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Tips and Tricks to Find a Local Charity Accepting Crocheted Donations

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This month Marie is bringing us some tips & tricks for finding a local charity you can send your crochet donations to!

If you are unable to help personally, please share this with your friends online – you never know – you may reach someone who is able to make a difference! If you would like to contribute too, we encourage you to crochet the featured free pattern this month and donate it to a local charity of your own. ♥ Rhondda

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Tips and Tricks – How To Find a Local Charity That Accepts Crocheted Donations

I’m Marie Segares from Underground Crafter and I’m delighted to be Rhondda’s guest for the last charity spotlight of 2017. Today, I’m not highlighting one particular charity. Instead, I’m sharing my 3 best tips for finding a local charity that you can contribute handmade donations to. This will help you save on postage costs while also supporting your own local community.

December Charity Feature - Tips and Tricks to Find a Local Charity Accepting Crocheted Donations

1) Start by identifying what you’d like to support

I firmly believe that when you’re passionate about crocheting for charity, you’ll put more love into each stitch. That makes crochet more fun for you and I think that kindness carries over to the recipient. Dig deep and think about whether there is a cause (such as homelessness or cancer recovery), a population (such as children, the elderly, or animals), or a project type (such as scarves, blankets, or hats) that you feel strongly about. Once you’ve identified the cause, population, or project you’d like to focus your crochet super powers on, go on to the next step.

2) Find a local match

Search for organizations in your local area that accept handmade donations that fit your passion. In the U.S., you can start by asking around at your local Crochet Guild of America chapter. Talk to people at your local yarn shop, craft supply store, workplace, or house of worship to see if there is an organization that someone you trust is already partnered with. You can also search websites like VolunteerMatch, Idealist, or CraigsList for volunteer opportunities related to yarn. Ask around in Ravelry groups for your area. And, if you’ve previously donated to a national or international organization featured in the Oombawka Design Crochet for Charity archives, visit that organization’s website to see if they have a local chapter.

3) Confirm the details

Contact the organization (or the host of a local charity drive) to get the details about any deadlines, yarn requirements (for color or fiber type), as well as sizing information. Make your projects to meet the guidelines so they can be donated as you intend, rather than discarded by the organization.

And, that’s it! You’re now ready to share your projects locally. If winter accessories are suitable for that organization, can I recommend my free crochet pattern for the Handy Scarf? This pattern is pretty much guaranteed to bring a smile to the recipient’s face. It’s sized for teens and adults, though you could make the scarf part shorter for a child.

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Thank you for visiting! Would you like to learn about some of our other Featured Charities?

Here are a few of our past features:

Awareness Ribbon Crochet Hat Pattern. Sizes Child and Adult S M L. Free Pattern from Oombawka Design Crochet

Free Awareness Ribbon Hat Pattern

October Featured Charity Challenge to Crochet for Cancer Chemo Caps 2

October Featured Charity Challenge

September Charity Spotlight Sue Rock Originals Everybody Inc and Marie Segares Underground Crafter Free Pattern to Donate

September Charity Feature: Sue Rock Originals Everybody, Inc.

Crochet for Cancer. Crochet Charity June 2018. Oombawka Design FB

Featured Crochet Charity for June 2018. Crochet For Cancer.

May 2018 Featured Charity. Knots of Love. Presented by Marie. Underground Crafter. Oombawka Design Crochet. Insta

Featured Crochet Charity. May 2018. Knots of Love

April Featured Charity Street Soldiers Albany New York

Featured Charitable Organization for April 2018: Street Soldiers

Featured Charity of the Month for March Mittens for Detroit presented by Sonya for Oombawka Design Crochet

Featured Charity March 2018 – Mittens for Detroit

February 2018 Featured Charity Ronald McDonald House Presented by Marie of Underground Crafter for Oombawka Design Crochet Charity Project

Featured Charity February 2018 – Ronald McDonald House Charities

Little Hats Big Hearts Featured Charity of the Month January 2018 Oombawka Design Crochet

Little Hats Big Hearts – Featured Charity of the Month January 2018

December Charity Feature

Tips and Tricks to Find a Local Charity Accepting Crocheted Donations

November Featured Charity of the Month - Project Linus - Presented by Marie of Underground Crafter

Project Linus – Featured Charity of the Month November 2017

Crochet for Cancer October 2017 Featured Charity of the Month

Crochet for Cancer – Featured Charity of the Month October 2017

Knit a Square Featured Charity of the Month 2017 September presented by Underground Crafter at ODC

September’s Featured Charity – Knit-a-Square

Hats for the Homeless Charity of the Month August Presented by The Stitchin Mommy Free Crochet Patterns

August’s Featured Charity: Hats for the Homeless

Knots of Love July Featured Charity of the Month

Featured Charity of the Month Knots of Love

Crochet and Donate Halos of Hope Featured Charity of the Month 2017

Featured Charity of the Month – June 2017 – Halos of Hope

Featured Charity of the Month May 2017 - Friends of Pine Ridge Reservation

Featured Charity of the Month – May 2017 – Friends of Pine Ridge Reservation

Featured Charity of the Month April 2017 - Warm Up America - Guest Post Marie Segares Underground Crafter

Featured Charity of the Month – April 2017 – Warm Up America

Crochet and Donate Marchs Charity of the Month and Free Charity Crochet Pattern

Featured Charity of the Month – March 2017 – H.O.P.E. Animal Shelter

Featured Charity of the Month February 2017 - Granny Stripe Blanket The Stitchin' Mommy

We Care Blankets ™ – Featured Charity of the Month – February 2017

Crochet and Donate Featured Charity of the Month 2017 from Creative Crochet Workshop

RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL- Featured Charity of the Month – January 2017

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Smile of Joy – Featured Charity of the Month – November

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Hat Box Foundation. Featured Charity of the Month for October

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Frederick Rescue Mission – Featured Charity of the Month – September

 

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