Wool-Aid wrapped up the packing of the big shipment to Mongolia for the Dulaan Project recently, our second shipment of 2015 for the children of Ulaanbaatar:

As you can see, the process was very carefully supervised by Miss Smokey from above and Mr. Fritz from below.

These 24 boxes (about 560 pounds worth) include a total of 1605 items:

839 hats
91 vests
122 sweaters
400 pairs of socks
119 pairs of mittens
34 baby blankets

This is about 300 items more than we sent in January of this year, for a total of 2912 items shipped to Ulaanbaatar in 2015! The current shipment is in transit and should arrive in Ulaanbaatar soon so that it can be distributed to the children. Current temperatures are already registering below zero there.

FIRE (Flagstaff International Relief Effort) included Wool-Aid’s contributions from earlier this year in their end-of-year newsletter for 2015: Received and distributed 1,307 donated hand knitted winter items to orphanages and the disabled.

This is what you have done for the children of Ulaanbaatar this year! Thank you!

Wool-Aid items are beginning to arrive in Nepal for distribution. We have shipped 23 boxes to Nepal so far, some containing items specifically in colors for the young monks, and some in a full range of colors for distribution to needy children in remote villages and elsewhere. Not all of those boxes have been received yet — it takes a month, and sometimes much more, for our boxes to reach them. Additional boxes will be shipped to help warm the children this winter.

As new young monks are welcomed into the community, they have been given a warm hat, a sweater, and a pair of socks sent by Wool-Aid:

Heartfelt thanks for all your loving contributions for the young monks in Nepal!

Wool-Aid, Inc. has joined #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving that harnesses the collective power of individuals, communities, and organizations to encourage philanthropy and to celebrate generosity worldwide.

Occurring this year on December 1, #GivingTuesday is held annually on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving (in the U.S.) to kick off the holiday giving season and inspire people to collaborate in giving back in impactful ways to the charities and causes they support.

Since 2010, Wool-Aid has been helping children with limited access to resources who live in extremely cold places — Mongolia, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Tibet, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, India, Nepal, northern Canada, and remote areas of Alaska. We provide them with lovingly handknit and crocheted hats, socks, sweaters, vests, mittens, and blankets to keep them warm. All of our recipients live in locations that are not easily accessible, and therefore shipping is costly. Your generous donations make it possible to send warm, woolen clothing and blankets to the children we serve.

We invite you to celebrate generosity on Tuesday, December 1, and contribute to Wool-Aid. Your contribution will help provide children living in desperately cold environments with warm, woolen clothing and blankets to keep them warm.

Wool-Aid, Inc. is registered as a non-profit corporation in the State of Illinois and is recognized as a tax-exempt charitable organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue code (EIN: 46-5580013). All gifts to Wool-Aid are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.