Charities We Support
Community Service VP: Deborah Rodgers
The Greater St. Louis Knitters’ Guild partners with local charities so that items knit by Guild members can be distributed to people in our community.
Yarn is available for charity knitting projects at each monthly meeting. Free patterns are widely available on the internet.
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Covenant House is an agency that serves young people (ages 16-21) in the St. Louis area who are facing homelessness. Covenant House meets youth’s immediate need for safety, food, and shelter, and offers services that help them move from homeless to an independent and productive life.
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Epworth Children & Family Servcies started as an orphanage and now offers a variety of services to assist vulnerable children and families. Services: foster care, mental healthcare, housing, crisis and outreach, virtual care, and a food pantry
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HavenHouse St. Louis provides the comfort of home and a community of support for patients and families who travel to St. Louis for medical care.
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“The Little Bit Foundation is an army of supporters giving, serving and advocating for impoverished children in St. Louis. Our philosophy: when you remove the barriers to learning, you give a child hope for the future and empower them to reach their dreams.“
One of the many barriers is proper fitting and appropriate clothing. The hats and scarves we donate to The Little Bit Foundation ensure children have their own winter accessories and don’t have to worry about being cold.
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Newborns in Need, Inc. (NIN) is a 501(c)(3) charity organized to take care of sick and needy babies and families, and in case of crisis, to help where help is needed
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Not a registered charity in itself, but a group of people who deliver yarn to the prison and help ensure that finished objects are donated locally.
It was started by Vince Stuart. He taught math at various prisons over a few decades and one day found prisoners at Potosi knitting and wanted to help them to help the community. He gave a talk for the Guild in 2018.
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The goal of Project Linus is to provide a “blanket of security” to children facing substantial distress in their lives. Washable yarn is knitted, crocheted, quilted, woven or sewn into blankets which are then distributed throughout the local community for children undergoing difficult situations, especially aiming toward pediatric cancer patients. Children come in all sizes, so we welcome all sizes of blankets.
Suggested sizes:
Preemie blanket: 15″ x 18″ to 24″ x 24″
Newborn blankets” 25″ x 30″
Toddler blankets: 35″ x 40″ to 45″
Child’s blankets: 40″ x 60″
Please be sure that if you use satin ribbon in your blanket to tack it firmly all the way around as it can come loose and be a choking hazard.