SMC in the Frederick News Post

Hey Everyone!
The Frederick News Post put our picture in the paper with a blurb about our 700 hats.  Here's an image of it from the Community News Section if you didn't get Sunday's edition.

Facebook Page

Hello everyone!
So I was thinking of another, easier way to keep you guys informed and up-to-date and I decided to start a South Mountain Crocheters Facebook page.  I figure this would be an easier way to share projects and updates.  Feel free to post messages and share pictures of your projects.  This will be a great place to post questions and information on events.  If you have a facebook id look us up.  Just type South Mountain Crocheters in the search field and we should pop right up!  I have placed some photos and a couple of updates on there.  I hope you enjoy!
Kristina

YOU DID IT SMC!!!!

I am thrilled to report that at Tuesday night's meeting our grand total for our hat drive was . . . . . . wait for it . . . .  drum roll please . . . . .  . 700 HATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You are all amazing!!!  I want to send out a special thank you to Colonial Jewelers, Uno's, Two Rivers Yarns, the Frederick and the Brunswick Senior Centers, and our friends in Laurel MD that made hats for us.  And I want to say THANK YOU to all of you, the members of SMC.  You all made my crazy goal of 500 handmade hats a reality and blew me away with your generosity and willingness to go above and beyond.  Here are a few pictures from Tuesday and our new Goal Chart.

The hats I counted out Monday night before the meeting.  There are 559 hats here.

 A close up of the pile of hats at Wegman's with the numbers climbing!

Those members who were able to go standing behind all of our hats.

A very proud club president with two large grocery carts filled with bags of hats!!

SOOO Close!!!!

Here's an update on our Hat Drive.  I have made the rounds at some of our drop off locations.  We have another 52 Hats! 
 

Also I heard from Two Rivers Yarns today and she said that the Brunswick Senior Center has been making hats for us and estimate they have close to 100 hats to donate.  She doesn't have them yet but as soon as they drop them off I will go get them and let you know what we got.  We are so unbelievably close!! We are at 390 right now!  If the Brunswick group has 100 hats we will be within 10 of our goal.

At our October meeting I am going to bring some thank you cards.  I will have them available for everyone to sign and I will be sending a group picture with each card to the places that helped us collect hats and also made hats for us. 

And the Hats just keep on comin'!!!!

I am so utterly impressed!  Another 105 hats were turned in last night at the guild meeting.  You guys are all amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would like to send out a special congratulations to our two raffle winners Jennifer Graham and Evelyn Rector.  CONGRATULATIONS!  We hope you enjoy your prizes!

We are SOOO close to our goal!  We only have 162 hats to go to meet out goal.  I will be accepting hats from out drop off locations through the 19th.  We also have a contributors from a group in Laurel who are donating.  There are even some of our members who want to continue making some hats to turn in in October.  At our October meeting I will be bringing all the hats in to photograph with the group.  I thank each and everyone one of you for helping to make this event so successful!!!!