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

[james]

Oh, excellent! Helping locally always helps on shipping costs as well. ;-)

Sometimes we do 'toiletry' packs for the shelter, like travel sizes of shampoo and hand wipes and deoderant, along with handknit washcloths. And stuff like slippers are quick and easy to make, and shelter residents can wear 'em while washing out and drying their socks.