Happy Monday, dear T.H.R.I.V.E. Association family! T.H.R.I.V.E. will have a booth in the Veterans’ Village at the Armed Forces Bowl being held at the Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas on December 27. We’ll be there to raise awareness about our mission of providing a hand up to our underprivileged military veterans and their dependents, so come on by and say, “Hi!” It’s always been a lot of fun in previous years, so we encourage you to attend if you can make it. We look forward to seeing you there!
We Need Your Donations
Happy Monday, dear T.H.R.I.V.E. Association family. We’re hoping everyone is enjoying this holiday season! Jack Frost is paying his annual visit and nipping at our noses, and with the colder weather comes the need for us all to stay warm by bundling up. Our underprivileged military veterans and their dependents are in great need of that warmth and our support. We have a shortage of hats, scarves, and lap blankets to meet the demands of upcoming Stand Downs.
If you’d like to donate a hat, scarf, lap blanket, or other handcrafted garment to our cause, please remember that the veterans and their dependents prefer dark colors (e.g. blue, black, green, grey, and all-time favorite, camouflage). If you would like to knit, crochet, or sew a garment in a brighter color, red or deep purple are always popular bright colors. We cannot emphasize this important point enough: please do not use sparkly or overly decorative yarns and fabrics. While they have their place, they are simply inappropriate for the veterans and their dependents.
If you are not a crafter, but would like to help, there are still many ways to support our cause! Please consider donating materials and/or making a monetary donation to help us cover the costs of materials, shipping, and overhead.
If you have donations and are in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, we are still continuing our policy of curbside pickup. Please contact us to schedule a pickup. If you reside outside the DFW area and would like to make an in-kind donation, you can ship your donations to us here in Dallas. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us. Remember, even one lovingly handcrafted hat or scarf can make a huge difference in the life of an underprivileged veteran or their dependent(s)!
Giving Tuesday 2024
Happy Monday, dear T.H.R.I.V.E. Association family! Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday, so please consider making a one-time or monthly monetary donation to support our mission. All monetary donations are tax deductible and directly help to cover the costs of materials, shipping, and overhead. If you’re looking for a gift for that special someone, please check out our web-shop! You can show your T.H.R.I.V.E. pride with our branded stress footballs, t-shirts, and popular wristbands! No donation is too small, as every dollar goes to help further our mission of providing our great nation’s underprivileged military veterans and their dependents with lovingly handmade garments as they continue on their road to recovery from homelessness.
Black Friday 2024
Happy Monday, dear T.H.R.I.V.E. Association family! When you’re shopping for the holidays this Black Friday weekend, please consider making a one-time or monthly monetary donation to support our mission. All monetary donations are tax deductible and directly help to cover the costs of materials, shipping, and overhead. If you’re looking for a gift for that special someone, please check out our web-shop! You can show your T.H.R.I.V.E. pride with our branded stress footballs, t-shirts, and popular wristbands! No donation is too small, as every dollar goes to help further our mission of providing our great nation’s underprivileged military veterans and their dependents with lovingly handmade garments as they continue on their road to recovery from homelessness.
Donate
Happy Monday, dear T.H.R.I.V.E. Association family! As the holidays are fast approaching, please consider making a one-time or monthly monetary donation to support our mission. All monetary donations are tax deductible and directly help to cover the costs of materials, shipping, and overhead. If you’re looking for a gift for that special someone, please check out our web-shop! You can show your T.H.R.I.V.E. pride with our branded stress footballs, t-shirts, and popular wristbands! No donation is too small, as every dollar goes to help further our mission of providing our great nation’s underprivileged military veterans and their dependents with lovingly handmade garments as they continue on their road to recovery from homelessness.
Veterans Day 2024
Today we honor and give thanks to all those who served in the United States Armed Forces. We here at T.H.R.I.V.E. Association are deeply grateful to all of our service members for the sacrifices they have made in support of our nation and its people. We offer our deepest gratitude to you all!
Keep Crafting!
Happy Monday, dear T.H.R.I.V.E. Association family! We were so proud and honored to have been able to successfully serve the several hundred homeless military veterans and their dependents in our partner Stand Downs held in October. We’re going to keep up that momentum, as there are always more Stand Downs on the horizon. Prior to a Stand Down event, our partner VA will send us a list of demographics and needs for their local veteran community. With that, all of our handmade goods are crafted to those specifications for that particular Stand Down event. Because of this, we never have a surplus of gifts or inventory for upcoming Stand Downs and we are always starting from scratch. Please keep crafting, as we have more Stand Downs coming up! We are in particular need of hats, scarves, and lap blankets.
