Hand-crafted items are imbued with the love of the person who made them.
Ask any Canadian knitter or crocheter - there are thousands of
beautiful warm woollens already made and squirrelled away in drawers and
closets that were crafted with love and need a home. Hats that need
heads, mitts that need hands, scarves that need necks, slippers that
need feet. This grassroots project aims to collect and distribute these
donated warm things to people arriving in Canada. The first Canadian
winter can be a shock to newcomers, and many of them are underprepared
for winter. We are expecting 25,000 refugees in the coming months. How
many of them can we outfit in handmade winter warmies - 100? 500? 5000?
10,000? All of them? This effort is being spearheaded by crafters, from
their laptops on their kitchen tables, using social media and word of
mouth, figuring it out as we go along. We need mitts, hats, scarves,
slippers, sorting, logistics, and liaisons to get the woollies to the
people who need them. Let's do this!
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