Knots of Love
| Formation | 2007 |
|---|---|
| Type | Non-profit |
| Headquarters | Ashland, Wisconsin |
| Website | www |
Knots of Love is a non-profit organization based in Ashland, Wisconsin founded by Christine M. Fabiani[1][2] which donates hand-knit and crocheted beanies for people going through chemo, as well as hand-knit blankets for babies in the neonatal intensive care units.[3][2][4] Knots of Love has donated over 600,000 handmade caps and tiny blankets to patients at cancer treatment centers, infusion centers, hospitals and oncology offices across all 50 states.[5][6]
Each day, envelopes, bags and boxes containing handmade caps arrive on the doorstep of the Knots of Love HQ in Ashland, Wisconsin. The caps come in from volunteers all over the country. The caps are collected, checked, sorted, logged, tagged, bagged, decorated with a red bow (or with a flag for veterans) boxed, and shipped off to the 590+ cancer treatment centers across the USA.[1] Former President Bill Clinton named Knots of Love his charity of choice in 2009.[7] The following year, the organization exceeded a 2,000 percent growth since its inception.[7]
In October 2012, Sears launched a Knots of Love jewelry line.[8] Sevenly, a social good apparel company, designed t-shirts and sweatshirts for Knots of Love in December 2012.[9] A portion of the proceeds were donated to the organization. In August 2013, the organization’s volunteers yarn bombed the LAB Antimall in Costa Mesa, California.[1][10] The volunteers covered the shopping center’s trees, trunks and flower pots with colorful yarn to promote Knots of Love’s campaign to send 8,000 caps to Veteran Affairs hospitals in the United States.[1][11] A group of Google employees donated 101 caps to the organization that month.[12][13] Additionally, Knots of Love held a knit cap drive at the Angel Stadium of Anaheim.[14]
The organization donated its 300,000th handmade cap[15] in June 2016, after reaching its previous milestone of 200,000th caps donated in May 2014.[5] In February 2015, a Newport Beach hair salon donated haircuts to raise $5,000 for Knots of Love.[14]
Operations
[edit]Knots of love is a 100 percent donation-based nonprofit organization.[2] By July 2016, the organization had donated over 538,000 caps to approximately 588 hospitals.[1] Knots of Love donates more than 4,000 caps per month to over 588 cancer treatment centers, infusion centers, hospitals and oncology offices in all 50 states, Mexico, Canada and Ireland.[9][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Joseph Pimentel (August 12, 2013). "Knitters look to warm cancer patients' bodies, hearts". Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- ^ a b c Jenny Stockdale (August 30, 2012). "Costa Mesa-based charity contending for votes to win grant". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- ^ Louise Carroll (November 12, 2012). "Knots of Love: Creating joy one stitch at a time". Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- ^ a b "Newport's Knots of Love hits second year milestone". August 21, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- ^ a b Hannah Fry (May 29, 2014). "Knots of Love hits 200,000 caps for cancer patients". Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- ^ "My First Podcast: Episode 7 - 350,000 people". myfirstpodcast.libsyn.com. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
- ^ a b "20 Women to Watch". March 1, 2010. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- ^ Denise Romano (October 18, 2010). "Sears Launches 'Knots of Love' by Sun Source Jewelry". Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- ^ a b "Clothing for a Cause". December 4, 2012. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- ^ "Group yarn bombs the LAB 'anti-mall'". August 13, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- ^ Chasen Doerr (August 13, 2013). "Yarn bombing delivers colorful message". Archived from the original on August 17, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- ^ "'GoogleServe' Week Benefits Local Charity". August 3, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- ^ "Google Employees Donate Knitted Caps to OC Non-Profit". August 4, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- ^ a b "Haircuts raise nearly $5,000 for Knots of Love". February 19, 2015.
- ^ "A community of crochet". 1 July 2016.