Do you have a big heart for children in need? I recently came across a blog called This Eclectic Life, and the owner, Shelly Tucker, is collecting crocheted granny squares to make blankets for children with cancer. Here is an exerpt from her blog:
"I have an idea, and I need some people with big hearts to help me make it happen. I’m hoping that it’s you, whether you are a blogger or not. Last week, I was reading Phara’s blog, your mirror or mine. She posted a picture of a lovely quilt that was given to her son at cancer camp made by the hands of a volunteer. Over the years that he has gone to camps, he’s been given several quilts that comfort him in difficult times. I loved the idea of giving a quilt for such a charity, but I don’t quilt. “Hey,” I thought. “I could crochet a granny afghan with all those bits of fancy yarns I have stuck in a drawer.” Then, I got a package from a friend with knitted tea towels. As I smoothed out the lovely knitted squares, a lightbulb went on in my brain. How cool would it be to give a sick child an afghan made by many different hands; ALL of them hands that cared about that child? Can you imagine the feeling of being loved that the child would have? Can you imagine the joy of giving that to a child? You don’t have to imagine. WE CAN. I’ve contacted a cancer camp for kids that is in Fort Worth, Texas; it’s called Camp Sanguinity. Though they have already had the summer camp for this year, we can shoot for next summer. By then, perhaps we can have afghans made for all of the children at the camp (140 kids in 2003, but I don’t know how many now. I’m waiting on a call-back). It takes more than one of us to make this happen. Will you help?" Here's an update as of Sept. 5: 6720 SQUARES NEEDED! 3661 Squares down 3059 Squares TO GO! "So, you are asking, “What in the world is Share A Square?” We are working together to create 140 crocheted “granny” afghans for the children at Camp Sanguinity Cancer Camp (Texas) in July 2008. Each afghan is made of 48 crocheted or knitted squares; each square is from a different person. When a child receives an afghan, they will know that 48 different people care." Here is the blog address so you can read for yourself the details of Shelly's ministry.
http://thiseclecticlife.com/2007/06/14/searching-for-people-with-big-hearts/
Even if you don't crochet, would you please pass this email on to everyone you know, so they can pass it on and so forth. It's a worthwhile ministry, and the more who help, the sooner the children get their blankets.
Thanks for reading this, for caring, and for sharing.
"I have an idea, and I need some people with big hearts to help me make it happen. I’m hoping that it’s you, whether you are a blogger or not. Last week, I was reading Phara’s blog, your mirror or mine. She posted a picture of a lovely quilt that was given to her son at cancer camp made by the hands of a volunteer. Over the years that he has gone to camps, he’s been given several quilts that comfort him in difficult times. I loved the idea of giving a quilt for such a charity, but I don’t quilt. “Hey,” I thought. “I could crochet a granny afghan with all those bits of fancy yarns I have stuck in a drawer.” Then, I got a package from a friend with knitted tea towels. As I smoothed out the lovely knitted squares, a lightbulb went on in my brain. How cool would it be to give a sick child an afghan made by many different hands; ALL of them hands that cared about that child? Can you imagine the feeling of being loved that the child would have? Can you imagine the joy of giving that to a child? You don’t have to imagine. WE CAN. I’ve contacted a cancer camp for kids that is in Fort Worth, Texas; it’s called Camp Sanguinity. Though they have already had the summer camp for this year, we can shoot for next summer. By then, perhaps we can have afghans made for all of the children at the camp (140 kids in 2003, but I don’t know how many now. I’m waiting on a call-back). It takes more than one of us to make this happen. Will you help?" Here's an update as of Sept. 5: 6720 SQUARES NEEDED! 3661 Squares down 3059 Squares TO GO! "So, you are asking, “What in the world is Share A Square?” We are working together to create 140 crocheted “granny” afghans for the children at Camp Sanguinity Cancer Camp (Texas) in July 2008. Each afghan is made of 48 crocheted or knitted squares; each square is from a different person. When a child receives an afghan, they will know that 48 different people care." Here is the blog address so you can read for yourself the details of Shelly's ministry.
http://thiseclecticlife.com/2007/06/14/searching-for-people-with-big-hearts/
Even if you don't crochet, would you please pass this email on to everyone you know, so they can pass it on and so forth. It's a worthwhile ministry, and the more who help, the sooner the children get their blankets.
Thanks for reading this, for caring, and for sharing.
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