WHAT WE HAVE MADE
AND DONATED
THREADS OF HOPE
Update 2023-10
THREADS OF HOPE - SEWN ITEMS 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 TOTAL
Animal Rescue - Beds 42 11 49 89 45 48 284
Animal Rescue - Bed Covers 48 48
Animal Rescue - Belly Bands 42 42 57 141
Animal Rescue - Crate Liners 27 91 173 148 378 456 1273
Animal Rescue - Toys 21 17 38
Animal Rescue - Marsupial Pouch 163 163
Aprons - child 8 8
Aprons - adult 12 12
Bags - Backpacks 57 57
Bags - Ceremonial Drum 14 14
Bags - Children 6 114 110 112 342
Bags - Kit bags for Backpacks 57 57
Bags - Purses 5 5
Bibs - Baby 177 140 349 346 613 580 860 3065
Bibs - Toddler 91 91
Bibs - Adult 20 20
Blankets - Baby 40" x 40" 56 215 186 133 196 320 385 1106
Blankets - Fleece 50" x 60" 11 27 18 120 110 176
Blankets - Fidget 12 11 103 126
Chemo Hats 33 75 21 129
Children's Dresses 75 117 40 232
Children's Shorts 44 80 43 167
Christmas Stockings 100 187 287
Curtains - Sets 20 20
Doll Clothes - Pants 5 5
Doll Clothes - Skirts 3 3
Doll Clothes - Tops 7 7
Eye Protection - NICU Babies 16 96 142 254
Face Masks 3858 6 3864
Flags - Ukraine 36 36
Hats - Preemies 43 43
Hats - Summer Small 33 33
Hats - Summer Medium 21 21
Hats - Winter Small 79 112 87 71 108 125 582
Hats - Winter Medium 13 200 213
Hats - Winter Large 44 88 136 19 287
Hats - Surgical 435 88 1800 2323
Moe The Mouse - House 41 10 51
Moe The Mouse - Mouse 41 10 51
Moe The Mouse - Pouch 41 10 51
Mitts - Small 120 191 204 156 456 383 1510
Mitts - Medium 338 284 622
Mitts - Large 84 103 91 258 150 54 44 784
Neck Warmers - Small 65 108 95 268
Neck Warmers - Medium & Large 300 172 81 62 56 76 203 950
Night Wear - Gowns - Child 29 29
Night Wear - Gowns - Adult 13 13
Night Wear - Pants 19 19
Owls 26 26
Place Matts 8 8
Prayer Shawls 3 3
Quilts - Doll 18 18
Quilts - Toddler 45" x 60" 2 3 18 37 60
Quilts - Adult 60" x 80" 23 76 99
Quilts - Pillow 44" x 72" 20 20 10 21 71
Scrunchies 60 60
Sheets - Resized 177 177
TOTAL 75 964 1237 5963 1446 3953 3651 4246 21506
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THREADS OF HOPE
CROCHETED & KNITTED ITEMS 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 TOTAL
Animals - Critters 6 2 8
Blankets - Baby 18 18
Hats - Chemo 13 13
Hats - Preemie 12 16 123 151
Hats - Medium/Large 12 72 37 121
Mitts - Preemie 5 18 23
Scarves 20 2 2 14 38
Slippers - child 18 18
Sweaters - baby 4 4
Washcloths 34 34
TOTAL 20 8 26 142 232 431
Completed Finished Dreams Elders Projects
- In Progress Donations 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 TOTAL
Aprons - Children to Coban Guatemala &
Selkirk Onashiwin Aboriginal Head Start
Program Selkirk 44 44
Blankets - Elder 12 squares /blanket to
Fred Douglas Lodge Winnipeg 21 21
Hats - Children - to Coban Guatemala 12 12
Scarves - Adult 5 squares/scarf to Main
Street Project Winnipeg 24 24
Doll Clothes - Cabbage Patch to
Willow Place Winnipeg 84 84
Doll Clothes - Barbie to Willow
Place Winnipeg 97 97
TOTAL 101 181 282
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Year 2023
January 2023
90 Baby Blanket & Bib Sets, 36 Fleece Blankets
For Honouring Indigenous People Committee – Rotary Club of Winnipeg - God’s Lake First Nation; Bloodvein First Nation & Tadoule Lake First Nation - Manitoba
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February 2023
Small - 15 Hats, 20 Pairs of Mitts and 15 Neck Warmers
For Weston School in Winnipeg
12 Dog Beds
