by Michelle Maynard | Apr 9, 2019 | News, Volunteer News
“People are so encouraging, and offer such positive reinforcement.” Meet Kent. For the last several months, Kent has been a regular at the knitting group Project Knitwell co-sponsors with the Cancer Resource Center at Virginia Hospital Center (VHC). Barb, one of...
by Michelle Maynard | Mar 5, 2019 | News, Volunteer News
“As an artist and a professional consultant working in the non-profit arena, I continue to have a strong interest in the transformative power of the arts as an agent for healing and change.” ~ Scott Stoner Meet Scott. Scott Stoner joined the Project Knitwell board...
by Michelle Maynard | Feb 6, 2019 | News
Meet Kierra. Kierra is one of the 15-20 women at Friends of Guest House in Alexandria, Virginia whom Project Knitwell volunteers work with each week. Kierra and the other women at Guest House are re-entering the community after having spent time in prison.Some may...
by Michelle Maynard | Nov 21, 2018 | News
This fall, Project Knitwell launched two new programs to share the therapeutic power of knitting with very different communities.In the brand-new Ronald McDonald Room at INOVA-Children’s Hospital, volunteer Shelly will visit on the first and third Mondays of...
by Michelle Maynard | Sep 2, 2018 | Fundraisers and Other Events, News
Tracye Payne Wilson, who learned to knit in 2017 with a Project Knitwell volunteer at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (MGUH). Tracye was undergoing treatment for cancer. Knitting offered her a sense of accomplishment and provided focus and hope at a difficult...
by Donna Breslin | Aug 24, 2017 | News
Two opportunities to listen to Executive Director Michelle Maynard talk about Project Knitwell on recent episodes of Kristy Glass Knits on You Tube and the podcast Ready, Set, Knit. (after Aug 24th).
