Good afternoon, Pink Slipper-makers! Are you getting a head start on the next challenge? If you missed out on making a pledge on the last one, a new Challenge will be posted fairly soon. Be on the lookout! In the meantime, slippers and washcloths are small, portable projects to carry along with you anywhere! For those of you who are new to our group, we make slippers and washcloths in ALL colors - not just pink!
We completed pledging another challenge in record time! Kate pledged the youth sizes to finish it up. With such great members, these challenges are a breeze!
With the Cape Cod shelter, we have sent 2258 pairs of slippers and 1713 washcloths to 20 shelters so far in 2014. Those figures spell out what a wonderful group we have and your dedication to sending love and caring to abused women and children.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!
Rachel and Judy
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Cape Cod Center for Women - North Falmouth, MA
(***Challenge Completed***)
We are pleased to once again be sending slippers to the Cape Cod Shelter for Women. They serve all of Cape Cod, including the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Since the founding in 2000, they have given sanctuary to over 500 families and received over 10,000 calls to their hotline.
For this Challenge, we will need the following number of slippers:
15 women's - DONE
8 booties in unisex colors - DONE
15 toddlers in unisex colors - DONE
15 youth in unisex colors - DONE
Washcloths - not requested
Mailing Deadline: June 23, 2014
Mail to:
Shelter Manager
P. O. Box 141
North Falmouth, MA. 02556
Pledges have been made by:
Vickie Lea Archibald - 5 youth
Jonlyn Jeter - 5 women's
Danine & Victoria Johnson - 3 women's
Jill Miller - 3 booties, 2 youth
Christina Harris - 5 toddler, 2 women's
Carole Morales - 3 women's
Grammie Joyce - 3 toddlers, 2 youths
Theresa Murphy - 2 women's
Kate Sheen - 6 youths
Thora Donar - 7 toddlers
Peggy Edmondson Grow - 2 youths
Julia Bunch - 5 booties
We are pleased to once again be sending slippers to the Cape Cod Shelter for Women. They serve all of Cape Cod, including the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Since the founding in 2000, they have given sanctuary to over 500 families and received over 10,000 calls to their hotline.
For this Challenge, we will need the following number of slippers:
15 women's - DONE
8 booties in unisex colors - DONE
15 toddlers in unisex colors - DONE
15 youth in unisex colors - DONE
Washcloths - not requested
Mailing Deadline: June 23, 2014
Mail to:
Shelter Manager
P. O. Box 141
North Falmouth, MA. 02556
Pledges have been made by:
Vickie Lea Archibald - 5 youth
Jonlyn Jeter - 5 women's
Danine & Victoria Johnson - 3 women's
Jill Miller - 3 booties, 2 youth
Christina Harris - 5 toddler, 2 women's
Carole Morales - 3 women's
Grammie Joyce - 3 toddlers, 2 youths
Theresa Murphy - 2 women's
Kate Sheen - 6 youths
Thora Donar - 7 toddlers
Peggy Edmondson Grow - 2 youths
Julia Bunch - 5 booties
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Another Challenge Complete and New YTD Totals
Well, you definitely have to be quick to get in on Challenges here at the Pink Slipper Project! The Monadnock Center challenge was posted yesterday and today we had pledges for all of the slippers and washcloths! How fantastic are our members!! THE BEST!!!
Just to keep you up to date on just how great our members are, as of 5/24/14, our members have pledged/sent out 2,205 pairs of handmade slippers and 1,708 handmade washcloths to shelters across the country! Something to be very proud of....and it's only the end of May. We still have seven more months to go in 2014!
If you haven't had an opportunity to make a challenge pledge yet, there will be many more challenges coming. Get your knitting needles, crochet hooks, and sewing machines warmed up and start making slippers and/or washcloths right now and put them in your stash and be ready ahead of time for the next challenge. Another one will be posted soon!
Judy
Just to keep you up to date on just how great our members are, as of 5/24/14, our members have pledged/sent out 2,205 pairs of handmade slippers and 1,708 handmade washcloths to shelters across the country! Something to be very proud of....and it's only the end of May. We still have seven more months to go in 2014!
If you haven't had an opportunity to make a challenge pledge yet, there will be many more challenges coming. Get your knitting needles, crochet hooks, and sewing machines warmed up and start making slippers and/or washcloths right now and put them in your stash and be ready ahead of time for the next challenge. Another one will be posted soon!
Judy
Friday, May 23, 2014
Monadnock Center for Violence Prevention
We have another new Challenge! (This is not the one mentioned previously that we will be doing in early June, along with Springfield Stitches for a Cause.)
MONADNOCK CENTER FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION
Keene, New Hampshire (***CHALLENGE COMPLETED***)
“Breaking the Cycle: We believe prevention and intervention must be at work simultaneously until we reach our vision.
Empowerment and Self-Determination: We believe in the right to have control over one's body, mind and spirit.
