As I write this on Tuesday, I have been corresponding by email with Angela Dubivsky, publicity chairman of the Franklin Woman’s Club, about our Stitch-A-Thon on Worldwide Knitting in Public Day, June ...

Cute babies in red hats—oh, my! The American Heart Foundation recently launched a "Little Hats, Big Hearts" campaign in which newborn babies don scarlet headwear to spread the word about heart disease ...

If you'd like to do charity knitting but making doll clothes isn't your thing, there are plenty of other opportunities in North and Central Jersey. Here are a few of them. Blink Now is an organization ...

Every now and then, people contact me when they’re on the verge of a good deed. I get emails when crafters are about to give something handmade to charity and they’re often asking if I would like to ...

Judy Sullivan learned how to knit in the summer of 1944 when her older sister, Ruth, was diagnosed with polio and the family was placed under quarantine for several weeks. She was 4 years old and the ...

At first glance it’s just a burgundy stocking cap. You could get a similar style hat from a mega-store for a few bucks. The guild, founded in 2003 and seeking ASUO funding next year, has seen ...

In front of the TV. In waiting rooms. On planes. A group of women in Lake County has spent countless hours knitting, crocheting and, more recently, sewing and quilting to make thousands of handmade ...

Ask yourself: what would it take to make your community a little bit better? It is a question Judy Eoff has contemplated frequently in her role as program manager of Fort Lee Army Community Service's ...

After undergoing chemotherapy, radiation, a hysterectomy and a double mastectomy over the past two years for metastatic breast cancer, Tiffany Garza was in no position to even consider breast ...