Contact: Joan Reitsma, President, Miami-Dade Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans jlreitsma@aol.com

About us: Cancer has changed my life as it has the lives of most of us. I have been blessed with opportunity to witness the amazing courage and enduring faith of Mary Weibel, Manager of Lutheran Community Services, as she faced every challenge and fear that accompanies the diagnosis of breast cancer. The humility and grace she shows in the joy and knowledge that she is a breast cancer survivor is equally overwhelming. Inspired by this amazing faith and courage, “Click for a Cure” was developed to respond to this major need. With the support of a $5,000.00 grant provided through Thrivent Financial for Lutherans’ Care in Regions program, yarns for the high-fashioned scarves and shrugs are provided to volunteers throughout the State of Florida...and we have attracted help beyoud our State borders. The variety, beauty, and abundance of the scarves have been overwhelming. Proceeds from the sale of the scarves and shrugs will benefit uninsured and underinsured women.

Mary is my friend. She is the inspiration for “Click for a Cure.” She is, more importantly, the embodiment of all women. She might be your mother, your wife, your daughter, the friend next door, or simply a stranger, faced with this devastating disease. "Click for a Cure" is a response to that haunting question: "What can I do to make a difference?"

Click for a Cure is a Care in Regions project coordinated by the Miami-Dade Chapter. Members, families, friends,and "new" friends, throughout the State of Florida and beyond, have joined hands in this cause and are knitting high-fashioned breast cancer scarves, shrugs and chemo caps. The proceeds from the sale of all scarves and other knitted items will be donated to The Mayte Prida Foundation.

During the past two years our volunteers have made a significant difference. Florida Thrivent Chapters and our many friends proudly partnered with the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation - SW Florida Affiliate donating more than $30,000, to advance the cause of breast cancer awareness and provide funds for breast cancer education and research. Our dedicated and talented volunteers amassed approximately 15,000 hours each year. The many volunteers are of all ages. Teenagers are learning to reach hands across generations. Shut-ins have participated and been involved in meaningful activity.

“Click for a Cure” begins a new adventure and partnership with the Mayte Prida Foundation this year. Mayte is a breast cancer survivor who established this foundation to meet the needs of breast cancer patients who face the many horrors of this devastating disease without sufficient funds and support. Our goals and focus remain the same as we look forward to new opportunities and broader horizons.

The Mayte Prida Foundation is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping women and their families meet the adversities of breast cancer. It is their mission to promote, educate and provide useful and concrete information to support the patients and their caregivers. The development of new programs includes the creation of oncology centers that will offer information, education, care, service, and emotional and economic support for those who have no way to meet expenses incurred by this devastating illness. The Mayte Prida Foundation is a “place for hope,” awaiting those who seek help.
Visit Mayte’s websites:
maytepridafoundation.org
Mayteprida.com

NOTE: The English link to the websites are under construction and are incomplete. The scarve will be for sale in the Store.

We welcome all volunteers.

We make / need: While the majority of our work focuses on high-fashion scarves and shrugs/stoles, some of our volunteers have moved a step beyond and are making chemo caps, belts and purses.

Frequently volunteers have donated yarns that are not suited for high fashion and we are blessed to be able to donate them to oncology patients at our local hospitals.
We also include the children's cancer patients, bringing small toys to present with the scarves.

We have used many yarns and particularly love to work with Lion Brand Trellis, Incredible; Fancy Fur, Fun Fur and FunFetti - not only for their beauty, but because they are wonderfully reasonable in cost, thus enabling a graeter donation to the cause.

We are delighted to receive donations - both the finished product and yarn for volunteers to use. When they are not suitable for high fashion, we are happy to use than for Caps for Preemies and for afghans for the homeless and shelters for abused and abandoned women and children.

We thank Lion Brand and your readers for any help and support you are able to give us or any of the many amazing charities you list.

Contact: Harriet Rothstein, xxxxxx HLR13@AOL.COM

About us: I make afgans for charities in Broward county. I have made over 3,000 afgans so far and really need some help! A few of the charities that I've donated to are:

• Aids Hospices


• Broward House


• Make A Wish Foundation


• Palm Beach Sheriffs Office for Their Kids in Distress,


• Alliance Church who send the afgans to orphanages,


• United Order True Sisters, who bring the afgans to children in the hospital who are getting Chemo,


• The Haven ,


• VIP Pavillion,


• Chrisie Everett Rehab Center at Broward General Hospital


• Ronald MacDonald House

We make / need: Would love donation of yarn or afgans! I use mostly worsted but will double or triple anything that I can get my hands on

Contact: Michelle LoMonaco, Operations Manager/ Regulatory Coordinator mlomonaco@crninc.org

About us: We are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization conducting clinical trials exclusively in breast cancer. 100% of all contributions are received by our organization. Cancer Research Network’s mission is to improve the standard of breast cancer care through clinical research, education, advocacy, and community outreach. Through participation in national and FDA approved clinical trials we hope to expedite the approval of novel therapies designed to treat cancer and to improve quality of life. Through education, we encourage cancer screening and surveillance as well as providing education on the skills cancer survivors needed to cope with their illness.


