A chance to give a little bit

At the beginning of October, I decided it was time for the women in my ward/neighborhood to do something outside of themselves - outside of taking each other dinner and watching each other's kids. Those are valuable volunteer efforts but I wanted to see some real acts of service.

So, because it's what I do, I fired off an e-mail to the Relief Society Presidency suggesting a service project for the ladies to work on. The RS pres. loved the idea and sort of put me in charge (not really, but I guess I spear headed the whole thing).



The Project? Really, it's just feeding my addiction, but I've tried to get all the ladies in the ward to make knit hats. We are going to donate them to the homeless shelter and I really hope that we end up with a ton of hats.

I am currently working on my 11th hat since the first weekend in October. Three of them are keepers with people already in mind, but the others are to donate. I just love knowing that I'm taking the time to make something that another person needs and will hopefully find valuable. It's one of those warm fuzzy feelings you get when you do acts of service and it's great.



Our deadline is December 10 and we asked that each woman in the ward make 5 hats. Do you want to help our cause? You need a loom (I've got some extras) and some yarn and a hook. I can give instruction or you can figure it out on your own. It would be awesome to see this be an even bigger project.