Dallas Stand Down

Published: October 13, 2025 ~ 0

Happy Monday, dear T.H.R.I.V.E. Association family. Happy Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
If you are lucky enough to have the day off, today is a fine day to sit in your favorite chair and craft.
The Dallas VA’s Stand Down is coming up next week! They were our first partner Stand Down and we love supporting them in their efforts to end homelessness among their veteran community. Please help us meet our goal of 200 lovingly handcrafted hats and scarves for the veterans and their dependents who will be attending the Dallas Stand Down.

Our Chief Executive Officer, Victoria, will be in Dallas the day before the Stand Down to prepare our booth and to collect donations from our faithful volunteers in the DFW area. If you would like to donate a lovingly handcrafted gift to support our cause to end homelessness among our veteran community, please contact us so that we can make arrangements for a pick up on October 22, 2025.

Calling All Donors

Published: October 6, 2025 ~ 0

Happy Monday, dear T.H.R.I.V.E. Association family! The Dallas, TX Stand Down is coming up very soon. We are working tirelessly here at T.H.R.I.V.E. Association headquarters preparing, crafting, and planning for this event.
This is always one of the largest Stand Downs that we partner with, and we love serving the veteran community in attendance. Please help us to meet our goal of 300 lovingly handmade hats, scarves, etc. to provide to our amazing hometown veteran community as they embark on their journey to recover from homelessness.

WV & KY Stand Down Packages Sent

Published: September 29, 2025 ~ 0

Happy Monday, dear T.H.R.I.V.E. Association family! Thank you so much to all of our very generous and skilled donors. Because of all of your support, we were able to send two large packages of our lovingly handcrafted gifts to our longtime partners’ Stand Downs in West Virginia and Kentucky. Thank you so much for all that you do to help us to accomplish our mission!

Thank You, DFW Fiber Fest!

Published: September 22, 2025 ~ 0

Happy Monday, dear T.H.R.I.V.E. Association family. We would like to thank DFW Fiber Fest for graciously hosting once again this year! We are so grateful that we had the opportunity to take part in this amazing event! We had a great time meeting and chatting with our fellow crafters and getting to know them.

Thanks to everyone’s generosity, we were able to collect so many beautifully handcrafted gifts that will be deeply cherished by our veteran community! We cannot thank you all enough!

Come See Us at DFW Fiber Fest!

Published: September 15, 2025 ~ 0

Happy Monday, dear T.H.R.I.V.E. Association family! We’re at DFW Fiber Fest this week! It’s being held on September 19-21 at the Irving Convention Center in Las Colinas. For those unfamiliar, the event is a great opportunity to meet fellow crafters, learn valuable crafting skills, shop unique materials and tools, and also to meet with your local non-profits, like us at T.H.R.I.V.E. Association! Like last year, we’ll have a booth set up to share our mission of benefiting our nation’s underprivileged military veterans and their dependents with our local crafting community and we will also be collecting your beautifully handcrafted hats, scarves, mittens, etc. and yarn for the upcoming Stand Downs! We’re bringing our popular wristbands and lollipops, so come on down and check us out!

Stand Downs and Fiber Fest!

Published: September 8, 2025 ~ 0

Happy Monday, dear T.H.R.I.V.E. Association family. We have several Stand Downs happening in quick succession this month and we need your help! We are several hundred handmade hats short of our goal for these Stand Downs. Please keep your amazing handcrafted gifts coming in; They are desperately needed and dearly loved by the veterans and their dependents who receive them!

We will be at DFW Fiber Fest in Texas held at the Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas on September 19-21, 2025, doing some awesome community building and collecting donations of hats, scarves, etc. We hope to see all of you there! It is always so much fun and a great experience!

Package Sent to Washington

Published: August 25, 2025 ~ 0

Happy Monday, dear THRIVE Association family. Last week we sent a package containing 200 of our lovingly handcrafted gifts to the Stand Down held in Vancouver, Washington. We are so honored to serve this great community!

Thank you to all our volunteers and donors! We couldn’t do any of this wonderful work without you!

We Need Your Help

Published: August 18, 2025 ~ 0

Happy Monday, dear T.H.R.I.V.E. Association family! Many of our partners’ Stand Downs are taking place in September and we desperately need your help to accomplish our mission. Many of these Stand Downs are in very cold areas of our great Nation. Please help us to reach our goal of 400 handcrafted hats, scarves, etc. to support the underprivileged veterans and their dependents that are anticipated to attend these Stand Downs.

Stand Downs are very effective at helping veterans recover from homelessness, and we love supporting them in their efforts. We have had several veterans who have attended Stand Downs in the past, received our gifts, and are now recovered sufficiently to volunteer/donate to our cause. Lets keep that momentum going!

If you would like to help our cause to end veteran homelessness, but are not a crafter, please consider making a tax-deductible monetary donation to cover the cost of shipping our gifts to our partner Stand Downs. Often these shipping costs are several hundred dollars, so every dollar helps.

T.H.R.I.V.E. Association Needs You

Published: August 11, 2025 ~ 0

Happy Monday, dear T.H.R.I.V.E. Association family! With many Stand Downs right around the corner, we desperately need your help to accomplish our mission. Many of these Stand Downs are in very cold areas of our great Nation. Please help us to reach our goal of 400 handcrafted hats, scarves, etc. to support the veterans and their dependents that are anticipated to attend these Stand Downs.

A Heartfelt Thank You

Published: July 28, 2025 ~ 0

Happy Monday, dear T.H.R.I.V.E. Association family! We just want to take a moment to say thank you. Whether you’ve volunteered your time and skills, donated money and/or in-kind goods, or cheered us on from the sidelines, your support means the world to us—and the impact is real.

Because of you, we’ve helped thousands of homeless veterans and their dependents over the last decade. We’re so proud of what we’ve accomplished together!

We’re almost at our goal for the upcoming Stand Downs- but we still have a ways to go. If you’re able to craft a garment, chip in a dollar or two for the shipping costs, or spread the word, it could help push us across the finish line.

Regardless, please know that we are deeply grateful for all that you do. You’re a vital part of this community, and we couldn’t do this without you.