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a geeky little p.s a. on volunteering

| Betsy

Today I move to London.

Due to that, here’s a link to National Centre for Volunteering.

I’ll admit, I love volunteering. As a kid, my parents drug me to all sorts of fundraisers, building sites, meetings, etc. I hated it. Then when I found causes that I found worth supporting, like the ASPCA and various crafty organizations (many of which are linked to this page!), I fell in love with it.

Some basic issues regarding volunteering are discussed here, from Canada’s Source for Information on Volunteering.

Do good things.

pink rocks!

| Betsy

Still in the process of moving. Currently at the parents where if I stay too long online, they are convinced I’m sending out liberal missives using this crackin’ new thing called technology.

I feel like squirrels are helping me move, I’m going at such a slow rate. Picture it, hordes of tiny little furry gray rodents carrying your things (a tampon, a couple of pens, a cassette tape) into the horizon…Me carefully guiding the herd along, making sure they’re paid well with different exotic forms of nuts, kept away from main highways and have plenty of time to chase each other around the trail.

Anyway, someone was nice enough to pass this link along for Lion Brand‘s Crochet for a Cause kit that is currently on sale.

A pink crochet hook and for a good cause? Sign me up!

If you don’t feel like crocheting, at least go here and click to help fund mammograms for the less fortunate.

Back to the moving…

it does make a difference!

| Betsy

In case anyone has any doubts about whether or not you can make a difference just by crafting, check out this site for the Penguin Jumper Project in Australia. So many people knitted jumpers for these little buggers that the number received far exceeded the number of penguins that needed some extra clothing!

I go back and forth between making things for people and things for animals. And lately I’ve been thinking that my yarn stash (that has been growing exponentially) needs some depleting, so whipping out some blankets for the Snuggles Project, because even though those penguins are well-stocked, there are some domestic puppies and kittens that need a bit of love, too.

Or maybe I’ll make some furry little bears to send to the Mother Bear Project, which collects fuzzy companions for young victims of rape in South Africa.

Either way, I’ll be making stuff that will be given and received with a little bit of TLC. Bitchin’.