Health: We believe that individual, organization, and community health are interrelated and that trauma exposure can impact health and well-being.”
These are just some of the Core Values of the Monadnock Center for Violence Prevention. They are situated in the southern New Hampshire town of Keene.
They would like our 'famed' slippers and washcloths. So here we go!
45 women - DONE
3 teen boys - DONE
5 teen girls - DONE
3 preteen girls - DONE
3 preteen boys - DONE
3 youth girls - DONE
3 youth boys DONE
3 toddler girls - DONE
3 toddler boys - DONE
2 booties for girls - DONE
2 booties for boys - DONE
75 washcloths - DONE
Mailing deadline: June 20, 2014
Send to:
Theresa Murphy, Shelter Manager
Monadnock Center for Violence Prevention
12 Court St.
Keene, NH 03431
Our Facebook page is visible to the public without being a member of Facebook; however, you cannot post pledges there unless you have a Facebook account.
“Breaking the Cycle: We believe prevention and intervention must be at work simultaneously until we reach our vision.
Empowerment and Self-Determination: We believe in the right to have control over one's body, mind and spirit.
Health: We believe that individual, organization, and community health are interrelated and that trauma exposure can impact health and well-being.”
These are just some of the Core Values of the Monadnock Center for Violence Prevention. They are situated in the southern New Hampshire town of Keene.
They would like our 'famed' slippers and washcloths. So here we go!
45 women - DONE
3 teen boys - DONE
5 teen girls - DONE
3 preteen girls - DONE
3 preteen boys - DONE
3 youth girls - DONE
3 youth boys DONE
3 toddler girls - DONE
3 toddler boys - DONE
2 booties for girls - DONE
2 booties for boys - DONE
75 washcloths - DONE
Mailing deadline: June 20, 2014
Send to:
Theresa Murphy, Shelter Manager
Monadnock Center for Violence Prevention
12 Court St.
Keene, NH 03431
Our Challenges are also posted on our Facebook page and that is where we receive most of our pledges. If you would like to make a pledge here on the Blog, please put your pledge in a comment box - number of slippers and/or washcloths and categories (women's, teen boys, teen girls, etc.) and we will receive it. The number of slippers/washcloths still needed will be updated here as often as possible during the Challenge.
Our Facebook page is visible to the public without being a member of Facebook; however, you cannot post pledges there unless you have a Facebook account.
Thursday, August 1, 2013
What is The Pink Slipper Project?
The Pink Slipper Project is an endeavor to warm the hearts and toes of women and children living in shelters for victims of domestic violence. Not only will a pair of handmade slippers help keep them warm, but remind them that they are not alone and that someone cared enough to make something special just for them. A simple kindness goes a long way in the healing process.
Since The Pink Slipper Project was founded in 2009 by Joyce Lucas, thousands of pair of slippers have been donated to shelters around the country. The Pink Slipper Project unites women all over the world for the good of other women and children. The common thread is they all want to help make someone’s life a little better.
Please help us as we make a difference in the lives of a few of these women and children. The slippers can be knit, crocheted or sewn and they don’t need to be pink. They do need to be handmade and warm. If you would like more information about The Pink Slipper Project, please visit us on Facebook at http://facebook.com/ThePinkSlipperProject.
Since The Pink Slipper Project was founded in 2009 by Joyce Lucas, thousands of pair of slippers have been donated to shelters around the country. The Pink Slipper Project unites women all over the world for the good of other women and children. The common thread is they all want to help make someone’s life a little better.
Please help us as we make a difference in the lives of a few of these women and children. The slippers can be knit, crocheted or sewn and they don’t need to be pink. They do need to be handmade and warm. If you would like more information about The Pink Slipper Project, please visit us on Facebook at http://facebook.com/ThePinkSlipperProject.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Child Safety
When donating items such as slippers, toys, etc.to a shelter, one of our concerns is the safety of
children.
In the interest of child safety, please do not attach small items that can possibly be removed and become a potential choking hazard to items made for children under the age of 12. This includes, but is not limited to: buttons, bows, charms of any kind, zipper pulls, or metal jewelry or decorations. Please make sure that any sort of decoration which is sewn onto an item you donate is securely sewn or otherwise attached. This includes, but is not limited to, iron-on decorations of any sort.
Due to new and stringent rules from the CPSIA, we must be sure that all supplies used to make slippers for children under 12 fall within their guidelines.
Thank you for helping keep children safe.
In the interest of child safety, please do not attach small items that can possibly be removed and become a potential choking hazard to items made for children under the age of 12. This includes, but is not limited to: buttons, bows, charms of any kind, zipper pulls, or metal jewelry or decorations. Please make sure that any sort of decoration which is sewn onto an item you donate is securely sewn or otherwise attached. This includes, but is not limited to, iron-on decorations of any sort.
Due to new and stringent rules from the CPSIA, we must be sure that all supplies used to make slippers for children under 12 fall within their guidelines.
Thank you for helping keep children safe.
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