tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29016241846730405832008-06-25T21:27:15.569-05:00AnneB> aka Red883http://www.blogger.com/profile/02623034359399308223noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901624184673040583.post-19583394898737158342008-06-25T09:35:00.000-05:002008-06-25T21:27:15.600-05:00<strong>April, 2008-- A total of 223 items donated to:</strong><br />Andover Acute #1<br />Andover Acute #2<br />Angel's Closet<br />Birth Haven<br />Clover Rest Home<br />DayBreak<br />Forest Manor<br />Haven of Hope<br />Pocono Maternity<br />Shephard Maternity<br />Visiting Nurses of Warren County<br /><br /><strong>May, 2008-- A total of 105 items donated to:</strong><br />Visiting Nurses of Warren County<br /><br /><strong>June, 2008-- A total of 153 items donated to:</strong><br />Angel's Closet<br />Haven of Hope<br />Merry Heart<br />Visiting Nurses of Warren County<br />Warren Haven<br /><br /><strong>June: A BIG THANK YOU! for the yarn donations delivered to us this month!</strong><br /><br /><strong>2nd Quarter total: 481 items<br />Grand Total to date: 728 items</strong>AnneB> aka Red883http://www.blogger.com/profile/02623034359399308223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901624184673040583.post-13352310136991730322008-06-05T09:08:00.004-05:002008-06-25T21:23:00.967-05:00Holidays are over and it's the start of another year. <br /><br />I've been asked to include for this year, where our items are donated to, besides just the total of items given each month. <br /><br />So...I will include the names of the organizations that area residents would be familiar with:<br /><br /><strong>January, 2008-- A total of 139 items were donated to:</strong><br /> Forest Manor<br /> House of Good Shephard<br /> Newton Hospital Auxillary<br /> Newton Hospital Cancer Care<br /> Visiting Nurses of Warren County<br /><br /><strong>February, 2008-- A total of 87 items were donated to:</strong><br /> Early Head Start<br /> Newton Hospital Cancer Care<br /> Visiting Nurses of Warren County<br /><br /><strong>March, 2008-- A total of 21 items were donated to:</strong> <br /> Visiting Nurses of Warren County<br /><br /><strong>Total items donated for the 1st quarter: 247</strong><br /><br /><strong>A big thank you to all who donated yarn to the NorthWarren KnitWits during this quarter year!</strong>AnneB> aka Red883http://www.blogger.com/profile/02623034359399308223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901624184673040583.post-44907880815693739762008-01-06T18:39:00.000-05:002008-01-06T18:47:59.963-05:00<strong><span style="font-family:arial;">October... 107 items</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">November... 186 items</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">December... 176 items</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">2007 total donations to area charities/organizations = 1481 items !!</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">Our group would like to wish all a very happy holiday season...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">Here's to a happy, safe and healthy new year!</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">RSVP North Warren Knitwits</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></strong>AnneB> aka Red883http://www.blogger.com/profile/02623034359399308223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901624184673040583.post-80820203042177252312008-01-06T17:34:00.000-05:002008-01-06T18:39:19.297-05:00<strong><span style="font-family:arial;">July... 176 items</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">August... 40 items</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">September... 213 items</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">Year to Date donations... 1305 items!</span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">In August of 2007, the KnitWits had their first drawing for a beautiful custom afghan made by our own Doris J. of Alpha.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">Winner was Glady B. of Blairstown. CONGRATULATIONS!!</span></strong><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_NE0GPv1I2eE/R4FhAKxiC7I/AAAAAAAAALM/CZvDi8ct5jM/s1600-h/KWitAfghan2007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152506104208559026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_NE0GPv1I2eE/R4FhAKxiC7I/AAAAAAAAALM/CZvDi8ct5jM/s320/KWitAfghan2007.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">All ticket donations were used for purchasing new needed yarn. This went so well that we may have one this year too!</span></strong>AnneB> aka Red883http://www.blogger.com/profile/02623034359399308223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901624184673040583.post-11455208326943968782007-08-07T20:26:00.000-05:002007-08-07T21:11:37.551-05:00WOW!!!!<br /><br />Total items donated to local charities and organizations:<br /><br /><strong>April...140 items</strong><br /><strong>May... 67 items</strong><br /><strong>June... 37 items</strong><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~<br /><strong>Total items January - July = 583</strong><br /><br /><br /><strong></strong>AnneB> aka Red883http://www.blogger.com/profile/02623034359399308223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901624184673040583.post-622289027545615272007-04-06T00:47:00.000-05:002007-04-25T21:07:52.061-05:00First Quarter Donations:<br />We are off to a great start for this year. I'm happy to report that the NW KnitWits have donated to local charities:<br /><br /><strong>January...105 items<br />February...94 items<br />March..... 