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$15,908.00 2007 was another amazing year for Diane Crawford and her supporters at Georgetown Yarn and Crafts. Diane's Knit for the Cure weekend raised over $15,000.00 for breast cancer research. I can't thank you enough for all your enthusiasm. Diane has also offered her help to anyone wanting to host a KFTC day. Thank you again Diane!!! $11,500.00 Diane Crawford at Georgetown Yarns is an amazing supporter of Knit for the Cure. This year Diane's Knit for the Cure weekend (two days) raised over $11, 500.00. A huge thank you to all who participated !!! You are an amazing group of knitters and crocheters. $20,970.00 With $8,200.00 being raised by Parry Sound Sewing Centre's Knit for the Cure Day - Thank you so much Janet for organizing this amazing event! We still have a few loose ends to wrap up before the final tally, but it has been an awesome year for knitting and fund raising. You are an inspiration! $12,770.00 With almost $2.000.00 being raised by The Woollen Earth at Jennifer's Knit for the Cure Day in December - Fantastic!!! Cheques are coming in for "Show us a Sign". These will be posted soon. $10,532.00 With a tremendous $6,522.00 from Georgetown Yarn & Crafts - Georgetown ON. Diane Crawford, again with the generous help of a most amazing guild - Halton Hands in Motion Knitting & Crochet Guild, hosted a Knit for the Cure Day and raised this phenomimal sum! Fantastic!!! Thank you Diane and guild members and all who attended! $4,010.50 From July to September Knit for the Cure raised $906.00, with many stores still running "Show us a Sign" and will report at the end of October. I was thrilled to receive two cheques from donators who had purchased scarves knit by Mrs. Steenbergen who contributed her time, yarn and skill as a knitter and designer to create scarves, that were purchased, with all the proceeds going to The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation as part of Knit for the Cure. Thank you Mrs. Steenbergen. Other funds came from: The donations break down as follows: 1. $2,000.00 from The Halton Hands in Motion Knitting and Crochet
Guild along with Georgetown Yarn and Crafts, who raised this fabulous
amount as a result of their gallery show and raffle of two exquisite
afghans made by guild members. FANTASTIC!! KUDOS TO EVERYONE INVOLVED!! 2. $300.00 from the knitters at Uptown Yarns in Courtenay BC who raised this donation in 1 day while knitting teddy bears for their local hospital. GREAT GOING JENNIFER AND ALL 50 DEDICATED KNITTERS! 3. $278.00 from purchases of the Scarves of Hope booklet by stores. We have sold over 600 booklets in 3 months. THANK YOU STORES! 4. $81.00 from Fiddlesticks Knitting who continues to donate $1.00 from the sale of scarf kits from the Scarves of Hope booklet and Fiddlesticks Knitting Country Silk. Tremendous donation from 1 individual!! THANK YOU DOROTHY! 5. $50.00 from Baadeck yarns who turned her design-a-hat competition into a fund raiser. In order to vote for the hat design you liked the best, you had to pay.25 to Knit for the Cure. This means that 200 people voted in Patricia's shop during the contest. A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE INVOLVED! Watch for more from these stores, guilds and knitters and watch for new events and fund raising activities. We put the "fun" in fun-d-raising. Let's have a blast!! Tell me what you are doing and I will post it on the events page!
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