For Hull’s Haven Border Collie Rescue
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March 2023
10 Moe the Mouse Kits - Mouse, House, Pouch
For Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre Speech-Language Pathology Team - Manitoba
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April 2023
25 Baby Blankets & Bib sets
For Crisis Pregnancy Centre - Winnipeg
142 Eye Protectors/Bonding Buddies; 30 Double Blankets; 16 Knitted Hats; 5 Pair Knitted Infant Mitts
For NeoNatal Intensive Care Unit - Winnipeg
21 Adult, 13 Knitted Child - Chemo Hats
For Guardian Angels Cancer Care Manitoba - Winnipeg
9 Toddler Quilts; 4 Fidget Blankets; 1 Child Knitted - Chemo Hat
For Children’s Hospital – Winnipeg
102 Fidget Blankets
For St. Amant Centre – Winnipeg & First Nations Communities
1 Fidget Blanket
General Public - Winnipeg
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May 2023
82 Childrens Bags
For Child & Family Services – Foster Care - Winnipeg
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July 2023
Dresses: Size 3 – 8; Size 5 – 8; Size 8 – 5; Size 12 – 1; Size 14 – 2
Shorts: Size 4 – 8; Size 6 – 8; Size 8 – 5
Hats: Childrens – 8; Adult - 6
Toddler Bibs: Small – 10; Medium – 10
Baby Blanket and Bib sets – 30
For Vida Children’s Home - Guatemala
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September 2023
240 Small & 240 Medium - Pairs of Mitts; 72 Knitted Toques
For Honouring Indigenous People Committee – Rotary Club of Winnipeg
St. Theresa Point and God's River First Nations - Manitoba
90 Children's Bags; 55 Baby Bibs; Doll Clothes - 7 Tops, 3 Skirts, 5 Pants
For Child and Family Services Foster Care - Winnipeg
33 Dog Beds
For Manitoba Animal Alliance - Manitoba
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October 2023
40 Baby Blanket & Bib Sets
For Crisis Pregnancy Centre – Winnipeg
40 Baby Blanket & Bib Sets
For The Mothering Project - Winnipeg
75 Baby Bibs
For Thrive Community Support Circle – Winnipeg
75 Baby Bibs; Small – 15 Hats, 30 Pairs of Mitts & 15 Neck Warmers
For Selkirk Onashiwin Aboriginal Head Start Program – Selkirk
10 Pillow Quilts, 34 Fleece Blankets, 25 Baby Blankets, 60 Baby Bibs, 25 Toddler Bibs; Small – 14 Hats,
28 Pairs of Mitts & 14 Neck Warmers; Medium – 5 Hats, 34 Pairs of Mitts & 17 Neck Warmers;
5 Fabric Purses; 2 Knitted Caterpillars
For Willow Place Women's Shelter – Winnipeg
Small – 21 Hats, 42 Pairs of Mitts & 21 Neck Warmers; Medium – 8 Hats, 16 Pairs of Mitts & 8 Neck Warmers;
For Hudson Lylyk Koats for Kids – Winnipeg
9 Toddler Quilts, Small - 126 Pairs of Mitts
For Children’s Hospital – Winnipeg
Small - 15 Hats, 30 Pairs of Mitts & 15 Neck Warmers; 26 Owls; 12 Doll Quilts; Aprons – 8 Child, 12 Adult; 8 Christmas Placemats, 123 Christmas Stockings
For Weston School – Winnipeg
20 Baby Blankets, 40 Baby Bibs; Small – 10 Hats, 20 Pairs of Mitts & 10 Neck Warmers;
Medium – 30 Pairs of Mitts & 15 Neck Warmers; Large – 38 Pairs of Mitts & 19 Neck Warmers
For Union Gospel Mission – Winnipeg
Dresses: Size 3 – 7; Size 5 – 8; Size 8 – 2
Shorts: Size 4 – 10; Size 6 – 7; Size 8 – 5
Hats: Small – 25; Medium - 10
Toddler Bibs - Small – 15; Medium – 15
Baby Blanket & Bib Sets – 20
Fleece Blankets – 50
Small - 33 Hats, 66 Pairs of Mitts & 33 Neck Warmers; Medium – 18 Pairs of Mitts & 9 Neck Warmers;
Large – 16 Pairs of Mitts & 8 Neck Warmers
Wash Cloths – 34
For Associacion Civil God's Grace, hogar de ninos.
