pledge by way of a comment on this post or through a signup message at the top right of the page.  If a category that you pledge is filled before we receive your pledge, we will let you know as soon as possible.

NEW CHALLENGE TO BE POSTED TODAY!

Our last challenge (on our Facebook page), a Cozies for Pets challenge for the Circle of Hope shelter in Georgia, was a success!    All pet blankets requested were pledged!

We now have a NEW SHELTER CHALLENGE......in Nevada.....that will be posted around 1:00 PM (Eastern) today (Wednesday).   We hope you will join in with us to help warm hearts and toes there as soon as possible.


Rachel, Judy, and Lynne

CHALLENGE #15 OF 2016 HAS BEEN COMPLETED!   Thank you to everyone who made pledges.  The mission of The Pink Slipper Project could not be accomplished without everyone's help.....whether you pledge one pair of slippers or one washcloth or many.  We appreciate all of you and hope that you will continue to join in as often as you are able.

Stay tuned, though.  The Circle of Hope shelter has a pet program in place, so we will be doing a "Cozies for Pets" challenge very shortly to send them some nice cozy, handmade blankets for their fur babies that are staying there, too.

CHALLENGE #15 - 2016

CIRCLE OF HOPE
CORNELIA, GEORGIA

**** CHALLENGE COMPLETED ****
Circle of Hope is a small, 17-bed domestic violence shelter. It is a confidential shelter in an undisclosed location for safety. In 2011, Circle of Hope was gifted a large home and, with a transitional grant, they now have 29 housing units for survivors leaving the shelter. These housing units include one for single women, women over 50, and those with handicaps.

For Circle of Hope we will need the following:

30 women's - DONE

  5 preteen girls - DONE

  5 preteen boys - DONE

  5 youth girls - DONE

  5 youth boys - DONE

  5 toddler girls - DONE

   5 toddler boys - DONE

  5 girls booties - DONE

  5 boys booties - DONE

70 washcloths - DONE


MAILING DEADLINE: MAY 14, 2016

MAIL TO:

SUZANNE DOW
P. O. BOX 833
CORNELIA, GEORGIA 30531



REMEMBER: THIS IS A CONFIDENTIAL SHELTER. PLEASE USE THE EXACT ADDRESS AS LISTED ABOVE AND DO NOT INCLUDE THE NAME OF THE SHELTER. THANK YOU.

**** THERE WILL BE A "COZIES FOR PETS" CHALLENGE FOR THIS SHELTER WHEN THIS CHALLENGE HAS BEEN COMPLETED! ****

NEW CHALLENGE COMING!

A new challenge will be posted both here on the blog and on our Facebook page later this morning (Thursday, April 14th).   We hope you will check back with us and join in on the new challenge.   Most of our challenge pledges are received through our Facebook page; however, we try to keep the "numbers still needed" in each category updated here on the blog as quickly as possible.   If you make a pledge through the blog and the categories you have pledged have been filled, we will get back to you as soon as we possibly can.

Rachel, Judy, and Lynne

CHALLENGE #14 - 2016

AVALON CENTER
CROSSVILLE, TENNESSEE

**** CHALLENGE COMPLETED ****

The Avalon Center in Crossville, TN, serves a five-county area. There are many programs available, including professional counseling to help heal from the trauma of domestic violence.  A children's advocate works with the children in-shelter to address fear, the trauma and guilt with being a child of or witness to domestic violence.  Crisis intervention is available 24/7. A counseling and education program for domestic violence offenders is designed to intervene with domestic violence offenders to stop the violence immediately and provide instruction on making long- term changes.

We would like to send:

30 women - DONE

  5 booties – neutral colors - DONE

  6 toddler girls - DONE

  6 toddler boys - DONE

  6 youth girls - DONE

  6 youth boys  -  DONE

  6 preteen girls  -  DONE

  6 preteen boys  -  DONE

  3 teen boys - DONE

70 washcloths – DONE


For washcloths, please use white or light colors whenever possible. No dark
or bright colors. Thanks.

Mailing Deadline: May 6, 2016


THIS IS A CONFIDENTIAL SHELTER. AS ALWAYS PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE THE SHELTER NAME IN THE ADDRESS.


Send to:

Sarah Cannon
P.O. Box 3063
Crossville, TN 38557

Thanks to a final pledge from one of our newest members, Elaine, CHALLENGE #13 OF 2016 has been COMPLETED!!   We hope that many hearts and toes in Meridian, Mississippi, will be warmed with all of your wonderful handmade slippers and washcloths!

Rachel is working on getting all of the information ready for our next challenge - and it may be a bigger one - so, if you didn't get in on the last challenge, we hope that you will start or continue making slippers and washcloths in your favorite sizes so that you will be ready to pledge when the next shelter challenge is posted.   Don't forget - we have a "Sizing Chart" which can be found in the right hand column, which lists a breakdown of the slipper sizes (by gender/age) that we usually request for each challenge.   You can use our Signature Pink Slipper patterns or any pattern of your choosing (no decorations on children's/babies slippers due to a possible choking hazard, please).  

When a challenge is posted, which includes the numbers of slippers/washcloths requested for that specific shelter, our members post a "pledge" to make a specific number of slippers and/or washcloths and send them directly to the address listed in the challenge information.   We do not have a central location to store slippers and washcloths made by our members and then send them out to various shelters.  Instead of sending them to us, you are sending them directly to the shelter that you made them for!   

We work mainly from our Facebook page, so if you would like to join us there, we would love to have you.  But if not, you can join in on challenges as we list them here.  We try to keep the numbers still needed in each category updated as quickly as possible (as most pledges come in on the Facebook page).   Just put your pledge in a "comment" on the challenge post and we will receive it.   Occasionally, a pledge will come in for a category that has been filled.  If so, we will get back to you and let you know as quickly as we can.

WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US NEXT TIME!    KEEP WATCHING!

Rachel, Judy, and Lynne