CRAFTY ANGELS
Submitted by Chris Pokorny

I started Crafty Angels three years ago at Edgebrook Evangelical Covenant Church in Chicago, IL because I wanted to find a way for young women and older women to fellowship together, learn from each other, and serve the needy in our neighborhood. I love to knit, and knew there were many older women in our church who knitted and crocheted. There were younger women in our church who were just learning to knit and the popularity of knitting was on the up-swing - so focusing on charity knitting and crocheting seemed natural. Our church had been involved with the North Park Friendship Center - a food pantry and clothing depository serving the neediest of the needy on the northwest side of Chicago - and I wanted to find a way to strengthen that relationship and expand it. 

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PROJECT LINUS
Submitted by Carol Babbitt

My name is Carol Babbitt, and I am the president of an all volunteer national non-profit organization called Project Linus. We are almost 10 years old, and this month will be celebrating the donation of our millionth blanket to a child in need! Blankets can be knitted, crocheted, quilted, tied or fleece, and any size. Someone mentioned that you are looking for stories about using our handiwork for charitable purposes, and I just wanted to pass along a letter that we received a few months ago from a nurse in Albuquerque. It is the best description that I have ever read about the mission of Project Linus. Here it is:

Dear Project Linus,

I work in a Newborn Intensive Care Unit in Albuquerque. Project Linus blankets are often given out to our babies in the unit. I'm sure the women or men that make these blankets know that they are doing a "good thing," a "nice thing." But I want them to know specifically what their blankets do. I know they do this thing without recognition or thanks. But I wish to recognize every one of them though I won't know their names and

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