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, Room B560, San Francisco, to knit our blankets. It is not mandatory to attend, but we would enjoy meeting you and having you join our group. We suggest that anyone wishing to knit for the project have some knitting skills already, as we are unable to help beginners with instructions.
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Knitters' Guidelines
CLICK HERE for the Woodywoof Information Sheet, containing all the information about our knitting group, 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.
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Donations
We welcome donations of cash, yarn, and completed blankets. California Pacific Medical Center Foundation will provide written acknowledgement of donations, which are deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Donate Now online and specify "Woodywoof Fund" in the Comments field. Or read more about other ways to give to CPMC Foundation.
Make checks payable and mail to:
The Woodywoof Project at CPMC Foundation
Attention: Wayne Koike
2015 Steiner Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
To use Visa/Mastercard by phone,
call CPMC Foundation at (415) 600-4400
with your credit card information.
CLICK HERE for the Woodywoof Information Sheet, containing knitting guidelines and a list of yarns we accept for donations, and instructions on returning finished blankets.
Donations of yarn and finished blankets can be mailed or brought to this address:
The Woodywoof Project
CPMC Volunteer Office
3700 California Street, Room B560
San Francisco, CA 94118
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Contact Us
For more information about knitting for The Woodywoof Project or donating yarn, please contact:
Jean Scardina
(415) 585-5475
vjscardina@sbcglobal.net
For more information on making a gift to California Pacific Medical Center or to The Woodywoof Project, contact:
Jana Cuneo, Director of Development
CPMC Foundation
(415) 600-2407
cuneoj@sutterhealth.org
Because life is precious, we encourage giving to life and a lifetime of giving.
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Make an online donation today to California Pacific Medical Center. For more information on making a gift, contact CPMC Foundation. Thank You!