Even if I Didn’t Get A Day I’d Give

On January 1, 2010 Disney started a program to get 1 million people to volunteer in their communities. They called it “Give a Day Get a Day.”They offered a free Disney park 1 day pass to anyone who committed to and went through with one day of volunteer work. With work and school I didn’t think that I’d have the time to volunteer. Everything turned around for me 3 weeks ago. A friend told me that a local charity was allowing people to knit and crochet hats that they would then give to breast cancer patients. I love crocheting so I thought I’d give it a go! Then my family wanted to do it too.

I settled on the Knifty Knitter to make my hats and taught each member of my family how to use it to make hats. It took us all 3 weeks but, we got them done! It was a challenge at first. I was starting to only crochet the hats. I found my wrists hurting though. I was crocheting for almost 4 hours a day and wasn’t making much progress. The good feeling I was getting for helping out those with breast cancer was being overwhelmed by the bad feelings in my wrists and arms.  We picked up speed and rested my wrists after we switched to the round loom though.

I put the hats in the mail yesterday. I feel so good that our family could help out such a cause and i will continue to make hats for this charity between each project. I just hope that everyone that volunteered to get Disney tickets continues to volunteer after their trip to the Happiest Place on Earth.