Paw Prints

Afghans for Afghans is undertaking a Youth Campaign in response to a request from Church World Service to fill 80 cartons with knitted and crocheted items to be air-shipped to Kabul at their expense. Blankets, hats, mittens, socks, sweaters and vests for young people aged 7 – 14 years will be distributed at children’s rehabilitation and health centers in Kabul and Bamiyan. These centers treat children who have been traumatized psychologically and physically by years of war and poverty. Church World Service has a long history of service in the region and works in partnership with Afghan organizations.

Deadline for the Youth Campaign is October 12 at the SF AFSC office which serves as the Collection Center. Address: Afghans for Afghans, c/o AFSC Collection Center, 65 Ninth St, SF 94303. Items must be made of 100% wool or other animal fiber to provide maximum warmth in harsh weather. Read about general guidelines and details at

http://www.afghansforafghans.org.

This is a precious opportunity to create a lovingly made gift for a child.

Thanks to LiveJournal’s new “consumer” use of OpenID, i feel i can “join” a community there (although apparently i can only “watch” and comment by LJ’s definition.) The community — and challenge — is artsomofo: a challenge to “art something” every day in October. The past ten days or so, i’ve been plowing through all the ephemera and scraps i’ve been collecting as part of a “discover my desk, oh, and there must be a floor, too” activities. now that the workspace is available — using it seems like a good next step. I’m a little intimidated by the posting requirement. It seems documenting creations can take as long as the creative act itself. And i have to admit that the prep i’ll do in Ninthmonth is not preparing art surfaces so much as trying to catch up on filing.

Still, a challenge!

For the curious, here’s my new LJ profile.
ArtSoMoFo