(Translation: God's Grace Civil Association, place of children) - Children's Orphanage - Guatemala
Cabecitas de Algodon - Seniors Home - Guatemala
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December 2023
29 Backpacks & 29 Kit Bags
For Union Gospel Mission - Winnipeg
28 Backpacks & 28 Kit Bags
For Siloam Mission - Winnipeg
62 Christmas Stockings, 6 Doll Quilts
For Weston School - Winnipeg
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THREADS OF HOPE JOURNAL
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Year 2022
January 2022
15 Baby Blanket & Bib Sets
For You Can’t Spoil a Child - Winnipeg
177 Sheets - Resized
For Main Street Project - Winnipeg
February 2022
1800 Surgical Hats
Regional Hospitals
52 Surgical Hats
For Beausejour Hospital - Beausejour
70 Surgical Hats
For Boundary Trails Health Centre - Winkler
75 Surgical Hats
For Brandon Regional Health Centre - Brandon
45 Surgical Hats
For Churchill Health Centre - Churchill
500 Surgical Hats
For Northern Health Region including Flin Flon Primary Care Centre, The Pas St. Anthony’s General Hospital and
Thompson General Hospital
200 Surgical Hats
For Selkirk Regional Health Centre - Selkirk
Winnipeg Hospitals
188 Surgical Hats
For Grace Hospital - Winnipeg
450 Surgical Hats
For Health Sciences Centre - Winnipeg
220 Surgical Hats
For Victoria Hospital - Winnipeg
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March 2022
40 Baby Bibs
For Child & Family Services Foster Care - Winnipeg
30 Baby Bibs
For Thrive Community Support Circle - Winnipeg
96 Eye Protectors/Bonding Buddies
For Neo Natal Intensive Care Unit - Winnipeg
90 Children’s Bags
For Child and Family Services Foster Care - Winnipeg
13 Pillow Quilts, 18 Toddler Blankets, 30 Baby Blanket & Bib Sets
For Willow Place Women's Shelter - Winnipeg
April 2022
36 Ukrainian Flags
For Ukrainian Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral - Winnipeg
73 Dog Beds
For Manitoba Animal Alliance - Manitoba
30 Baby Blanket & Bib Sets
For Crisis Pregnancy Centre - Winnipeg
25 Baby Blankets & 40 Baby Bibs
For The Mothering Project - Winnipeg
May 2022
24 Children’s Bags
For Child and Family Services Foster Care - Winnipeg
3 Prayer Shawls, 25 Baby Bibs
For NeoNatal Intensive Care Unit - Winnipeg
August 2022
12 Dog Beds and 148 Crate Liners
For Manitoba Animal Alliance - Manitoba
November 2022
40 Moe the Mouse Kits – Mouse, House, Pouch
For Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre Speech-Language Pathology Team - Manitoba
1 Moe the Mouse Kit – Mouse, House, Pouch
For Boundary Trails Health Centre - Winkler
90 Baby Bibs
For Child & Family Services Foster Care - Winnipeg
90 Baby Bibs
For Thrive Community Support Circle - Winnipeg
90 Baby Bibs; 15 Hats; 20 Pairs of Mitts & 15 Neck Warmers
For Selkirk Onashiwin Aboriginal Head Start Program - Selkirk
32 Baby Blanket & Bib Sets
For The Mothering Project - Winnipeg
32 Baby Blanket & Bib Sets
For Crisis Pregnancy Centre - Winnipeg
32 Baby Blanket & Bib Sets
For NeoNatal Intensive Care Unit - Winnipeg
(Also included 12 knit prayer shawls donated from various people)
7 Pillow Quilts, 3 Quilted Toddler Quilts, 32 Baby Blanket & Bib Sets;
Knitted Items - 7 Hats, 2 Scarves
(Also included 7 blankets, 2 knit toys donated from various people)
For Willow Place Women's Shelter - Winnipeg
December 2022
Small - 50 Hats, 100 Pairs of Mitts & 50 Neck Warmers; Medium/Large - 84 Pairs of Mitts & 42 Neck Warmers
For Little Grand Rapids First Nation Community - Manitoba
Small – 6 Hats & 26 Pairs of Mitts, Medium/Large - 19 Hats, 66 Pairs of Mitts & 14 Neck Warmers, 5 Knitted Hats
Ukrainian Canadian Congress - Winnipeg
