The following is a guest post from my friend Sarah. I am just amazed at what she is doing and how far she is reaching! Go Sarah!

I was born and raised in Staten Island, New York.  Since Hurricane Sandy hit last week I have seen my hometown destroyed via photos on the internet.  I see facebook posts of old friends talking about the destruction, the suffering and the loss.  My heart is in pain from the devastation that Hurricane Sandy left behind.  While I have made my obligatory Red Cross donation, collected donation items  and drove them to the right places I feel like I need to do more.  It’s getting so cold out and people have lost everything.

As the granddaughter, daughter and niece of knitters and crocheters I thought by collecting handmade hats and giving them out directly to in the communities that lost I could bring a little bit of warmth and love from knitters and crocheters.  So I have created Spreading the Warmth: One Hat at a Time.

I decided I could unite some people, maybe gather up 50 or so hats and bring them home to Staten Island.  To the families that have lost EVERYTHING!!!  A friend of a friend from Staten Island made me a flyer that I started sharing it a little on facebook late Monday night and Tuesday Morning.  Tuesday alone I had 671 hits to my blog post about it, about 100 emails and facebook messages and EVERYONE wanted to help.  I mean EVERYONE….From Canada, to Israel, to The Netherlands, Orlando, Wisconsin, Iowa, California, Nevada AND SO MANY more places I can’t list them all.

I’m looking for more!!  Are you a knitter?  Do you Crochet?  Together we can Spread the Warmth, One Hat at a Time…..

You can follow the collect progress and cheer on everyone on Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/FinneganAndTheHughes

Email me- hatsforhurricane@gmail.com

Tonight….I too, am picking up my needles

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About Me…I grew up in Staten Island, New York and my family moved to New Jersey when I was 18 years old. I say things like Pay-pa and waddaa sometimes and try to cover my thick accent! When I escaped working in New York City for a new life in Philadelphia I started dating my now husband Rob. We have two children, Derek is 4 and Hayley is  2. Finnegan is our 5 year old Australian Shepherd and really more like a third child than a dog. All of our children love to sleep in our bed!!  I blog over at www.finneganandthehughes.com