The purpose of this Girl Scout Gold Award is to raise awareness about handcrafted items that can be donated and the organizations that need them. The time and energy put into handcrafted items shows recipients that they matter and are cared about. Handcrafting items for donation is also fun and fulfilling. My Gold Award focuses on making service projects more available to the public and providing people with another way to give back to their communities

How To:

1. Find it!

Search by:

• Craft you want to make
• Time you have to craft
• Technique you want to craft with
• Person or group you want to help
2. Once you find your craft pick the organization you want to donate to. If it is a national organization check their website to see their rules on colors, sizing, etc. If it is a local organization, simply send them an email asking if they want donations and if they have any guidelines

3. Craft it!
4. Record it!
• Send a quick email to madeline@craftingacommunity.com sharing what you made, where it was donated, and any pictures you would like put in the gallery! These emails are important because they help measure the impact of the project.
5. Donate it!

Email Template for Contacting Local Organizations

Hello my name is _________
I am making handcrafted items to donate.
I was wondering if your organization would like to recieve ____, _____, _____.
If you don't want to recieve these items, have rules for handcrafted items or have any questions please let me know and visit www.craftingacommunity.com to learn more.
Have a crafty day,
name

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank Dr. Neal Krawetz for mentoring me through this project. Your dedication to teaching, and your patience answering my many questions, has helped me not just learn, but understand the new skills, concepts, and programming languages we explored while making this website. I would also like to thank his parents for crushing his dreams of being a cartoon artist, because it led him to be a coder instead, and for that I am grateful.

Thank you Ethan Fincannon for desiging the website's banner, it looks great!