hopena will be back soon ~
When I can buy some more yarn, this should be an easy project.
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From Knitting for Charity:
HARSH REALITIES
The sad truth for most homeless animals is that there just isn’t enough room for all of them. While they’re usually well cared-for, they often face a short life inside a small steel cage with concrete floors. The only way out is adoption—or death.
No one wants it to be this way, least of all the people who run the shelters, but they have little choice in the matter. There are just too many strays.
That was the harsh reality faced by Oregon native Rae French in 1996, when she tried to take astray cat to the local animal shelter. After seeing the conditions in the shelter, she adopted the cat and created Hugs for Homeless Animals.
Among other things, Hugs for Homeless Animals collects Snuggles for animal shelters all over the United States. In its first year it collected more than 200,000.
ADOPT ME, PLEASE!
Hugs for Homeless Animals promotes their Snuggles as the ideal project for first-time knitters, because dogs and cats don’t care about poor color combinations or dropped stitches. All they want is something comfy to lie on while they wait.
Snuggles get animals adopted, too. Something about seeing a blanket in an animal’s cage plucks at people’s heartstrings, making them more willing to open their hearts to a shelter animal.
http://www.knittingforcharity.org/hugsforhomelessanimals.html
