Thursday, 4 September 2008

Items for charity.

This year I have got involved with operation christmas child it's a charity that fills shoe boxes with items for children in third world countries. I first got involved because they were handing out giant bags of free wool. I have crocheted a few scarves for them with this wool. Crocheting is quicker for me so they get more scarves and I get something mindless to do for when my brain doesn't want to work. I think I have until November to hand in all the completed items, they also took all the fun fur scarves I made when I first learnt to knit.
Here are some of the crocheted ones.



E.T.A I am wondering about this now. As I was searching for the link above I found this. I am abit unsure about this charity now. Sure it does some good but if this is true it is also quite underhand and possibly quite illegal and I don't agree with that. I talked it over with Hubby last night and his solution was to give them what I've already made and keep the rest of the wool. ( MEN! ).
What do you think?

Edited again....I am becoming more uncomfortable with this the more I think about it.I have had to think how i would feel if my son came home with gifts from a different God and started telling me all about a different religions teachings. Living in a christian country even if I am not particularly religious I would still feel uncomfortable. I was donating these items as 'gifts' for the children just so they would have something nice and practical at Christmas not for any religious purpose and I don't feel comfortable if they are going to be used this way.

I think I will probably donate what I have already made and offer to take the rest of the wool back.

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