Giving Hearts and Hands - Charity Information and Projects
Junior Blind of America
Junior Blind of America is a nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles that offers programs and services to help blind and visually impaired people of all ages become more independent. Their Infant-Family Program is specifically designed for babies ages birth to three years who are blind with multiple disabilities. In this program, therapists make in-home visits to help families understand the impact of visual impairment in relation to other disabilities on their child's overall development. The therapists provide individualized assessment, intervention, education, resource, advocacy, support and recreation services to meet the needs of each child and family.
The South Bay Quilting Guild is made up of a group of women who have used their love of quilting to help these infants and babies. Since about 1989, the guild has donated their talent and time to Junior Blind of America. Twice a year, the guild members drop off a new batch of quilts to Junior Blind of America for the Infant-Family Program. When the therapists meet a new family for the first time, they give them one of the quilts as a gift from Junior Blind.
The guild has worked to develop special quilts for Junior Blind that are either high-contrast in color, which is easier for babies with impaired vision to see, or are multi-textured, made out of fabrics that will appeal to the babies' sense of touch.
Since 1953, Junior Blind of America has remained deeply committed to helping blind and visually impaired people of all ages achieve an essential cornerstone of personal dignity--independence. To learn more, please visit www.juniorblind.org.
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Charity Organizations
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| Angels4Preemies www.angels4preemies.com |
Angels for Hope 308 Spring Road Palmyra, PA 17078 www.angelsforhope.org |
Bear Hugs for Babies make up "baskets" containing a quilt, diapers, bottles, and a diaper bag to deliver to under-privileged babies and their caretakers (Mothers, foster parent, or adoptive parent). |
| Blankets for Canada Society is a non-demoninational, non-profit charity that makes 8" squares to be joined together into blankets. Inspired by Warm Up America, Blankets for Canada distributes blankets to organizations who care for people without shelter and in need of warmth. Blankets for Canada Society 210A - 12'A' St No Suite 217 Lethbridge, Alberta Canada, T1H 2J1 For more info please visit their website at: www.blankets4canada.ca |
Caps for Kids 2500 Lowell Rd. Ranlo, NC 28054 www.capsforkids.com/ |
Care Wear is a 501(c)(3) non-profit nationwide group of volunteers who provide handmade baby items to hospitals. |
| ConKerr Cancer Foundation accepts donations of fun, cheerful homemade pillow cases. These pillow cases are distributed to children's hospitals to help cheer children undergoing medical treatment, usually for cancer but also other diseases. www.conkerrcancer.org |
Crafting For A Cause is a 501(C)3 not-for-profit organization making hand crafted items with all money raised going to charities for children and elders of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in SD and children at the UC Davis Pediatric Cancer Infusion Center in Sacramento. www.craftingforacause.org |
Ewe and Me Jesus Baby Blanket Ministry makes and donates blankets to area hospitals in Fort Worth; Churches and Hospitals in Matamoros, Mexico, and "Mercy Heart" ministry of Glenview Baptist Church. Glenview Baptist Church attn: Ewe and Me Jesus Baby Blanket Ministry 4805 NE Loop 820 Fort Worth, Texas 76137 (817) 281-3361 www.glenviewchurch.org |
| Faith, Hope and Charity Stitches, Inc. 9290 South Brown Rd Chardon, OHIO 44024 www.faithhopeandcharityinc.com E-mail Karen Munro, board chairman at fhcsinc@roadrunner.com |
The Giving Heart is a 501(C)(3) non profit organization providing basic needs, assistance, acceptance and opportunities to the underprivileged, elderly, and those who otherwise are hindered in their desire to move forward. 11527 Primrose Lane Rockville, Va. 23146 (804) 749-4726 www.thegivingheart.org |
Guideposts Knit for Kids 39 Seminary Hill Road Carmel, N.Y. 10512 www.knitforkids.org |
| Hats for the Homeless 905 Main St. Hackensack, NJ 07601 www.hats4thehomeless.org info@hats4thehomeless.org |
Helping our Lakota Families HC49 Box 500 Pine Ridge, SD http://gwtc.net/~darbob darbob@gwtc.net A mother/daughter team (part of an Oglala Sioux family) living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation at Pine Ridge, SD. The reservation is very poor, and they distribute the goods they gather to other Lakota families. |
Hugs for Homeless Animals www.h4ha.org |
| Knit4Charities Knit4Charities is a Yahoo group, based in Australia, dedicated to knitting and crocheting items to donate to needy people throughout the community. www.freewebs.com/knit4charities |
Newborns In Need 112 West Main Street P.O. Box 385 Houston, MO 65483 (417) 967-9441 www.newbornsinneed.org office@newbornsinneed.org |
Prayerfully Yours/Sending Troops Prayers Ministry is a non-profit ministry of volunteers from around America that knit, crochet, loom and sew prayer cloths and shawls for people who need them and to our troops. Prayerfully Yours/Sending Troops Prayers Ministry P.O. Box 7 Mount Vernon, Ohio 43050 http://sendingtroopsprayers.bravehost.com |
| Project Angel Kisses Ministry is a group that crochets, knits, quilts and sews hats, booties, blankies, burial layettes, going home outfits,etc for babies in need. http://project-angel-kisses.150m.com/ |
Project Linus National Headquarters |
Project Sunshine 102 West 38th Street, 8th Floor New York, NY 10018 (212) 354-8035 www.projectsunshine.org Project Sunshine is a nondenominational, nonprofit organization that provides free programs and services to children and families who are affected with serious medical challenges. |
| The Shawl Ministry www.shawlministry.com |
Stitches From the Heart 3306 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405 (866) 472-6903 www.StitchesFromtheHeart.org |
Threads of Compassion is a loosely connected group of survivors of sexual violence who desire to offer comfort and support to recent victims. http://threadsofcompassion.bravehost.com/ |
| Touching Little Lives is an Ohio based 501(c)3 non-profit organization that provides clothing and necessity items, neonatal positioning devices(snuggles, snakes and frogs), and surgery dolls and stuffed animals to area hospitals. Touching Little Lives, Inc. 4300 Winchester Southern Rd Circleville, OH 43113 www.touchinglittlelives.org |
Warming Families One Heart Foundation P.O. Box 400 Orem, UT 84057 www.warmingfamilies.org E-mail project co-founder Suzanne Osmond at suzanne@oneheart.org |
Warm Hearts-Warm Babies donates items that are sewn, knitted, crocheted, and quilted for premature infants and babies in need. Warm Hearts-Warm Babies P.O. Box 1266 Brighton, CO. 80601 warmheartswarmbabies.org |
| Warm Up America! 2500 Lowell Road Gastonia, NC 28054 www.warmupamerica.com |
Warm Woolies is a non-profit organization whose volunteers knit warm clothing for poverty-stricken children who would otherwise suffer from cold. Warm Woolies 5572 E. Mansfield Ave. Denver, CO 80237 www.warmwoolies.org |