This Week's Scarves Update

The deadline for Kansas has passed.  We now have West Virginia, Maine, Tennessee, and Wisconsin coming up this week.  The first of these is West Virginia, whose deadline is January 12, 2011 (this coming Wednesday) who needs 250 scarves.  If you would like to send scarves to West Virginia, you may send them here:

Special Olympics West Virginia
Attn:  Scarf Project
1206 Virginia Street East
Suite 100
Charleston, WV 25301



Maine, Tennessee, and Wisconsin all have a deadline of January 14, 2011 (this coming Friday).


Maine needs 800 scarves, and you may send them to:

Special Olympics Maine
Attn: Scarf Project
125 John Roberts Road Suite #19
South Portland, ME 04106

Tennessee requires 225 scarves, and their address is:

Special Olympics Tennessee
Attn: Scarf Project
1900 12th Avenue South
Nashville, TN  37203

If you would like to help Wisconsin reach their goal of 600 scarves, please send them to:

Special Olympics Wisconsin
c/o Christina Harris
2310 Crossroads Dr., Suite 1000
Madison, WI 53718

Of course, for these (or any of the future deadlines) please remember to follow these Scarves for Special Olympics guidelines:

1.  You MUST use the two colors that have been selected as the Special Olympics colors for this year.  This year those colors are Red Heart Super Saver color #866 (Blue) and Red Heart Super Saver color #512 (Turqua).  These yarns, and some sample patterns are available at this link.

2.  You MUST use both colors in each scarf.  This may seem odd, why not allow for scarves of one color or the other?  The reason is actually a very sweet one.  Using both colors in each scarf will create a sense of unity with the scarves.  Because they are allowing different patterns and different methods (knit or crochet), color is the one unifier.  They want the scarves to create a sense of unity and community between the athletes and the volunteers.  It is designed to create a sense of being a part of a larger movement.  Which they are, and they deserve to feel so.

3.  Each scarf must be between 54 and 60 inches long.

4.  Each scarf must be 6 inches wide.

5.  Each scarf must be enclosed in an individual ziplock bag (for sanitary reasons)

6.  Multiple scarves may be shipped in each box, but only one per ziplock bag.

7.  Please include a 3 x 5 inch index card in the box containing your name and mailing address.  Email address is optional (I believe that the index card is solely for protecting the recipients, should there be something bad in the baggie, they would know where it came from, you get the idea).  DO NOT include your name or any identifying information in the individual baggies.

8.  You may include a note of well-wishes in the baggie, as long as it doesn’t contain any identifying information.

9.  Donations must be postmarked by the deadline for each state.  I will be posting these dates in a future entry (although there are 3 states with deadlines in the end of December - Indiana, Virginia, and North Dakota).  The earliest deadline is December 24 (Indiana), and the latest deadline is February 25 (several states).  For more information on the deadlines, you can stay tuned to this blog or check out the Scarves for Special Olympics website.

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