CHALLENGE #11 COMPLETED - NEW CHALLENGE COMING SOON!

Challenge #11 has been completed and we will be listing another new challenge on Wednesday, March 16th (probably between 11 am and Noon, Eastern Daylight Savings Time.   

As usual, challenges are listed both here and on our Facebook page, but the majority of pledges are received on our Facebook site.   Numbers still needed in each category/size are updated as quickly as possible here on the blog.   If you click on the small "Comment" tab at the bottom of the challenge post, it should give you a comment line in which you can type your pledge.   We need to know the number you are pledging in whichever categories/sizes you wish to make and/or number of washcloths.   Washcloths can be crocheted, knitted, or sewn.  Crocheted or knitted washcloths should be made using cotton yarn (sport- or worsted-weight).  Sewn washcloths should be made using a soft, absorbent material, such as, flannel.  Small, handmade bath mitts for children are acceptable, too.  (No attachments to any items for small children is recommended due to the possible choking hazard they pose.)

CHALLENGE #11 - 2016

ALEXANDRA HOUSE
BLAINE, MINNESOTA 

****CHALLENGE COMPLETED****

"Where hope grows and violence ends.”

“I learned that you don't have to take abuse from anyone and that I am worthy and truly blessed. R.” - Two quotes from the Alexandra House website.

The information that I see on a shelter website helps us write the introduction to our challenges. Abuse of those of us in our “golden years” happens, also, and I've noticed shelters have services aimed at seniors. One of those shelters is Alexandra House. Abuse in Later In Life Services have grown a great deal thanks to a grant and local support. Abuse of seniors is growing rapidly. The needs of abused seniors are unique and they are vulnerable. We all want our golden years to be filled with joy and dignity not abuse.

For Alexandra House we need:

35 women - DONE

2 teen boys - DONE

7 preteen girls - DONE

7 preteen boys - DONE

7 youth girls - DONE

7 youth boys - DONE

7 toddler girlS - DONE

7 toddler boys - DONE

5 infant booties girls - DONE

5 infant booties boys - DONE

90 washcloths - DONE


MAIL BY: SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2016

MAIL YOUR ITEMS TO:

TINA BRONSON
10065 - 3rd STREET, NE
BLAINE, MINNESOTA 55434

HAPPY THURSDAY, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO ALL OF OUR NEW MEMBERS!

We've been a little quiet here at The Pink Slipper Project this week, but hopefully everyone has been working on their pledges for the last few challenges!

MY QUESTION: HOW MANY ARE READY TO TACKLE ANOTHER NEW CHALLENGE??????

Rachel has been quietly working in the background lining up challenges for us to do over the next few weeks while she takes a little break. Lynne and I will be taking care of things here on the blog and our Facebook page, and I am sure Rachel will be popping in from time to time.

Now......who is ready for a CHALLENGE?????


Judy

CHALLENGE #10 HAS BEEN COMPLETED!

Our challenge for the shelter in Anchorage, Alaska, has been completed!   We are going to warms lots of toes up there!    A big THANK YOU goes out to all of our wonderful supporters who jump right in with their pledges when we put the call out, "We have a Challenge!"   

We have several shelters already lined up for new challenges and will probably be posting information on the next challenge sometime next week.   We hope you will decide to join in!  If you look at some of our previous challenges below, you will see the various categories and sizes that we usually ask for, plus homemade washcloths, too.   No pledge is ever too small.  Even one pair of slippers or one or two washcloths goes a long way to meeting our challenge!   All pledges are very much appreciated.

If you have any questions on how we operate, please do not hesitate to ask us.

Rachel, Lynne, and Judy

Still need a few pledges for #10

Hi, everyone!   Our latest challenge is moving along very well for the women and children at AWAIC in Anchorage, Alaska, but we still need a few more pledges to finish.

We still need pledges for 12 pairs of women's slippers and 5 washcloths.

If you are interested in joining with us, please put your pledge in a comment below, then make what you pledged, and mail them off to the address listed in the Challenge information below by the mailing date!  

We generally use acrylic yarn for our slippers and cotton yarn (always) for the washcloths.   Doubling up on #4 medium worsted weight or #5 bulky yarn works well for slippers, if you can.  You can use any pattern you wish (lots of links to free patterns, including our own, on our Pinterest page, too).   However, we do ask that you do not add embellishments, such as, buttons or other small items that could easily be pulled off and swallowed, to any slippers for babies and young children.   

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


Rachel, Lynne, and Judy

*****NEW CHALLENGE****

CHALLENGE #10  -  2016

ABUSED WOMEN’S AID IN CRISIS
Anchorage, Alaska

We are heading north again to visit at AWAIC in Anchorage, Alaska. As they have in the past they were pleased that more warm slippers would be heading their way. The shelter is at or over capacity 6 months a year. We know it can get very cold in Alaska so let's make sure that their slippers are really warm. We can do this by making sure that we use smaller sizes for our needles and hooks so the resulting fabric will be firm and dense. If you can see through it, it is too loose.

AWAIC can use:

  70 women - DONE
    2 teen boys - 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
110 washcloths - DONE

MAILING DEADLINE: APRIL 1, 2016


PLEASE SEND TO

Caitlin Sawicki
Development Coordinator
100 West 13th Avenue
Anchorage, Alaska 99501

REMEMBER: If you wish to make a pledge, put it in a comment on this post. We try to keep the numbers in each category updated as pledges come in (both here and on our Facebook page. If a category you pledge to has already been completed before we update the numbers here, we will notify you! Thank you for helping to warm the hearts and toes of women and children in domestic violence shelters across the nation!

Rachel, Lynne, and Judy

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