140 items</strong><br /><br />Thank you everyone...you know who you are...for the donations of yarn that appear just about every week!<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />April 4th, 2007<br />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.<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />March 24th: Mount Bethel, PA. Craft Show<br />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...<br />This was our first fundraiser of the year and will end up with the Hope Christmas Craft Market in December.AnneB> aka Red883http://www.blogger.com/profile/02623034359399308223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901624184673040583.post-62706508382385029882007-02-15T16:22:00.000-05:002007-02-15T17:27:43.705-05:00<div align="center"><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_NE0GPv1I2eE/RdTP61_rx-I/AAAAAAAAAC8/sMj_mx3o8GU/s1600-h/DSC03964.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5031875293513238498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_NE0GPv1I2eE/RdTP61_rx-I/AAAAAAAAAC8/sMj_mx3o8GU/s320/DSC03964.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong>It's official... The total of items donated for 2006 is 1195 items!!</strong> </div><div align="center"><br /><div align="left"></div><div align="left">We'd also like to publicly "blog" a BIG "Thank you" to:</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">1) The North Warren News for running a weekly item about our KnitWits group in the Community News section. </div><div align="left">We also thank this local paper for printing the picture of our group on Clean-Up Day</div><div align="left">(see 11/16 blogpost). </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">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. </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">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. </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><strong>As of January, 2007, the KnitWits membership is at 42 registered RSVPmembers--with 15 members of the total working at home.</strong></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><strong></strong></div><div align="left"></div></div>AnneB> aka Red883http://www.blogger.com/profile/02623034359399308223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901624184673040583.post-9086654989924734572006-11-16T19:44:00.000-05:002006-11-16T19:58:28.691-05:00<p align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/6343/354202170980595/1600/DSC03814.jpg"><img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/6343/354202170980595/320/DSC03814.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">We are not afraid of working for yarn! :)</p><p>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!<br />Here's a pic of us with our new T-shirts....we had fun!...we have some $$ for yarn!! </p>AnneB> aka Red883http://www.blogger.com/profile/02623034359399308223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901624184673040583.post-23604957354562274412006-11-16T19:19:00.000-05:002006-11-16T19:44:07.482-05:00Do you know that the KnitWits have been handcrafting and donating needed items for over 10 years??<br />Do you know that we receive no grants or funding to buy new yarn??<br /><br />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.<br /><br />For the year 2005, we donated over 1200 items consisting of afghans, lapghans, shawls, hats,<br />scarves, mittens, baby sweaters/hats/booties/blankets to:<br /><br /><ul><li>Warren County Nursing homes and Adult Centers</li><li>Warren Hospital; Pocono Medical Center; Veterans</li><li>Head Start; First Start; Early Head Start; Haven of Hope for Kids</li><li>NORWESCAP; DARCC; Birth Haven</li><li>The Visiting Nurse; The Visiting Homemaker</li><li>St. Jude's and other church organizations; the Food Pantry</li><li>Homeless shelters; Hats for the Homeless</li><li>First Aid/Rescue/Ambulance squads; Police; Fire Departments</li><li>any other groups/charities/organizations requesting our service...</li></ul><p>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.</p>AnneB> aka Red883http://www.blogger.com/profile/02623034359399308223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901624184673040583.post-30453516942053122142006-11-16T18:33:00.000-05:002006-11-16T18:47:46.984-05:00The KnitWit members meet every Wednesday from 9am to 12noon at the Blairstown Community Center on East Avenue to knit and crochet many various items that are donated to several charities and organizations in Warren County and any surrounding communities requesting our service.<br /> One does not have to attend the meetings to belong as several members crochet or knit items exclusively at their homes.<br /> We can even boast having a man as a member; Ray is a really fast crocheter and doesn't read or need a pattern!<br /><br /> KnitWit members over the age of 55 are part of the <a href="http://www.norwescap.org/programdetails.asp?ID=15">RSVP</a> program (Retired Senior and Volunteer Program) of <a href="http://www.norwescap.org/">NORWESCAP</a>, based in Phillipsburg, NJ---but any age can join the KnitWits group as a member.AnneB> aka Red883http://www.blogger.com/profile/02623034359399308223noreply@blogger.com