Fabulous Donation from Puerto Rico Helps Ohio's Homeless

This wonderful donation is all the way from Puerto Rico from our good friend Damaris.  The scarves are double thickness so are wonderfully warm and super soft.  Likewise the hats which can be reversible.  Damaris has knitted these on a knitting machine which is how you get the tube effect for both and the ability to make them double.  Look how nice the hats are with contrasting brims...please click the picture to see the details.  The hats will fit a variety of head sizes because they are nice and stretchy.

Beautifully done Damaris.  Thank you for your generosity.  Please keep up the good work.

**For anyone new to the blog, the counting below maybe confusing.  When 2016 began, we started with the number of items donated the previous year and are counting down in hopes of hitting and surpasses the number of items donated last year.**


2016 DONATIONS:
Hats:     54-11=43
Scarves: 67-4=63
Mittens/Gloves/Wrist Warmers:  66
Slippers:   36
Rain Poncho's:   +106
Cotton Washcloths:  274
Afghans:  4
Socks:   108
Cowls/Hoody Combo's, headbands:   7
Shawls and shrugs, ponchos, sweaters & vests etc 0
Misc: items like personal care, headbands etc and things don't fit into above categories aren't counted.

All donations regardless of size and number are valued. All donations are appreciated. The Power of One is awesome, and when we work together The Power of One becomes The Power of Many.

A Generous Donations from Florida Helps Ohio's Homeless

Thank you Sandra R!  Sandra has been a long time supporter of Bridge and Beyond.  She's very generous and very talented.  Look at this wonderful donation.  Remember folks, you can always click on the pictures in the blog to see them better...make them large in order to see details etc.  She's knitted 20 awesome hats in lots of different sizes and colors, and styles.  Truly something to please a variety of people.  Some hats are suitable for men, some women, and some can easily be either or.  She's also included 2 nice warm scarves and some personal care items.  

Special thanks also Sandra for tagging all your hats with size!  AND of course for including the sunshine in box from Florida.  Parts of Florida have had a time of it with Matthew, and still Sandra sends love and warmth to our homeless Ohioans in need.

Hugs for all you do!  Please know how much you're appreciated.

**For anyone new to the blog, the counting below maybe confusing.  When 2016 began, we started with the number of items donated the previous year and are counting down in hopes of hitting and surpasses the number of items donated last year.**


2016 DONATIONS:
Hats:     74-20=54
Scarves: 69-2=67
Mittens/Gloves/Wrist Warmers:  66
Slippers:   36
Rain Poncho's:   +106
Cotton Washcloths:  274
Afghans:  4
Socks:   108
Cowls/Hoody Combo's, headbands:   7
Shawls and shrugs, ponchos, sweaters & vests etc 0
Misc: items like personal care, headbands etc and things don't fit into above categories aren't counted.

All donations regardless of size and number are valued. All donations are appreciated. The Power of One is awesome, and when we work together The Power of One becomes The Power of Many.

Delivery to Homeless Families Foundation

Sharing a cute post with you all, knowing it will have you nodding your head, just as it did me when I first saw it on Facebook.

Folks, it's taken me a full week to catch up on opening, documenting, and photographing all your wonderful donations that came while I was away.  I focused on getting the boxes opened, items counted, and bagged in order to make a delivery today to Homeless Families Foundation.  My car was truly full.  The backseat and the trunk.  The good folks there helped me make multiple trips to and from the car and were most excited and appreciative of all your labors, your talent, and your big hearts.  To say our items were well received would be an understatement.  The nights have turned quite cool and so getting those warm hats, scarves,slippers, and mittens delivered was a top priority.   Even though the wonderful donations haven't yet been posted here to the blog they have been delivered and will soon be providing relief to those in need' as well as the personal care items, socks, cotton washcloths, and of course The Afghans!

Thank you all for making these important deliveries possible.

Stay tuned for blog post with donations from: Sandie P, Emily K, Damaris, Sandra R, Nikki S, Christina D, Susie J, and Mary H.

**We started our list of donations this year, with the numbers we ended with last calendar year and so are counting backwards.  So the numbers listed for example show we only need to knit and or crochet 74 more hats to reach the number we donated last year**

2016 DONATIONS:
Hats:     74
Scarves: 70-1=69
Mittens/Gloves/Wrist Warmers:  66
Slippers:   36
Rain Poncho's:   +106
Cotton Washcloths:  274
Afghans:  5-1=4
Socks:   108
Cowls/Hoody Combo's, headbands:   7
Shawls and shrugs, ponchos, sweaters & vests etc 0
Misc: items like personal care, headbands etc and things don't fit into above categories aren't counted.

All donations regardless of size and number are valued. All donations are appreciated. The Power of One is awesome, and when we work together The Power of One becomes The Power of Many.