{"id":143,"date":"2011-04-07T14:35:07","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T20:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wool-aid.org\/news\/?p=143"},"modified":"2011-12-06T00:35:28","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T06:35:28","slug":"hats-mittens-2011-october-31-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wool-aid.org\/news\/?p=143","title":{"rendered":"Hats &#038; Mittens 2011 (10\/31\/2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Hats &amp; Mittens<\/strong> are needed by all the kids that  we serve. With that in mind, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re launching a general Hats &amp;  Mittens campaign, with an end date of <strong>October 31, 2011<\/strong>.  You may send items at any time, because we will have shipments going  out before this date as well as after it. This general Hats &amp;  Mittens campaign will overlap other campaigns (such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wool-aid.org\/news\/?p=142\">Baby Shower<\/a> campaign). And that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s OK!<\/p>\n<p>You may designate your hats or mittens for a specific recipient if  you wish; if you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t specify a recipient, we will designate items  based on the need at the time of shipment. Current potential recipients  include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Children affected by the April 2010 earthquake in Tibet (Kyegu): infants through teens<\/li>\n<li>Inuit Daycare Centers in northern Canada (Rankin Inlet): infants through children 6 years old<\/li>\n<li>Innu children in northern Labrador (Sheshatsuit): children through teens<\/li>\n<li>Cree children in northern Ontario (Moosonee, Kashechewan): children through teens<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We may become aware of other needs; in that case, hats and mittens  could be sent to help warm children in other parts of the world as well.<\/p>\n<p>Please send all finished hats &amp; mittens to:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wool-Aid<br \/>\n1381 Rocky Creek Court<br \/>\nBelleville, IL 62220<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We include guidelines below. Please aim for hats and mittens  that will be very warm for the children &#8212; remember that we send to  children who live in extremely cold conditions!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guidelines for Hats and Mittens:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Use wool (at least 80% wool\/animal fiber).<\/li>\n<li>Use worsted weight yarn or heavier.<\/li>\n<li>Mitten and hat sets would be wonderful, but are not required.<\/li>\n<li>Hats with earflaps or double-layer hats are wonderful and warm (pattern suggestions below).<\/li>\n<li>Hats will ideally be able to entirely cover the ears. The thicker, the better (no lace hats; they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not warm enough).<\/li>\n<li>Mittens should have generous cuffs for extra warmth and protection from wind.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>If you are able, a contribution to help share the cost of shipping expenses would be appreciated. See <a href=\"..\/..\/donate.html\">How to Donate to Wool-Aid<\/a> for details.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hats &amp; Mittens are needed by all the kids that we serve. With that in mind, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re launching a general Hats &amp; Mittens campaign, with an end date of October 31, 2011. You may send items at any time, because we will have shipments going out before this date as well as after it. This [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,15,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-active-campaigns","category-hats","category-mittens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wool-aid.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wool-aid.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wool-aid.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wool-aid.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wool-aid.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.wool-aid.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wool-aid.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wool-aid.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wool-aid.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}