Thanks for visiting
Happy Heads DC! Our mission is to encourage
knitters, crocheters and other crafty people
to create hats and other winter garments
for children served by SafeShores, the DC
Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC).
Don't forget your donations ...
Safe Shores ...
Safe Shores - The D.C. Children's Advocacy
Center is a direct service nonprofit organization
dedicated to supporting and working directly
with child victims of sexual and physical abuse in the District of
Columbia.
Through its child-friendly facility and
multidisciplinary team approach, Safe Shores
coordinates the work of medical and mental
health providers, social services professionals,
victim advocates, law enforcement, and
prosecution officials to reduce trauma
and promote healing for child victims of
abuse.
Visit www.safeshores.org to learn more
about Safe Shores - The D.C. Children's
Advocacy Center!
How did Happy
Heads get started?
A former DC CAC staff member and avid knitter aggressively collected
yarn faster than she could use it up. (When you have a fiber addiction,
it’s hard to quit.) She remembered the needs of many of the children
at the DC CAC and decided to combine that knowledge, her skills and
insatiable yarn appetite. By the winter of 2003 she had created nearly
twenty unique winter hats for children who often had little or seasonally
inappropriate clothing. The next winter she brought the idea to a local
yarn shop, and within weeks knitters from around the area had created
several dozen hats! The children were happy, and the knitters and crocheters
felt good.
2005 brought about significant
changes and attention to the program, which
had become more than just one knitter’s
hobby. With the support of several DC area
yarn shops, the program has spread and
now has a name, Happy Heads DC!
How can I Help?
Just make a hat! All colors, styles and
sizes are needed, from infant to adult.
(Be sure to use fiber that is easily washable,
for instance, don’t use yarn that
is sure to felt or stretch significantly.)
Make them fun for kids to wear!
There are lots of charity knitting programs
around. Please have fun and use your skills
to help out as many as you can! |
