For the Victims of Hurricane Katrina

[mijan]

My sister has started a fund-raising effort.  She and other volunteers are knitting and crochetting scarves for sale, and ALL proceeds will go directly to the victims.... here she is.

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Hi, sister here. My name is Yvette, I just graduated from college, I'm broke as hell and I like to crochet. I moved back home after I graduated college, and I've complained at length about not having my own room. I was watching the hurricane coverage yesterday when it hit me that, nevermind their own rooms, these people lost their houses, everything. What can I do to help?

Well, obviously scarves or other woolen things aren't going to help people in the deep south, but the profits from said scarves will. I'm making these scarves and selling them for $35-$55, depending on material and complexity, with all proceeds (i.e. money above and beyond the cost of material) going to the Red Cross. The only reason some would be more expensive than others is that essentially what I'm contributing is my time and talent; the more complex, the more time. I contacted the American Red Cross about this today, they are sending me a contract that essentially promises to anyone buying a scarf that all proceeds will go straight to the Red Cross for the relief effort.

Other random details...

-I need a name for this whole operation. Something with a good acronym would work, I'm open for suggestions.

-I take requests for colors/styles of scarf. Type of wool, tassles, pockets... for pockets I need measurement for how long a scarf would need to be to wrap around someone's neck and down long enough to put your hands in; this type of scarf is obviously more expensive because they have to be a lot bigger.

-Most scarves will be $35, thicker ones / more patterned ones will be $40, and pockets added AND Harry Potter scarves will be $50. Some people have asked for extras added to the HP scarves, those are $55.

-If any of you crochet or knit and would like to join up, I'm sure there are a lot of people who would appreciate the extra funds this would raise.

Anything else... oooh yes, email me at arwen_guinevere@yahoo.com if you want to order a scarf / volunteer to help / donate money for startup to help buy materials / ask questions... or ask me out on a date, I'm cool with that too.

 

Thanks big sister for letting me post on here and thanks in advance for reading / getting involved.

Comments

[mary-re.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, I don't, but someone on my flist just linked to an HP community, hpkatrinarelief. You could probably post there (or actually, wait a day or so for membership to get bigger), and see if anyone there can help you out, or knows someone who can.

If nothing else, you could set up an lj and post pictures there...?

[mijan.livejournal.com]

That might work. Actually, I was thinking about doing hand-carved wands. That's one of my personal specialities. I'll go over to the LJ community you just linked, and see if there's a way for me to get involved that way.