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Year 2021
January 2021
28 Chemo Hats
For Guardian Angels Cancer Care Manitoba - Winnipeg
28 Surgical Hats
For St. Boniface Hospital - Winnipeg
February 2021
48 Surgical Hats
For St. Boniface Hospital - Winnipeg
March 2021
11 Chemo Hats
For Guardian Angels Cancer Care Manitoba - Winnipeg
April 2021
14 Baby Blankets & 25 Bibs
For The Mothering Project - Winnipeg
36 Baby Blankets & 53 Bibs
For Crisis Pregnancy Centre - Winnipeg
18 Baby Blanket & Bib Sets
For Willow Place Women's Shelter - Winnipeg
35 Baby Bibs
For Thrive Community Support Circle - Winnipeg
25 Baby Bibs
For Selkirk Onashiwin Aboriginal Head Start Program - Selkirk
6 Face Masks
For General Public - Winnipeg
May 2021
12 Surgical Caps
For Dental Clinic - Churchill Manitoba
June 2021
23 Quilts (60” x 80”)
For Main Street Project Transitional Unit - Winnipeg
July 2021
32 Chemo Hats
For Guardian Angels Cancer Care Manitoba - Winnipeg
November 2021
25 Baby Bibs
For Thrive Community Support Circle - Winnipeg
50 Baby Bibs
For The Mothering Project - Winnipeg
40 Baby Blanket & Bib Sets
For Live Different - Vicente Guerrero Mexico
- Open Arms Daycare Centre (12)
- One Life to Love in Baja Women and Children Shelter (12)
- Foundation for His Ministry Children's Home (Community Outreach Program) (10)
- Live Different to support Builds Program later this year. (6)
25 Baby Blanket & Bib Sets
For Crisis Pregnancy Centre - Winnipeg
Small -116 Hats & 254 Pairs of Mitts; 50 Bibs
For Ebb and Flow School - Ebb and Flow First Nation
Small - 15 Hats & 30 Pairs of Mitts
For Selkirk Onashiwin Aboriginal Head Start Program - Selkirk
Medium/Large - 79 Hats, 162 Pairs of Mitts & 62 Neck Warmers
For Main Street Project - Winnipeg
20 Pillow Quilts; 2 Baby Quilts; 25 Baby Bibs; 6 Crocheted Animals; 5 Children’s Bags; Assorted 13 Hats & 2 Scarves
For Willow Place Women's Shelter - Winnipeg
December 2021
2 Chemo Hats
For General Public - Winnipeg
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Year 2020
January 2020
30 Baby Blankets & 44 Bibs
For Hospital - Coban, Guatemala
Also included 12 little girls hats and 12 smocks/aprons made by Lila.
Small - 12 Hats & 21 Pairs of Mitts
For Selkirk Onashiwin Aboriginal Head Start Program - Selkirk
Also included 44 smocks/aprons made by Lila.
16 Eye Protectors For NICU Babies
Children’s Hospital - Winnipeg
27 Fleece Blankets
For Selkirk Onashiwin Aboriginal Head Start Program - Selkirk
163 Marsupial Pouches XXS TO L & 27 Animal Beds XS to XL
For Canadian Animal Rescue Guild and shipped to Australia
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February 2020
21 Elder Lap Blankets
(Squares knit by an elder and completed by Threads of Hope - 12 squares per blanket)
For Fred Douglas Lodge - Winnipeg
24 Adult Scarves
(Squares knit by an elder and completed by Threads of Hope – 5 squares per scarf)
For Main Street Project - Winnipeg
11 Fidget Blankets
For Tache Nursing Home and River East Personal Care Home - Winnipeg
57 Belly Bands
For Hull's Haven Border Collie Rescue - Winnipeg
Drawstring Bags & Liners
For Days for Girls – Winnipeg & Global
March 2020
75 Baby Blankets, 100 Baby Bibs; 43 Knit Preemie Hats
For Hospital Roosevelt - Guatemala
30 Baby Blankets & 40 Baby Bibs
For The Mothering Project - Winnipeg
30 Baby Bibs
For Crisis Pregnancy Center - Winnipeg
30 Baby Bibs
For Selkirk Onashiwin Aboriginal Head Start Program - Selkirk
173 Crate Liners
For Hull’s Haven Border Collie Rescue, Manitoba Animal Alliance, K9 Rescue - Manitoba
March, April, May 2020
3,858 Face Masks
For various organizations in Winnipeg and Manitoba and Canada
No meetings held due to COVID – working from home.
