Knit or crochet a hat for the homeless

Photo by Sis Polin

By Sis Polin, Coordinator, Hats for the Homeless

The City of Shoreline is collecting hand made hats to be distributed to “Warm for Winter” and “Youth Care”.  Drop off your completed hats at the Shoreline City Hall lobby, 17500 Midvale Ave N in the marked bin by Thanksgiving.

• If you want a personal thank you, include your name, email or address.
• If you would like a pattern or have a question, contact Sis Polin.
• If you can’t knit or crochet and you want to keep a homeless person warm this winter, we will accept new purchased hats.

This past Saturday, we gave out free hat kits and yarn at the Summerset Festival at the Ronald Bog and we are looking forward to seeing them completed.  

We also met a wonderful woman who stopped at our knitting table.  She had been knitting hats for quite some time but hadn’t figured out where to take them.  It was a 'meant to be moment'.  We told her that we would love to have them and would give them a home and she was so happy to have found a worthy home for them. An hour later, she arrived with 50 hats and some scarves. 

What a great start we have for our “Hats for the Homeless”.  I don’t have permission to give out her name, but if you know a Barbara G, thank her.