End of December...4th Quarter Donations, 2007

October... 107 items
November... 186 items
December... 176 items

2007 total donations to area charities/organizations = 1481 items !!

Our group would like to wish all a very happy holiday season...
Here's to a happy, safe and healthy new year!

RSVP North Warren Knitwits
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End of September...3nd Quarter Donations, 2007

July... 176 items
August... 40 items
September... 213 items

Year to Date donations... 1305 items!

In August of 2007, the KnitWits had their first drawing for a beautiful custom afghan made by our own Doris J. of Alpha.
Winner was Glady B. of Blairstown. CONGRATULATIONS!!
All ticket donations were used for purchasing new needed yarn. This went so well that we may have one this year too!

End of June...2nd Quarter Donations, 2007

WOW!!!!

Total items donated to local charities and organizations:

April...140 items
May... 67 items
June... 37 items

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Total items January - July = 583

End of March...1st Quarter Donations, 2007

First Quarter Donations:
We are off to a great start for this year. I'm happy to report that the NW KnitWits have donated to local charities:

January...105 items
February...94 items
March..... 140 items

Thank you everyone...you know who you are...for the donations of yarn that appear just about every week!

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April 4th, 2007
A KnitWit member, Dorothy Rowe, is also a "Quilter Extraordinaire". A very nice article was in "The Press" (a local weekly paper) about her accomplishments.

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March 24th: Mount Bethel, PA. Craft Show
It was decided that any member attending a craft show as a vendor could take some select items to display for purchase. A newsletter was created telling of the work that the NW KnitWits do...
This was our first fundraiser of the year and will end up with the Hope Christmas Craft Market in December.

The End of 2006...

It's official... The total of items donated for 2006 is 1195 items!!

We'd also like to publicly "blog" a BIG "Thank you" to:

1) The North Warren News for running a weekly item about our KnitWits group in the Community News section.

We also thank this local paper for printing the picture of our group on Clean-Up Day

(see 11/16 blogpost).

2) Doc South of radio station WRNJ-1510 in Hackettstown. Thank you for having 2 members of our group on your show for an interview in April of 2006. And a special big thank you for keeping the KnitWits name in announcements during the year.

As a KnitWit member, I believe both of the above greatly helped in spreading the word about what we do as a group. For the last 2 months of the year we received many donations, both from private individuals and from other area civic groups and organizations.

As of January, 2007, the KnitWits membership is at 42 registered RSVPmembers--with 15 members of the total working at home.

Blairstown Clean Community Day

We are not afraid of working for yarn! :)

On November 11th, 14 members of the North Warren KnitWits met at Footbridge Park...and CLEANED UP for the Blairstown Clean Community Day! The oldest member helping out is 88 years young!
Here's a pic of us with our new T-shirts....we had fun!...we have some $$ for yarn!!

To who and what items we donate...

Do you know that the KnitWits have been handcrafting and donating needed items for over 10 years??
Do you know that we receive no grants or funding to buy new yarn??

We rely on donated yarn or your gift to the KnitWits in order to enable us to buy new yarn for our volunteer crocheters and knitters.

For the year 2005, we donated over 1200 items consisting of afghans, lapghans, shawls, hats,
scarves, mittens, baby sweaters/hats/booties/blankets to:

• Warren County Nursing homes and Adult Centers
• Warren Hospital; Pocono Medical Center; Veterans
• Head Start; First Start; Early Head Start; Haven of Hope for Kids
• NORWESCAP; DARCC; Birth Haven
• The Visiting Nurse; The Visiting Homemaker
• St. Jude's and other church organizations; the Food Pantry
• Homeless shelters; Hats for the Homeless
• First Aid/Rescue/Ambulance squads; Police; Fire Departments
• any other groups/charities/organizations requesting our service...

For the year 2006 and through the end of September, we have already donated approximately 700 items. We are now approaching our busiest time of year. Total items donated will be updated on this blog at the end of the year.