Not For Profit Community Projects

Alphabetical List of Projects

• ABC Quilts Projects
  [Quote] ABC Quilts was founded in 1988 to give love and comfort to at-risk babies in the form of a handmade quilt, and to use this process to promote awareness, community service and prevention education.
  We define "at-risk" as those babies born HIV-positive, affected by their mother's drug or alcohol abuse while pregnant, or abandoned. [Unquote]
• Aid For Orphans : Sewing for Orphans in Ukrainian Baby Homes
• the AIDS Memorial Quilt Project
  [Quote] Our Mission: To preserve, care for, and use the AIDS Memorial Quilt to foster healing, heighten awareness, and inspire action in the struggle against HIV and AIDS[Unquote]
• the Afghans for Angel Project
• Angel Hugs : knit or crochet items for babies, children and adults that have suffered a severe trauma or serious life threatening illness
• Blankets For Canada Society
• Bottles of Hope [Polymer Clay project for cancer survivors]
• Caps for Kids : Providing needy children with cozy hats to keep them warm is what Caps for Kids is all about.
• Child Abuse Quilts: Revealing and Healing the Pain of Child Abuse
• Charitable Crafters
• Charity work on Crochet List ; a list
• Comfort Quilt Program by The Etobicoke Quilters' Guild
• Cuddles:
  [Quote] We attempt to support the families dealing with the loss of their baby through miscarriage or stillbirth. Since Cuddles began, we have supplied Cuddles items to 89 hospitals [Unquote]
• Global Art Project
• Hats for the Homeless
• Head Huggers: use knitting, crochet or sewing skill to help someone who has undergone hair loss due to chemotherapy, brain surgery, burn wounds, etc.?
• Heartmade Blessings Org
• The Knitting Connection Inc.
  [Quote] mission: "to support children and families with crafted items utilizing the artistic talents of volunteer knitters, crocheters, and quilters. We connect people from the community to support each other during their time of need..."[Unquote]
• Love Quilts
• Green Quilts
  [Quote] Its purpose is to create healing energy for the Earth and all life forms (including people!) [Unquote]
• HeartFelt Angels
• Heartmade Blessings
• Help Make Holidays Happen for kids of all ages
• Keep Canada Warm
• Knitting for charity; a list @ Wool Works
• Knitting for Charity @ dailyknitter.com
• Miracles Happen...
  Crochet, knit, and sewn items for a newborn baby's needs
• Newborns in Need
  [Quote]... charity organized to take care of sick and needy babies and their families; and in cases of crisis, to help where help is needed. [Unquote]
• Nifty Fifty Breast Cancer Charity quilt
• Quilting For A Cure, By Malaika Cheney-Coker-Orginally Published April 18, 2000, in the Southwest Daily Times, Liberal, Kansas. The Southwest Daily Times
  Reproduced in its entirety with permission of the newspaper and author.
• One Thousand Quilts for Oklahoma
• Project Linus ... Our mission to provide love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need through the gifts of new, handmade blankets and afghans, lovingly created by volunteer “blanketeers”...
• Quilts from Caring Hands: (QCH) makes and distributes quilts at no charge to Oregon’s children-at-risk: the omeless, those in foster care, drug addicted, HIV positive, visually impaired, abused, as well as infants of teen mothers.
• Precious Preemies Tiny Toes
• Quilting for Charity list of quilting projects for charity @ quilt.com
• Quilts4Cancer
• Rescue Quilt Project
• Sewing Charity: a list of sewing links
• Prayer Shawl Ministry
• Snuggles Project : security blankets for shelter animals who are without a bit of comfort to call their own
• Socks for Children In Common
• Stitches from the Heart
• Streetknit Project
• Threads Of Love : is an outreach sewing ministry that strives to provide for some of the physical needs of tiny infants, while showing God's love to the babies' parents and families.
• Tiny Shroud Ministry : Tiny shrouds are knitted and presented to the nursing staff at Mt. Sinai Hospital, who in turn offer them to any family suffering from a still-birth, as an act of love, and to provide dignity for the child's body.
• Threads of Compassion: loosely connected group of survivors of sexual violence who desire to offer comfort and support to recent victims
• Warm Hearts~Warm Babies
• Warm Up America
• Warming Families
  Brampton & Greater Toronto Area Chapter
• Warp: Weave a Real Peace
• Wrap Them in Love
  [Quote]Our Mission is to collect donated quilts and distribute them to children around the world so, they can be wrapped in the love of a quilt [Unquote]
• Webb-Babies- Dedicated to providing the babies in neonatal intensive care units with blankets and knit/crocheted clothing