Holy Needles

Holy Needles was formed in March 2009. We crochet, knit, sew, and quilt matching beanies, booties, and blankets for newborns of families in need, blankets, hats and scarves for homeless, blankets for chemo patients, pillowcases for children in transition, and prayer shawls are created to provide comfort for emotionally needy. Our items are distributed at local hospitals, the VA, other groups, and charitable organizations in Tucson, AZ. Our goal is to gracefully meet the needs of the needy.

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Thursday, February 2, 2012

HOLY NEEDLES Meets at Casas in NW Tucson!

Holy Needles...
…for YOU, to help others!

Our current Mission…
to prayerfully, generously create blankets, beanies,
and booties for needy children in our community,
and to meet other needs as resources allow.

Let the little children come to me… Matt 19:14

Holy Needles meets the 3rd Monday of each month, 1- 4pm and the Last Saturday of each month, 9am-Noon
in the Ocotillo bldg @ Casas 10801 N La Cholla Blvd, Tucson AZ 85742
and the Prayer Shawl group meets the third Thursday, 1-3pm, in Cholla room 101

Please come join us, to share your time, your talent, and yourself as we reach out to those who desperately need what we can create and give.

Come with your needles &/or hooks…to crochet, knit, sew, quilt, or with your scissors, to cut or knot a yard of fleece! Bring your talent, bring your knowledge… don’t know how? We’ll teach you! Come relax and create.

Can’t join us? Create items from home and we’ll get them donated for you!

Donations of fleece, flannel, quilt batting, and soft yarn are welcome.

Cash donations are welcome… make your check out to “Casas Church - Holy Needles” with account 1-000-2759 on the memo line (tax deductible 501c3)

Further information is available via email holyneedles@gmail.com

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Sunday, December 25, 2011

20 Scarves Gifted to the Homeless on Christmas Day

on Christmas Day, Holy Needles donated 20 handmade scarves to the homeless in Tucson who were present for breakfast at the Z Mansion, organized by Tom Hill.

(faces are blurred to protect the i.d.)

Sunday, November 13, 2011

40 Items Distributed to the Homeless in Tucson... Scarves and Hats.

40 Scarves and hats were donated to the homeless in Tucson, during the weekly breakfast at the Z Mansion.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Blankets Given to the Homeless at Z Mansion

with the generous donation of fleece from Polartec, Holy Needles made and donated over 200 blankets to the homeless of Tucson...

lots of help unloading the 200 blankets from Pam's trailer!

every Sunday morning, Z Mansion in Tucson feeds the homeless

one happy recipient!!

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Tucson's Arizona Daily Star article: Group makes, gives out 200 blankets for homeless

http://azstarnet.com/news/local/article_62214218-6bb4-5622-a181-eb02d658daff.html

published December 20, 2010

Some homeless Tucsonans received the gift of warmth Sunday at downtown's Z Mansion.

Two hundred black fleece blankets were passed out to men and women at a weekly brunch hosted by WORKship Methodist Church, which was founded by Tom and Em Hill.

The church provides hot meals for the homeless each Sunday outside the Z Mansion, which the Hills own.

On Sunday, the guests - the volunteers don't refer to them as homeless - were served sliced ham, mashed potatoes, salad, fruit, cheese and sweets.

As the guests left, each was given a sack lunch and gift bag full of toiletries and other treats.

Their hands were also full with new fleece blankets.

Holy Needles, a local group that fashions beanies, blankets and booties for disadvantaged newborns, produced 200 blankets over the last couple of months to pass out at Sunday's brunch.

"It feels absolutely awesome to help the community and make them something they can use," said Donna Bishop, coordinator of Holy Needles.

More than 20 volunteers cut the fleece into blankets.

"They'll cover the head and the feet and keep them nice and warm," said Bishop, who volunteers at the brunch once a month with Casas Church.

Earlier this year, the group received a donation of 750 yards of fleece from Polartec that allowed it to branch out and help others.

Holy Needles donates more than 500 baby items to hospitals and birthing centers every three months.

But on Sunday, it was all about another needy group.

Michael Moyers was ecstatic after a volunteer handed him a blanket.

"It will keep me warm," he said.

Joyce Thompson was amazed by the quality of her new blanket.

"This is soft," she said. "For me, it's so cozy. I'm going to wrap myself up in it."
Holy needles... The local group is always in need of donations of fleece, yarn and cash.

Contact the group by e-mail at holyneedles@gmail.com or go to its website at holyneedles.blogspot.com for more information.

Contact reporter Andrea Rivera at arivera@azstarnet.com or 807-8430.

The Explorer - The Voice of Marana, Oro Valley and Northwest Tucson Archives News Holy Needles makes, donating 200 blankets for the homeless

The Explorer - The Voice of Marana, Oro Valley and Northwest Tucson Archives News Holy Needles makes, donating 200 blankets for the homeless

Published: December-15-2010 12:10am

Special to The Explorer

Holy Needles, the Northwest group that creates handmade needlework for needy people, is donating nearly 200 fleece blankets to the homeless this Sunday, Dec. 19.

The Casas Church-based group formed in March 2009 to create beanies, blankets and booties for Tucson’s disadvantaged newborns. In its 21 months, Holy Needles has distributed more than 3,600 items to those in need.
Donna Bishop, coordinator for Holy Needles, sent an e-mail to the clothing company Polartec last spring, asking if it would have any scraps or end rolls it could donate. “I told them a little bit about who we were. Their response, 12 rolls” of free, high-quality black fleece, adding up to 750 yards of material, more than 4/10ths of a mile.

“It’s an awful lot,” Bishop said.

The donation gave Holy Needles “an opportunity to reach out to others in need, beyond newborns,” a release said. Members have created blankets, trimmed with a crocheted border and a cancer ribbon symbol, for chemotherapy centers. Lap blankets and shawls have been created and bordered in crochet for the homebound. Infant blankets are also trimmed in crochet and distributed for newborns in need at local hospitals. Fleece from Polartec has also been used to create teddy bears and scarves.
Each of the blankets for homeless people is 70 by 90 inches. Presentation of those blankets begins at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the Z Mansion, 288 N. Church Ave.

On average, some 40 women meet twice a month — the third Monday from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Ocotillo Building at Casas Church, 10801 N. La Cholla, and the last Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon in the Saguaro Building at the church — to create items.
People are welcome to join Holy Needles, Bishop said.
“Our door’s always open, even if they don’t know how to do crochet, knit, quilt or sew,” Bishop said. “We teach them. A lot of the people involved are new at the craft.”
For more information, go to www.holyneedles.blogspot.com.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Blankets, Blankets, Blankets... Thank You, Polartec!

Getting ready to deliver 200 blankets to Z Mansion, Tucson, for the homeless. Each blanket is a generous 70"x90" size, and they are made of Polartec fleece. In April, 2010, Polartec donated 750 yards of fleece to Holy Needles. This gave Holy Needles an opportunity to expand it's ministry, to create more items for more people! Among the items are blankets. Blankets for homeless, for chemotherapy patients, for homebound, as well as for newborns.