NFRW Caring for America

Knit Skull Cap

The yarn should be worsted – medium. The needles 4-5 mm. Good luck! Thank you for joining us.

After completing one hat try it on and make adjustments as needed. The yarn and tension we use may differ. I have found with different yarn I have to change my needle size. Feel free to knit with circular needles, I do. If you use circular needles you will need four 6 inch double pointed needles to do the decrease at the end.

Cast 72 stitches on to needles
Knit 1 pearl 1 for six rows
Row 7 begin alternating knitting and pearling rows.
After 7.5 total inches knit 2 together one row.
Pearl row
Knit 2 together one row
Pearl row
Knit 2 together one row
Pearl row
Knit 2 together one row
You should have 9 stitches left.
Cut yarn about 16 inches
Pull yarn through the 9 stitches left then
Either sew or crochet hat together.

Hats must be made in green or tan camouflage, black, dark or medium gray yarn, tan or brown. The black can have a fleck of gray in it and the gray can have flecks of a darker or lighter gray or black in it. Brown or tan may also have flecks of a lighter or darker shade. Wool is best as it does not react to heat.

Jeannee O’Neill
10420 Royalwood Drive
Dallas, Texas 75238

contacts in Montana Linda Jones 406 939 2682
Martha Hilger 365 2726

Full Length 60 minute DVD Includes:
Part I – Empowering Children(6-10 year olds)
Going to School ~ The Playground ~ Home Alone ~ Who is a Stranger? ~ Early Internet Safety.
Kid Escape ~ The “Grip, Dip & Spin” technique for breaking free from an abductor.
Part II – Texting , Talking and Internet Predators (11-18 year olds)
Actual teen experiences, 911 calls operator interviews.
Part III – Parent Tips, Family Talk and Walk(Parents)
What parents need to know and do.

Raise funds with Kids & Strangers

As a community organization, you can sell Kids & Strangers DVDs in the same way that Scout cookies are sold – you take orders from community members for the DVD and collect $10.00 payment per copy. You then buy the DVDs in volume packs from us and you deliver the DVDs to the people you have sold them to.

Make money through your website

You can place a link to Kids & Strangers on your website. For each DVD that is purchased by someone who came to us from your website, you will receive a substantial donation. This does not apply to volume pack purchases.

Call for pricing: 310-459-0420 Link to website Kids & Strangers

Christmas Cards for the Soldiers can be mailed to:

American Red Cross
c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center
OIF/OEF Soldiers
6900 Georgia Avenue, N.W.
Washington DC, 20307-5001

or

Help Hospitalized Veterans
36585 Penfield Lans
Winchester, CA 92596

1-888-567-VETS

Many ideas can be found on this website: www.AdoptAPlatoon.org

If your club would like to Support-Our-Troops this site is a gold mine.

Oklahoma – Mid-Del RW

Club members decided to support new mothers with babies at a local women’s center. Caps and Booties were found at a local department store, and members donated a children’s book to go with each set. These items were placed in a sack with tissue paper. The 28 books included a book plate on the last page of the books which read: Contributed with Best Wishes from the Mid-Del Republican Women. The sacks were presented to the center by the club’s Caring for America chair.

Oklahoma – Jackson County RW

This club raises money for a free health clinic for patients who are uninsured and are not on Medicare or Medicaid. Members also volunteer in the reception/medical records area, and perform other duties which may be necessary.

Oklahoma – Helen Cole Republican Women’s Club

This small club, among other projects, participated with a float in a local parade which promotes Republican candidates. Other projects it has supported are: youth choice to remain drug free, provides tutors for reading in elementary schools, assists as adult sponsors with After the Prom celebrations (12 A.M. to 5 A.M.) which provides prom goers with a safe place for fun activities without alcohol or drugs, and recruits test monitors for the school district.

The club has a mascot, a large stuffed elephant named Elly. Elly travels with the club president to all functions where Republican Women are represented and proves to be quite an attention getter.

Idaho – Twin Falls County RW

This club helps coordinate the canned food drive in the Twin Falls Public Schools. They make copies of the poster (Caring for America is mentioned on the poster) for each school after getting approval from the Superintendent, and after contacting the Salvation Army who will receive and distribute the canned goods to those in need. A day or two before Christmas vacation, people are recruited to load the boxes of food and deliver them to the Salvation Army. Due to the large volume of food, the club recruited the Sheriff’s Work Detail to help.

Upon completion fo the project, a letter of public thanks is written to the local newspapers.

Twin Falls County RW member also served food at a local soup kitchen. They set the table, served the food, washed dishes, and brought homemade desserts.

Idaho – Bonneville County RW

Diaper Drive – This club organized a diaper drive for the single mothers and children in a local homeless shelter.

In place of their monthly luncheon, members were asked to buy diapers and drop them off at one of the many sites the club set-up around town. The media was contacted in advance, announcing the diaper drive to the public and covered the event.

The public response was overwhelming and the club wound up receiving the diapers for two weeks after the event, with people dropping diapers off at the home through out the month. The home recieved enough diapers to last for nine months! Each time there was a drop off, the media covered it.

Texas – Houston Professional RW

Valentine for Vets – Each January, club member sign valentines which are delivered to the Houston Veteran’s Hospital. The hospital places the Valentines on the veteran’s food trays on Valentine’s Day. It is one small way we Republican Women can say, thank you to our veterans.