by Donna Breslin | Sep 16, 2014 | News
We are excited to partner with the Smith Center for Healing and the Arts in Washington, DC to offer knitting this fall. The Smith Center is a nationally recognized leader in promoting the use of art and creativity as part of the process of healing and as a way to... by Donna Breslin | Aug 21, 2014 | News
Project Knitwell held knitting classes for parents and other family members at HSC (formerly the Hospital for Sick Children) in Northeast D.C. in August 2014. At the invitation of the Child Life Specialist and the Chaplain, Project Knitwell provided volunteers and... by Donna Breslin | Aug 21, 2014 | News
In July 2014, Project Knitwell held a series of knitting classes for emotionally disturbed adolescents at the John. L. Gildner Institute for Children and Adolescents in Rockville, Maryland. Volunteers worked with 30 teen residents — mostly boys — and most... by Project Knitwell | Jun 4, 2014 | Events, News
In May 2014, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Washington, DC (RMHC), awarded Project Knitwell a one-year grant to better serve long-term pediatric patients, to expand its knitting program to two additional sites in the DC metro area, and to publish an... by Project Knitwell | Feb 13, 2014 | News
In 2013, Project Knitwell began offering new programs at Virginia Hospital Center, including knitting classes and a monthly drop in knitting group at the Cancer Resource Center. Both are open to cancer patients, their care givers and/or family members, and oncology...