Question about knitting for charity

[rokeon]

I'm brand new to knitting, but I learned when I got into making chainmail that my ideal project is not one that has an overly firm due date; I'm the sort of person who starts a project, forgets it exists for six months, then finds the supplies buried under a stack of books and sits down to finish the whole thing in two days without sleep. So I'm looking for charity programs that either accept donations continuously or reoccur every year.

I can find a million search results about charity knitting, but some of them (like helmetliners for soldiers) seem to be defunct and others are just hard to judge from their webpages. Does anybody have any organizations they'd recommend?

Comments

[ct]

Project Linus comes to mind. Donations are made through local chapters rather than through the parent organization, but it looks like there are several chapters in your state.

Or if you want to make something smaller than a blanket, there will always be newborns in need of hats. Try calling around to local hospitals to a) figure out if they accept donations, and b) ask what their requirements are in terms of materials and such.

[rokeon]

Project Linus sounds like a really good program, and there are a couple chapters near me. Probably going to start with more smaller things, but blankets are definitely something to work toward!