Handmade 4 Hospitals
Submitted by cello-chik on Wed, 10/29/2008 - 22:18.
Last updated on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 13:33.
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Total hours volunteered (to date): 600Start Date: 10/01/2008End Date: 06/01/2010Money Raised: $500+
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I live in Idaho, but I'm interested in helping you guys. What can I do?
Awesome! :] We'd love to have you! :D
Our new project in the making is Bracelets 4 Haiti. We wanted to do something to help out and raise some money for Haiti, so we decided to make bracelets and sell them. I'm going to try and make a fb page for it later on tonight if I can, so all the info will be there :D
We do have a bunch of members that are out of NJ, and after June, we'll have a lot more because most of us are seniors lol so you won't be the only one not from Bloomfield. :]
A good way to get involved is to make things for hospitals in your own area. If you know how to crochet, knit, sew, weave, etc, you can make all sorts of cool stuff! :D Also look around and see if anyone in your school is interested in helping you. Even if there's only a few of you, it's a lot more fun than being by yourself. :]
Thanks for your interested! Keep in touch, email me at cello_chik_27@yahoo.com, and let me know what's up! :D
-Ari :]