I am a teacher at Alexander Hamilton Elementary, an inner city school, in Baltimore Maryland. I am starting a crochet class for my students. I am in need of donations of yarn and needles.
I'm a teacher. Register at donorschoose.org. You can request supplies or money to buy them.
I assume you have tried craigslist free from your town, or any other local Facebook buy sell trade groups? I am certain 100's of people where you are have supplies to donate.
YOu can also go here and look up local knitting groups, stitch & bitch gatherings (yes, this really is a thing) and somesuch here:
stitchnbitch.org/
Of course you will need a continuing supply of these items, especially yarn, so you will have to keep your "ads" running in FreeCycle and Craig's List but try to update them once in a while.
At our church we have projects like this going on all the time and, as a rule, people are very generous when it comes to helping children. Maybe you could try asking for help at your local church. They could put a notice in their Sunday announcements bulletin, on their bulletin board, and maybe make an announcement at one of their weekly services.
Learning to crochet is a terrific way for anyone to become more confident! Perhaps ask your students to consider any senior citizens in their neighbourhood.
Try sending a letter asking for donations on your schools letterhead stationary to places like hobby lobby, michaels, walmart, redheart yarn and such. Also, don't forget asking groups such as the lions club, scouts and such. Also ask on local facebook swaps.
If you are teaching crochet you will need hooks, not needles. Those are for knitting. I only mention it so you don't get supplies that won't work. Good plan and good luck!!
Hello im a knitter and crocher. Im in dire need of yarn supplies. For my local charties. Such as 1. Prayer shawel
2. Make scarves and hats for the homeless
3. Make baby clothes for single mothers with no income. So if you would kindly get back with me thank you ms Donovan
I have yarn and crochet hooks to donate. Are you still looking for this? I live in Baltimore.
In order to make scarves, hats, mittens, blankets, and other items for a variety of charities, donations of supplies are a necessity. This is a page about finding free yarn for charity projects.