June 2020
22 Dog Beds
For Manitoba Animal Alliance - Northern Manitoba
October 2020
Small - 88 Hats & 158 Mitts; 20 Baby Blankets & 30 Baby Bibs; 6 Fleece Baby Blankets
For RMCP to be distributed to Northern Manitoba Women’s Shelters and Social Services Programs
33 Chemo Hats
For Guardian Angels Cancer Care Manitoba - Winnipeg
Medium/Large – 46 Hats, 46 Pairs of Mitts & 81 Neck Warmers
For Main Street Project - Winnipeg
Small - 12 Hats, 13 Pairs of Mitts; 10 Baby Bibs
For Selkirk Onashiwin Aboriginal Head Start Program - Selkirk
40 Baby Bibs
For Crisis Pregnancy Center - Winnipeg
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November 2020
152 Surgical Hats
For St. Boniface Hospital - Winnipeg
23 Surgical Hats
For Health Sciences Centre - Winnipeg
40 Surgical Hats
For Tots and Teens Dental - Winnipeg
168 Surgical Hats
For Bethesda Regional Health Centre - Steinbach
Medium/Large - 42 Hats & 45 Pairs of Mitts
For Main Street Project - Winnipeg
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December 2020
25 Baby Blanket & Bibs Sets
For Thrive Community Support Circle - Winnipeg
52 Surgical Hats
For Kin Place Personal Care Home - Oakbank
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Year 2019
January 2019
Medium/Large - 24 Pairs of Mitts & 72 Adult Neck Warmers
For Main Street Project - Winnipeg
Small - 24 Hats & 65 Pairs of Mitts
For RCMP to be distributed to Northern Manitoba Women’s Shelters and Social Services Programs
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February 2019
69 Baby Blankets & 91 Baby Bibs
For Hospital Roosevelt and Casa Barnabas Orphanage - Guatemala
March 2019
8 Rag Quilts & 3 Toddler Quilts
For Children’s Hospital - Winnipeg
April 2019
146 Baby Blankets
For Hospital Roosevelt - Guatemala (96) and Nigeria (50)
42 Belly Bands, 17 Toys & 51 Crate Liners
For Hull's Haven Border Collie Rescue - Winnipeg
40 Crate Liners & 11 Dog Beds
For Norway House Animal Rescue - Northern Manitoba (now known as Manitoba Animal Alliance - Manitoba)
September 2019
Child - 80 Pairs of Shorts
For Children in Cabo Corrientes Mexico
49 Baby Bibs
For Hospital Roosevelt - Guatemala
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October 2019
Small - 55 Hats & 55 Pairs of Mitts
For RCMP to be distributed to Northern Manitoba Women’s Shelters and Social Services Programs
Medium/Large - 44 Hats, 79 Pairs of Mitts & 100 Neck Warmers
For Main Street Project - Winnipeg
November 2019
100 Christmas Stockings
For IKWE – Safe Rides - Winnipeg
12 Fidget Blankets
For Tache Nursing Home - Winnipeg
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Year 2018
January 2018
Medium/Large – 44 Pairs of Mitts & 150 Neck Warmers
For Main Street Project - Winnipeg
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February 2018
27 Crate Liners; 21 Toys; 42 Belly Bands
For Hull's Haven Border Collie Rescue - Winnipeg
April 2018
56 Baby Blankets & 177 Baby Bibs
Blankets and bibs for the maternity wards in local hospitals - Guatemala City and Coban, Guatemala.
Some of the bibs also went to the Crisis Pregnancy Center and The Mothering Project - Winnipeg.
July 2018
Curtains for 4 houses (5 sets per house)
For Live Different - Vicente Guerrero Mexico
August 2018
20 Adult Bibs
For WASO (Work & Social Opportunities) - Winnipeg
September 2018
14 bags for Ceremonial Drums
For The Mothering Project - Winnipeg
October & November 2018
Child - 75 Dresses; 20 Baby Blankets & 39 Baby Bibs
For Eagles Wings Children’s Village - Uganda
Child - 42 Dresses & 44 Pairs of Shorts
For Casa Barnabas Orphanage - Guatemala
Medium/Large - 40 Pairs of Mitts & 150 Neck warmers
For Main Street Project - Winnipeg
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Year 2017
In our first year we met, made some great friends, and created.
November 2017
75 Dresses
For Children - Cabo Corrientes Mexico
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