Knitting for Charity Comfort Doll Project
Send joy and comfort with this knitting for charity project
I love knitting for charity. There's nothing like the feeling you get when you know that the gift you are making is bringing joy, happiness, and comfort -- especially if it's to a child. That's exactly what this knitting project will do. So how about sending a little joy and comfort? Read how.
Comfort doll knitting for charity project
Probably the only thing I love more than knitting is finding a new, worthwhile knitting charity. It just makes me happy! That's what this charity will do for you too -- not to mention how it will help children.
The Comfort Doll Project is a charity project that knits small dolls and sends them to children in Africa who are either infected with HIV or have been orphaned due to the HIV virus. This charity is the brain child of a young woman named Donna.
Here's how the charity works. The comfort doll is a small doll that has been hand-knit and is used for packaging material when sending HIV medication to medical centers in Africa. When the medication has been unpacked, the dolls are then given to children in the area, many who are patients or orphans.
To raise even more money for this cause, Donna contacts musicians, has them autograph or have a photo taken with the doll and then auction the doll on Ebay. The proceeds are then donated to African charities.
For more information on this wonderful charity, you can check out Donnas' Squidoo lens. This project is suited for beginning knitters and advanced knitters alike. Donna estimates it takes a beginning knitter four to six hours to knit one of these dolls.
Visit the site to get the very easy pattern that you can use to knit a comfort doll and find instructions about where to send it.This is a fun and super easy knitting for charity project that is sure to bring joy and comfort to some of the world's most tragic children.