The Woodywoof Project
Providing children with comfort and warmth
in 2007, 44 knitters contributed 325 blankets to the pediatrics and NICU patients. The knitting of these blankets totals over 10,000 hours of volunteered time.
How You Can Participate
We provide hand-knitted blankets to infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and to children and teenagers with long hospitalizations and chronic illnesses. The blankets are intended to provide comfort and warmth while the child is in the hospital and at home. The Woodywoof Project is named in memory of a dog that served for many years as an animal-assisted therapy dog and gave great comfort and joy to everyone he touched.
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Knitting Group
We meet every Thursday from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. at CPMC's California Campus, 3700 California Street, Level B, Room 560 to knit our blankets. It is not mandatory to attend, but we would enjoy meeting you and having you join our group.
We would like to suggest that anyone wishing to knit for the project have some knitting skills already as we are unable at this time to help beginners with instructions.
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Knitters' Guidelines
Click here for guidelines for yarn, blanket sizes and patterns. We are making blankets in four sizes, and using yarns specifically chosen to meet the needs of these very fragile children.
Finished blankets:
Please mail or bring the blanket to one of the Volunteer Offices:
Please include the label from a ball of yarn and your name, address, phone number and email address (if available).
The finished blankets may also be brought to the Thursday Knitting Group between 2:00 and 4:00 p.m.
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Donations
We welcome donations of cash, yarn, and completed blankets. The California Pacific Medical Center Foundation will provide written acknowledgement of donations, which are deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Make checks payable to:
The Woodywoof Project at CPMC Foundation
CPMC Volunteer Services
Attention: Genie Gee
California Pacific Medical Center
P.O. Box 7999
San Francisco, CA 94120-7999
Please call Volunteer Services at (415) 600-3402.
Send to the same address as for cash donations.
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Contact Us
Jean Scardina
phone: (415) 585-5475
email: vjscardina@sbcglobal.net
Because life is precious, we encourage giving to life
and a lifetime of giving.
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