Members of the Sonoma County Knitting Guild help support a number of different community projects, including:
- afghans for Afghans
- afghans for Afghans is a humanitarian and educational people-to-people project that sends hand-knit and crocheted blankets and sweaters, vests, hats, mittens, and socks to the beleaguered people of Afghanistan.
- Children's Village (Doll sweater pattern)
- The Mission of The Children's Village of Sonoma County is to provide nurturing,
stable, family homes in a multi-generational, enriched environment
for children and their siblings in foster care.
Members of the Sonoma County Knitting Guild knit doll sweaters and accessories for the 16" Waldorf dolls which are then sold to finance the construction and maintenance of Children's Village - and then given to the children in foster care.
- Heifer Project
- Heifer’s mission is… To work with communities to end hunger and poverty and to care for the earth.
- Legacy
- The Legacy is a non-profit retail sewing and craft thrift store that is dedicated to support the Sebastopol Senior Center and serve the community.
- The Living Room
- The Living Room is the only daytime drop-in program in Sonoma County that specifically serves homeless and at-risk women and children.
- Valley of the Moon Children's Home
- The Valley of the Moon Children's Home is Sonoma County's only shelter for abused and neglected children.
Contact Blanket Project Coordinator Karen Kennedy for more information
Additional Community Knitting Projects:
Patterns for Community/Charity Knitting:
The above sites have pattern links, but here are a some more...
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