Join a creative expression of community service and knit warmth and encouragement to America’s orphan and college-bound students

The GW Red Scarf Project is teaming up for the third year with the Orphan Foundation of America in support of the national Red Scarf Project.

OFA needs 7,000 handmade scarves for their Winter Care Packages to foster/orphaned students attending college fall in 2008. Your handcrafted scarf will send the message that someone cares—and what better community to support foster college students than OUR UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY of students, staff, faculty, and alumni.

The GW Red Scarf Project has set a goal of 500 hand-knit or hand-crocheted scarves packaged and shipped by October 17, 2008. Help us reach our goal again!

SCARVES ARE DUE BY MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

SHIP TO: GW Office of Communication & Creative Services
2033 K Street, NW, Suite 720, Washington, D.C. 20052

You can contact the GW Red Scarf Project at redscarf@gwu.edu

SCARF GUIDELINES

Size: Approximately 60” long and 5” to 8” wide.
Style: Unisex collegiate. Fringe optional. Should wrap around the neck.
Color: RED…in all its shades and hues. Variegated red yarn welcome, too! Stripes patterned with other colors such as black, ivory, grey, orange, purple, etc. are acceptable.
Finishing & Tags: Yarn ends should be securely sewn in.  Donors are asked to include washing instructions. For a distinctive and spirited GW Red Scarf Project personal touch, the Office of Communication and Creative Services in SASS is donating design and printing services for a customized GW tag design for our scarves.