Sweaters Into Mittens Project

Last week, my husband came home one day and asked me if I had received a call from the school secretary.  They had a little girl show up to school with very cold little fingers because she didn't have any gloves or mittens, and he thought that would be something our new ministry, "Yesh Tikvah Ministries", could help with.  I thought that was a great idea, too, and immediately went shopping for some little gloves and mittens to donate to the school.  Believe it or not, I couldn't find mittens at all, but only gloves.  I think mittens work so much better for small children.  They are so much easier for adults to help them put on, and they keep their little fingers warmer than gloves do.  So I had an idea.  We can make mittens out of old sweaters!

So, instead of shopping for mittens, I hit the thrift shops in search of sweaters to make mittens out of.  One of the shops was having a half off sale, so I bought a pile of sweaters!

And I started making mittens.

This has evolved into an entire project at Yesh Tikvah Ministries!  Over the next few weeks, we are collecting unwanted sweaters and making them into mittens. After winter break, we will be donating the mittens to the schools in our area to be given to the children who need them.

You can help us with this project!  If you have an unwanted sweater in your closet, you can donate it to us and we'll make mittens out of it.  Depending on the size of the sweater, we can get 3 or more pairs of mittens out of one sweater.  If you live in our area, we can come and pick up your sweaters, or if you live far away, you can mail them to us.  

You can email us at yeshtikvahministries@yeshtikvah.org to arrange a pick-up or to get our mailing address.

Yesh Tikvah Ministries: There is Hope!

A couple of months ago, Robert and the girls and I officially started a ministry called Yesh Tikvah Ministries.  "Yesh Tikvah" means "There is Hope".  This is something that has been on our hearts and minds for a while, and it is finally coming together! We're so excited about it!

Here's the mission statement we came up with: "Our mission is to provide help and hope to those who need it: meeting physical needs such as food and clothing, and meeting spiritual needs by sharing the hope we have found in Messiah Yeshua and proclaiming His Truth."

We have three ongoing projects: 
Tikvah's Closet, where we collect gently used and new clothing to distribute to those who need it;
Tikvah's Pantry, where we collect food and distribute it to those who are hungry; and
Handmade Tikvah, where we make and donate handmade items.

We've also started a weekly Torah study that meets at our house at 2 pm every Saturday, where Robert leads us in study and discussion of the weekly Torah portion.

So far it's going great, and we're excited!  We've been able to provide clothing for five different families, and we've donated school supplies to families and schools.  We are getting ready to put together food baskets for Thanksgiving to give to a few families so they will have a nice Thanksgiving dinner.  We are working on a project through Craft Hope, making pillowcase dresses for girls around the world.  And we have a few regular attenders at our weekly Torah study.

We need more space to store the food and clothing, so we are making plans to remodel our garage for a Yesh Tikvah Ministries headquarters building.

Thanks to Haley, we have a website, a Facebook page, and a newsletter that goes out every week.  If you're interested, go to yeshtikvah.org and sign up for the newsletter...then go like us on Facebook!

Here are those links again:
Yesh Tikvah Ministries Website
Yesh Tikvah Ministries Facebook Page


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