{"id":147,"date":"2016-05-19T17:02:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T17:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scknittingguild.com\/?page_id=147"},"modified":"2025-12-27T15:41:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T20:41:03","slug":"charity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scknittingguild.com\/index.php\/charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Charities are at the heart of SCKG<\/h2>\n\t<h2><strong>We support several charities in the Upstate of South Carolina.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Baby hats &#8211; Piedmont Women&#8217;s Center and Prisma Cancer Center<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><\/strong><strong>Hats, cowls, scarves &#8211; <\/strong>Area Soup Kitchen\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>12&#215;12 inch mats for cats (no lacy patterns) &#8211; Greenville Humane Society<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Chemo Hats &#8211; Cancer Center<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Elementary Children-sized hats &#8211; Title 1 Schools<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Prayer Shawls &#8211; Interim Health Care, Ronald McDonald House<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lap Robes &#8211; Interim Healthcare<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hats and Scarves &#8211; United Ministries, Salvation Army Angel Tree<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Washcloths, Soap Sacks and Soap &#8211; Place of Hope, United Ministries, Clean Heart Ministries<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Twiddle Muffs &#8211; Interim Healthcare &#8211; see our guidelines for <a href=\"https:\/\/scknittingguild.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Twiddle-Muffs-and-Mats.pdf\">Twiddle Muffs and Mats (click link)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cowls, Scarves, Mittens &#8211; I Am Not Lost Upstate<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Kids Blankets &#8211; GAIN Program<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Knitted Knockers &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knittedknockers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See the official program info here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Pattern ideas are available in the Charity Binder at each SC Knitting Guild meeting or by contacting our <a href=\"mailto:allyfitness.shumate@gmail.com?subject=SCKG%20Charity%20Patterns\" rel=\"noopener\">Charity Coordinator, Allyson Shumate.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>A Note On Fetal Demise Pouches&#8211;Donna Boylan<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>As knitters, there is a deep well of caring in each of us, so philanthropy is an important part of our Guild.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We are still focusing on fetal demise pouches to support families facing the loss of a pregnancy well before full term. These are designed to hold a very preterm fetus after delivery. Because these babies are so tiny, usually between the 4th and 6th month of pregnancy, a supportive and protective wrap enables parents to hold their precious baby, take photos, and make memories. Below, you will find a link to a collection of items beautifully designed just for this. This comes from a program in the UK, so is not specific to our local hospitals, but some needs are universal.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please complete any items as we are not part of the program that published this (some indicate a group will add ribbons, etc.) Avoid harsh yarns, or wispy ones. You&#8217;ll need a yarn strong enough<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>to offer some structure, as these babies are so very fragile. Use white as much as possible, or pastels, avoiding pink and blue as gender can be difficult to determine at an early stage of development. A yarn that feels soft will give comfort. Avoid the pattern using the eyelash yarn, which is probably too &#8220;wispy&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>These projects may appear too tiny when completed, but they are just the right size. Parents often feel numb with grief, and the care you put into making these will touch their hearts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tigerlilytrust.co.uk\/how-you-help\/knitting-patterns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a> for patterns-all but the eyelash yarns are appropriate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/scknittingguild.com\/index.php\/festivaloftrees\" target=\"_top\">\n    2023 Festival of Trees\n<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/scknittingguild.com\/index.php\/patterns-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n    Patterns\n<\/a>\n<a href=\"mailto:allyfitness.shumate@gmail.com?subject=SCKG%20Charity%20Information%20Request\" target=\"_top\">\n    Contact Charities Coordinator\n<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charities are at the heart of SCKG We support several charities in the Upstate of South Carolina. Baby hats &#8211; Piedmont Women&#8217;s Center and Prisma Cancer Center Hats, cowls, scarves&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-147","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scknittingguild.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scknittingguild.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scknittingguild.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scknittingguild.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scknittingguild.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/scknittingguild.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45432,"href":"https:\/\/scknittingguild.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/147\/revisions\/45432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scknittingguild.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}