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This isn't all that serious but it's bugging me.

The other day my friend gave me a link to a foundation that was looking for knitted penguin jumpers. She knows I like to knit for charity and that I have an interest in wildlife conservation so she thought it would be a good fit for me. She wants to participate in this too.

I looked into it and found that the people who actually work with the penguins say that these sweaters aren't actually used because they have better ways to keep oil-drenched penguins warm and prevent them from preening (and thus getting oil in their mouths). Most places that used to get sent these items have told people to stop sending them, but for some reason this foundation has started the whole thing up again. They want to put them on stuffed penguins and sell them. Supposedly this is raising money for the foundation and awareness about the penguins, but I can't help thinking that it will just continue to make people waste time and money on something that doesn't help when it could be used for something that will have a direct impact.

I told my friend about the information I had found but she decided it was still going toward a good cause and won't be talked out of making useless penguin sweaters that are mostly going to join previous thousands that are sitting in storage.

They want to put them on stuffed penguins and sell them. Supposedly this is raising money for the foundation and awareness about the penguins,

but I can't help thinking that it will just continue to make people waste time and money on something that doesn't help

Sounds like it's not a waste of time tbh; if your friend want to help them raise money for a charity, what's the harm in it?

There are already more sweaters than needy penguins thanks to overzealous people who didn't stop to research whether they're actually useful. This foundation could just take them off the hands of other places that don't want them but are using up storage space because they have nothing else they can do with them.

Besides, I have issues with "awareness" that is based on misinformation.

Ah, okay...maybe redirect your pal to a charity that knits sweaters/blankets for preemies instead? Same size project, more useful outcome.....

http://www.ehow.com/how_5630758_donate-hand-knits-preemies.html

I keep meaning to ask the local hospital if they'd like some baby hats or blankets or anything. I should finally go do that. Most of what I've done in the past involved larger organizations but lately I've been trying to find more local stuff I can do.

If it helps to motivate you, I still have (somewhere) the very-badly-worn stuffed...something...(can't even tell what it is anymore haha) a volunteer made for me when I was a preemie some mumblety-seven years ago. XD

That's really sweet. I still have a handsewn doll that I was given as a kid when I got my tonsils out.

The foster care system would also probably be really happy with getting stuff like that!

There's also charities that accept knitted beanies and the like for people with hairloss. The poster children are cancer but there's lots if diseases that cause bald heads nowadays... If you feel up to it and are bored sometime!

I've knit some chemo hats before but I'd be interested in the names of some of these other charities if you know them.

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