By acting as a support system to cancer survivors through community events we hope to facilitate the needs of the cancer community.

We make / need: Knit afghans, shawls, handbags, & baby blankets

Contact: Trudy Rainford, Director catsexclusive@hotmail.com

About us: Cat Adoption Shelter & Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Clinic.

We make / need: Cat beds.

Contact: Pam Schaefer, President Hapygoddes@aol.com

About us: We are a group of women from Dade and Broward counties that would gladly help with any crocheting, knitting projects you need. Just please give us enough time to get those involved.

We are in Coral Gables, Florida. We accept women and men from ages 18-? We fund raise for alot of different charity organizations.

Our main fundraiser is a Casino Night. We run a free dental clinic for underprivileged children in Miami-Dade County. We take care of children from 5-18 years old. and have been doing this since 1939. We depend on grants and donations.

We make / need: We've made squares for Keep America Warm project for Michaels craft store.

We've made scarves for "Red Scarf Project"

We can make anything you need.

Contact: Gold Coast Huggers goldcoasthuggers@gmail.com

About us: The Gold Coast Huggers is a local satellite group of the national Head Huggers, (www.headhuggers.org) a volunteer organization of crafters that make chemo caps for people who have suffered hair loss due to chemotherapy, brain surgery, burn wounds, etc.

We create and distribute caps to hospitals, oncology offices, hospices, etc in the Gold Coast region of Florida. The Gold Coast Huggers was formed by members of the Sweet Stitchin' Betties of Broward County, a knitting group that is involved with charity knitting projects.

Email us and get involved!

We make / need: Hand crafted chemo caps, donations of soft yarns suitable for chemo caps are also welcomed.

Contact: Rebecca Artman, Vice President PANDORArebecca@aol.com

About us: PANDORA is a 501(c)3 Oraganization run entirely by volunteers to serve the Neuroendocrineimmune Disorder Community. Neuroroendocrineimmune Disorders include Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, HHV6, Gulf War Syndrome, and related illnesses. People afflicted with these illnesses frequently are cold, much like the elderly. Many become homeless while seeking medical care.

PANDORA is currently seeking volunteers to help us keep the Neuroendocrineimmune Disorder community warm, we are asking for volunteers to knit scarves, shrugs, wraps, and throws to help the patient community.

The only qualification to join is a desire to help and the knowledge of how to knit or crochet. This is a perfect organiazation to donate items to if you are a beginner with a stack of scarves.

We make / need: We are seeking items to keep adult women warm, including scarves, shrugs, shawls, wraps, and throws. Keep your receipts, because any yarn used in making these donated projects is tax deducatable to full extend allowed by law.

Contact: Scarlett Schiraldi, President SSchiraldi7@gmail.com

About us: I am the president of the Pompano Beach High Jewish Club. We are not really a religious group, more accurately we are a cultural club. A handful of our members are jewish, most are not. The others joined to learn about a culture then knew little of. We have to goals; to spread tolerance through familiarity, and to reach out into the world community. Our newest community out reach program is to create blankets fro abused children. They blankets will be something for the children to call their own. We are always excepting new members but that might be a little difficult if you are not in high school. On the other hand we are ALWAYS in need of volunteers, especially with this project.

We make / need: We are going to be knitting blankets. They are made up of 25 7 by 9 rectangles, knitted on size 8 needles. So far we have collected 3 skeins of red heart yarn. We desperately need more supplies. I am going to teacher all of my crafty club memebr to knit. We will have 15 to 20 knitters. If you are not interested in donating supplies, but you are a knitter. You could donate knitted blocks. We will be grateful for any help we can get.

Contact: marlyn waetzman, volunteer marilynwaetzman@yahoo.com

About us: We knit blankets for the physicaly disabled children and could use donations of yarn.

We make / need: project Linus
knitting blankets with hugs for the phically disabled children

Contact: Elizabeth Blasi, Founder/President volunteer@purpleheartsociety.com

About us: This is an organization Started by South Florida Teens. The purpose of this organization isto raise fund for ad serve to advocate for the cause of fosterig a better life and societal sense of respect for America's disabled millitary veterans

We make / need: We do not make items although we sell things such as wristbands, car decals, and for variuos holidays candies to raise money for disabled veterans. We accept donations from one dollar to thousands of dollars any amount is apreciated. Thank you.