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!