There’s this. Houston-based blogger Christine over at Big Pink Cookie is collecting knitted goods for the youngest victims of Katrina — baby booties, blankets, sweaters, etc. I think it’s a lovely idea and one way for people to feel they’re doing something tangible. And I think that’s a natural human impulse we have at moments like this. Donating money online or over the phone, while so vital , can seem a bit sterile and cold when so many hands are longing to touch, reach out, hold a hand, wipe a tear. Why else would so many voluntarily open their homes to strangers? I think it’s for that very sense of tangibility, for being able to say, “I give this to you with my own hands.”
So if you can knit or crochet — and I know I have a least one reader VERY talented in this area — pop on over to her site for the details and consider using your gifts to wrap the littlest homeless ones in some homemade love and warmth.
Something you can give with your very own hands.
Katrina is not an “either” “or” circumstance. It’s an event that requires we do both. Write the check while figuring out what yarn to buy, how much you’ll give on a monthly basis to what charity, or whether you’ll vacation at Disney this coming year or go to New Orleans. (Either for a vacation or a cleanup project.)
And for Christians the double duty comes when the rest of the country, and world, is fatigued and not wishing to hear another bloody thing about Katrina. That is when we will have to persist and continue in well-doing.
It’s going to be a long haul, folks.
Glad to have found you again.
SK
I’ve been in a very emotional state all week, of course, but your post? It made me cry. Thank you for saying so eloquently what I could not put into words earlier. And thank you for helping to spread the word.
Christine —
I’m more than happy to spread the word on something this wonderful and heartening.
SK — Oh, I do agree on the “either/or.” What a good point. Perhaps we can all think of some way to make it “AND.”
thank you for the great idea. i can’t knit or crochet, but your post just demonstrates that there are SO MANY DIFFERENT ways to give. 🙂