Warm the World provides baby afghans and quilts to A Caring Pregnancy Center on an annual basis. Added to our growing list of organizations we support in 2006, A Caring pregnancy Center is a locally organized and funded outreach, providing a variety of free services and programs to meet the needs of the community. To find out more about this organization, click on the web link below.

Caring Pregnancy Center
500 Colorado Ave.
Pueblo, CO 81004

www.acpcpueblo.org

Warm the World has been providing afghans and quilts to the Cañon City Pregnancy Center (CCPC) since 2004. Our goal is to insure every new parent that needs assistance through CCPC will also receive a wonderful handmade afghan or quilt for his or her new bundle of joy. CCPC provides crisis pregnancy services for the pregnant individual, the child, the father, and others involved.

For additional information see their website at the address listed below.

508 Greenwood
Cañon City, Colorado 81212

www.canoncitypregnancycenter.com

One of the newest additions to our growing list of organizations we support, the Salida Pregnancy Center was added in 2008. With the economic downturn, we wanted to insure every new baby had a warm handmade afghan or quilt to wrap up in. The Salida Pregnancy Center provides not only information and support, but practical, emotional and spiritual needs of those affected by pregnancy issues as well as information concerning available options.

For more information they may be reached at: (719) 539-7436 or email: spc@uavpregnancycenters.com
1539 G Street / P.O. Box 1363, Salida, Colorado 81201

In our continued growth, we are fortunate that our supply of adult afghans has increased to allow us to open our resources to Sangre de Cristo Hospice. Since 1985, families in our community have turned to Sangre de Cristo Hospice & Palliative Care when facing perhaps one of the most difficult times in their lives. For over 20 years, they have responded to the needs of our community with the utmost compassion and competence. Warm the World is honored that we can play even the smallest role by providing a terminally ill patient with a handmade afghan. Check out our "In the News" and read how we have touched their lives.

1716 N. Reading Avenue
Pueblo, CO 81001
www.pueblohospice.org

Warm the World, although not a religious based organization is honored to be adding Catholic Charities Diocese of Pueblo, to our list of organizations we support on an annual basis. We provide adult and baby afghans/quilts for the work they do offering comfort to men, women and children they serve.

Founded in 1944 the mission of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pueblo is:

To enhance the dignity and self worth of individuals and families through the provision of services that respond to the physical, spiritual, emotional and economic needs of those served.

To collaborate with the communities of southern Colorado to solve social problems.
To work to bring about systemic change so that justice is attained.

Click on the link below to learn more about the many programs of Catholic Charities'. www.pueblocharities.org

429 West 10th Street, Suite 101
Pueblo, CO 81003

Warm the World added Samaritan House in 2007 to our list of organizations touching the lives of those in need. Our wool yarn donations are specifically allocated to make warm hats, scarves and mittens for the homeless of Denver.

Located in downtown Denver, Samaritan House was built in 1986 and specifically designed and constructed for the homeless. It can accommodate over 320 men, women and children each night. There are separate facilities for single men, single women and families with children.
Residents receive a bed, food, clothing and various services on site, including case management, medical care, and referrals for employment, social service assistance and educational opportunities.

To learn more about Samarian House, visit their website at: www.ccdenver.org/Services/Homelessness/Samaritan-House-(1)

Catholic Charities
Samaritan House
2301 Lawrence St.
Denver, CO 80205

We became aware of Tse'ii'ahi via Karen and David Bachman of Canon City, Colorado. Karen and David collect and distribute clothing, driving to Tse'ii'ahi 10 out of 12 months every year. We heard about their pilgrimage from a WtW volunteer who suggested we send along large handmade afghans, hats and scarves. We added Tse'ii'ahi in 2008 and we now understand why we received all those spools of wool yarn, it was to make beautiful wool afghans for these deserving children.

The school opened its doors in the mid-1930's as the Standing Rock School. In the late 1990's the school adopted its name, Tse'ii'ahi, in the Navajo language. Approximately 135 students in K-4th grades attend the school located within the Eastern Navajo Agency near Crownpoint, NM. Even though the roads to the school are challenging for buses to navigate, the daily attendance rate is 93% or higher.

If you would like to learn more about Tse''ii'ahi Community School, check out this website: www.schoolfolks.com/testscores/132156

As the types yarn donations increased, our decision to add scarves and hats for children came easily. The types of funky and interesting yarn donated makes creating hats and scarves a much-needed break from making afghans! It allows us to experiment with textures and truly create one of kind items for the children of Fremont County.

WtW supports Loaves and Fishes annual Toy House (a Christmas tradition with community wide involvement) by supplying hundreds of hats, scarves and hat/scarf sets for the many children (up to age 18 years) registered to receive assistance from Loaves and Fishes.

Loaves and Fishes was founded in 1983 when a local family began distributing food to those in need from the back porch of a local church. The need increased and the distribution point transferred to a larger building two years later. The ministry expanded to include a clothing house and provided temporary shelter and hot meals to the homeless. Fourteen years later Loaves & Fishes Ministries rented a warehouse space for the distribution center and leased hotel rooms for the homeless, all the while building the present multi-purpose building housing the offices, warehouse, and homeless shelter.

To learn more about this wonderful organization, click on the link below.

241 Justice Center Rd.
Canon City, CO 81212
www.lfministries.org

In 2007 Warm the World decided to stretch our Colorado arms out and we found A Woman's Place, Inc. Located in Greeley, Colorado, they are the only domestic violence agency in Weld County. They provide free and confidential services to victims and survivors of domestic violence. They also provide education and support services to family and friends, and the community. Their services include emergency shelter, a 24-hour crisis line, individual domestic violence advocacy and case management, domestic violence counseling, education and support groups, children's programs and legal advocacy. This valuable organization receives hats, scares and afghans from Warm the World, we hope in our small way, these victims of domestic violence know we care.

To learn more about this fabulous group, visit their website: www.awpdv.org

Evans U.S. Army Hospital

Warm the World started providing baby afghans/quilts for the 3D Armored Cavalry Regiment in 2005, next we supported the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, and in 2008 we decided to go directly to the source of all those babies- Evans U.S. Army Hospital. With the help of Kim Milano, wife of Brigadier General James M. Milano, Deputy Commanding General - Maneuver 4th Infantry Division, WtW now provides a warm handmade afghan or quilt to each baby born at Evans. The only qualifier - one of the new parents must be currently deployed to either Afghanistan or Iraq. Kim has done a fabulous job keeping those blankets moving through the red tape - and wrapping a new baby with love. We could not do this mission without her support.

Evans U.S. Army Hospital is located on Fort Carson, the Mountain Post, which is located southwest of Colorado Springs, between Interstate 25 and Highway 115. This post is recognized as one of the world's premier locations to lead, train, and maintain while preparing soldiers to win on the battlefield.

We need to remember our fighting soldiers and by wrapping their new baby in a blanket made with love, we pass not only our support but also our love to them.

For more information on Fort Carson - The Mountain Post, visit their website at: www.carson.army.mil

In addition to the organizations detailed; we also provided items to:

Royal Gorge Association of Realtors / Canon City, Colorado

Courtyard Ministries / Canon City, Colorado

Fremont Regional Hospice / Fremont County, Colorado

Meals on Wheels / Canon City / Florence / Penrose/ Colorado

Moms of Military (MOM) / Fremont County, Colorado

Wounded Warrior Battalion - San Diego, California

Bruce McCandless Veterans Home / Florence, Colorado

Ordway, Colorado Fire Victims