Scarf It Up Club

“Our “Scarf It Up” club through our church, has been making handmade comfort items for over 15 years. We started making knitted /crocheted hats and scarves for donations to our local St Vincent de Paul Society. Over the years, other talented crafters joined and we branched out to sewing projects as well. To date we have over 30 members, meet once a month, and last year (2018) donated over 7,900 hand-crafted items to various organizations in our Cincinnati community.  These items include: padded seatbelt covers (to protect Port-a-cath sites used for chemotherapy infusions), “anti-Ouch Pouches” (to cushion mastectomy incisions from pressure), neck pillows, uniquely-shaped pillows to cushion pressure points on the body when a patient is turned on their side, and quilts for babies in the Newborn Intensive Care units (NICU). These cushioned items are delivered monthly to nursing homes, hospice organizations, medical infusion centers, hospitals, and into our own “Comfort Bags” given to those going through chemotherapy for cancer or other disabling conditions. Our volunteers work tirelessly to help “cushion” the blow that life can hand out.” shared Ann Suttmann.