Corps Crafters Collaborate

One of the great joys of this project is meeting other charity minded stitchers. Our newest collaborators are the Corps Crafters, members of the Chicago District, US Army Corps of Engineers - they knit and crochet, sometimes while deployed in Iraq... We are so happy they have connected to us....

Collaborating with UC Students

The Forefront Stitchers took the challenge and knit scarves as part of a competition sponsored by University of Chicago Council on University Programming - students who have organized a winter festival. - scarves for people who use shelter services. We won with 93 scarves and Wallace House was a close second with 89. Total was over 300. FFS distributed them to shelters and fammilies in need on the South Side of Chicago. This was lots of fun - knitting and crochetting and competition - with service - a dynamic event
Details at http://coup.uchicago.edu/