Through Rain, Sleet, and Snow, We Craft!

Published: August 24, 2016 ~ 0

Last Friday, T.H.R.I.V.E. Association met at the Starbucks on Greenville Avenue. Despite the stormy weather, we had a fantastically productive meeting and even got to meet a couple of wonderful members of the community!

As usual, we’re hosting our weekly Craft-a-thon this Friday night. Be sure to bring a skein of yarn, crochet hook, knitting needles, or needle and thread and come craft with us. We will be at Starbucks at Casa Linda from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Friday August 26, located at this address:

Starbucks at Casa Linda Plaza, 9440 Garland Rd #110-112, Dallas, TX 75218

If you’d like to come out and craft with us, contact us by clicking here or call (214) 998-2770 to let us know that you’d like to attend.

Also, on September 2, we will be at Michael’s in the Old Town Shopping Center, 5500 Greenville Ave Ste 700, Dallas, TX 75206 from 5 pm – 7 pm; So mark your calendars for a fun-filled night with T.H.R.I.V.E. Association!

We look forward to seeing the T.H.R.I.V.E. family this and each following Friday. As always, we are thrilled to meet our community members! So don’t be shy; come on out and craft for our brave veterans!

Meeting Goals

Published: August 17, 2016 ~ 0

As a special thanks to all of the hard work put forth by our dedicated volunteers, T.H.R.I.V.E. Association has fresh homemade vegan apple pie for our Dallas Chapter! Each week we strive to provide our local volunteers with homemade vegan goodies.

If you are interested in volunteering, please fill out one of our volunteer forms here. Remember, it is not necessary that you know how to craft; if you are interested in learning, we would love to teach you at one of our weekly Craft-a-thons. Also, if you have a skill set that you’d like to donate, feel free to contact us here. We’d love to hear from you!

Last year, T.H.R.I.V.E. Association was able to provide 36 items to the Homeless Veterans Stand Down. We promised ourselves, and our community that we would continue to grow until the needs of every former service member was met. By continuing to recruit new, dedicated volunteers, we’re on our way towards reaching that goal. Way to go volunteers, we’re very proud of you!

On November 8, 2016, T.H.R.I.V.E. Association will distribute our collected handmade goods to the underprivileged military veterans. Please remember to send all wet blocked finished garments to our headquarters.

Friday Night Craft-a-thon

Published: August 10, 2016 ~ 0

Our weekly craft-a-thon will currently be held every Friday at 7:00 pm at our Chief Officer’s address:

10019 Woodlake Dr., Dallas, TX 75243

As always, there will be homemade vegan treats for all attendees! Please let us know ahead of time if you plan on coming so that we can expect you; you can either leave a message with us on our ‘Contact Us’ page here or you can call or leave a text message with us at (214) 998-2770. We look forward to meeting and crafting with you!

If you are interested in coming to our meetings but do not yet know how to craft, have no fear! We will gladly teach you how to start. For example, just this past week, our Chief Officer, Victoria, met up with a new T.H.R.I.V.E. Assn. volunteer at a local Half-Price Books to personally teach her how to crochet. All who wish to craft are welcome at our craft-a-thons, so don’t be a stranger!

Mittens and Meetings

Published: August 3, 2016 ~ 0

Firstly, this week’s vegan delight for our local volunteers and staff, is a homemade cherry pie. As every one of our fantastic volunteers continues to craft hats, scarves, etc., we would like to commend you all for your hard work and dedication to the cause!

As was stated in our last blog post, we have added more patterns to our repertoire. The mittens in the photo below were made using Red Heart’s pattern “Mittens for All” (WR2160), which is also posted on our Ravelry page.

http://www.ravelry.com/groups/thrive-dba-thrive-association

Our goal is to have as many mittens as we have hats. If you need help with these or other patterns, please feel free to contact us in the comments section below or on our Ravelry page.

Do you live in the DFW Metroplex and want to learn to knit, crochet, sew or just want to find out more about T.H.R.I.V.E. Association? We would love to meet our community and invite the T.H.R.I.V.E. family to join us for several upcoming events. We are currently looking to organize a Friday night craft-a-thon each Friday starting next Friday, August 12. Location and time to be announced soon. Stay tuned for more details!

Our New Logo

Published: July 27, 2016 ~ 0

T.H.R.I.V.E. Association has a new logo! We have been working hard to develop something that is all-encompassing while still maintaining a simplicity that allows for easy interpretation. This newly developed crest is reflective of the Organization’s overall mission and purpose: Operibus anteire – Leading the way with deeds. Why a dove, you might ask? We chose this particularly beautiful and symbolic bird to represent the peaceful manner and soaring aspirations with which we aim to empower our homeless veterans. Finally, the crest’s symbol of a needle and thread represents the hand-crafted nature of our aid, while also forming the “T” in T.H.R.I.V.E. Association. Cool!

Additionally, our Chief Officer, Victoria, has posted more patterns to T.H.R.I.V.E. Associations’s Ravelry page. If you didn’t know already, Ravelry is a free to join community for both knitters and crocheters. Once you have made an account, you can use the link below for T.H.R.I.V.E. Assn.’s updated page, with a forum for questions and discussions as well:

http://www.ravelry.com/

http://www.ravelry.com/groups/thrive-dba-thrive-association

Summertime Progress

Published: July 20, 2016 ~ 0

First, in keeping with our tradition, it’s time to introduce this week’s vegan treat- blueberry muffins, made by our IT guy, Torrey! In preparation for several upcoming events, our Chief Officer taught our lawyer, David, to knit and Torrey crocheted his first hat solo! Way to go guys! Finally, it has been a fantastic week for T.H.R.I.V.E. Association! We have been able to welcome more volunteers! Thanks to all of you out there for volunteering and helping to spread the word about our Organization! We really couldn’t do all this without your support.

July 4th Event

Published: July 13, 2016 ~ 0

On the 4^th of July every member of T.H.R.I.V.E. Association was busy at work preparing for the upcoming Homeless Veterans’ Stand Down! We all crocheted up a storm with some vegan doughnuts and coffee! (Yes, even our lawyer learned some crochet stitches.) Working together, we made over a half-dozen hats in the colors of our great nation that day!

Hello world!

Published: April 12, 2016 ~ 0

The website is now live, but still in the process of being put together! Our Events listing is also coming soon.