If you would like to donate a hat, scarf, lap blanket, or other handcrafted garment to our cause, please remember that the dear veterans and their dependents prefer dark colors (e.g. blue, black, green, grey, and all-time favorite, camouflage). If you would like to knit, crochet, or sew a garment in a brighter color, red or deep purple are always popular bright colors. We cannot emphasize this important point enough: please do not use sparkly or overly decorative yarns and fabrics. While they have their place, they are simply inappropriate for the veterans and their dependents (including children because of choking hazards).
If you are not a crafter, but would like to help, there are still many ways to support our cause! Please consider donating materials and/or making a monetary donation to help us cover the costs of materials, shipping, and overhead.
If you have donations and are in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, we are still continuing our policy of curbside pickup. Please contact us to schedule a pickup. If you reside outside the DFW area and would like to make an in-kind donation, you can ship your donations to us here in Dallas. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us. Remember, even one lovingly handcrafted hat or scarf can make a huge difference in the life of an underprivileged veteran or their dependent(s)!
A Matter of Whether it Matters
Happy Monday, dear T.H.R.I.V.E. Association family! Recently, we were asked a great question: Do the underprivileged veterans appreciate the handcrafted nature of the gifts that they receive on their road to recovery and does it matter to them? Simply put, they very much do and it really does matter to these wonderful individuals. The smiles, laughs, and joy that we have experienced from them first-hand at local Stand Down events are a testament to that! From the big reactions on their faces when they realize that these gifts are all handcrafted, to the excitement of getting to choose what style, color, and type of garment that they wished to take with them, we can tell you with certainty that they appreciate the effort and love that is put into every handcrafted hat, scarf, mitten, etc. from T.H.R.I.V.E. and you, all of our dedicated donors! We’ve even had veterans who said that they felt unworthy of such dear gifts. Rest assured that we insisted that they most definitely deserved them and more! Most touchingly, we’ve had many veterans reminisce with us memories of family and friends who had made garments for them. They’ve told us about favorite hats made by their grandmothers, memorable scarves received from Christmases past, and treasured garments given from friends. Most recently, we had a veteran tell us about how his mother would knit him sweaters that he greatly cherished, but that he didn’t ever learn to knit himself. Victoria, our Chief Executive Officer of T.H.R.I.V.E., replied, “I can knit for you now.” Let us all be there for them and happy crafting everyone!
Thank You Dallas and Abilene!
Happy Monday, dear T.H.R.I.V.E. Association family! We had two awesome Texas Stand Downs back-to-back last week. It was such an honor and a privilege to serve both of these Stand Downs. We are deeply appreciative and humbled by being able to contribute to every Stand Down that we partner with and were very moved by the response from the veterans when they received our handcrafted gifts. “Handcrafted” means so much to them! Firstly, we’d like to thank the Dallas and the Abilene VAs for organizing the Stand Downs and making this all happen! Next, we’d like to thank our awesome volunteers who continue to support our noble cause! And last, but not least, we’d like to thank our wonderful and dedicated staff who worked tirelessly to ensure that every veteran and their dependents at these Stand Downs would be served and receive their lovingly handcrafted gifts!
It’s Time for the Dallas and Abilene Stand Downs!
Happy Monday, dear T.H.R.I.V.E. Association family! We’re all hands on deck, working hard to prepare for both the Dallas and Abilene Stand Downs being held later this week. Supporting both of these events back-to-back is looking to leave us starting back from scratch, so please don’t stop crafting for our underprivileged veterans and their dependents!
If you would like to donate a hat, scarf, lap blanket, or other handcrafted garment to our cause, please remember that the dear veterans and their dependents prefer dark colors (e.g. blue, black, green, grey, and all-time favorite, camouflage). If you would like to knit, crochet, or sew a garment in a brighter color, red or deep purple are always popular bright colors. We cannot emphasize this important point enough: please do not use sparkly or overly decorative yarns and fabrics. While they have their place, they are simply inappropriate for the veterans and their dependents (including children because of choking hazards).
If you are not a crafter, but would like to help, there are still many ways to support our cause! Please consider donating materials and/or making a monetary donation to help us cover the costs of materials, shipping, and overhead.
If you have donations and are in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, we are still continuing our policy of curbside pickup. Please contact us to schedule a pickup. If you reside outside the DFW area and would like to make an in-kind donation, you can ship your donations to us here in Dallas. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us. Remember, even one lovingly handcrafted hat or scarf can make a huge difference in the life of an underprivileged veteran or their dependent(s)!
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