The essential parts of a handmade
gift are the thoughts, care and prayers that comprise a person’s creation of
the gift. When I am making a gift for a
friend, I take delight in choosing just the right materials that I think they will
find appealing. I think about the gift
of their friendship, and the meaning that they bring to my life. During the
time I am creating their gift, I think about the time that we spend together.
A Caring Caps hat or scarf takes a
minimum of 10 hours, 600 minutes or 36,000 seconds to create. It is during this act of creation that caring
thoughts that are offered up for the children, women, and men in our community
who are in need. As Caring Caps volunteers we are concerned that there are
those in our community who are hungry, cold and in need. With 33 completed
projects, that means that over 1,188,000 seconds have been put into
caring for others in our community. The Caring Caps Project is about making
loving handmade gifts for those in need.
More importantly, it is about increasing awareness of the issues of
poverty in our community and calling everyone to be willing to do their part to
make a difference.
Over 25 people are now actively
making hats and scarfs for Caring Caps. Most of their gifts are not completed.
I am eagerly anticipating the increasing numbers of handmade gifts for this
holiday season that will be donated to Operation Happiness. Next week, a third group is going to start
the journey of learning to knit in love.
Even if you never pick up a pair of knitting needles, a crochet hook or
a knitting loom, I hope that you will find time to care about others around
you. Time spent caring for others can change the lives of others as well as
your life! There is no greater meaning in
the time you spend.
Tick. Tock. Hurry - time is passing.
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