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7 people are interested
Knitting for a Need!
ORGANIZATION: PICKING ME FOUNDATION NFP
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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7 people are interested
Picking Me is looking for volunteers to knit a pattern for our new Digit Fidget, a finger glove/bracelet worn as a habit reversal training strategy to prevent picking urges! We will provide you with the patter, beads, yarn and a million thank-yous right from our Foundation location in River North Chicago. If you have know how to knit, want to help an under-served community and spread mental health awareness, than this is a match for you! Please reach out via email asap as we are hoping to bring bunches to our next mental health conference end of April. So much love and thanks in advance!
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About PICKING ME FOUNDATION NFP
Location:
770 N LA SALLE DR STE 410, CHICAGO, IL 60654, US
Mission Statement
Picking Me Foundation is the only donor-supported nonprofit dedicated to advocating Dermatillomania (Skin Picking Disorder) for sufferers, supporters, and educational communities alike, encouraging individuals to choose themselves over the mental illness that chose them.
Description
Picking Me is mental health awareness nonprofit in Chicago spreading awareness and inspiring acceptance for a Body-Focused Repetitive Behavior related to OCD that affects 3% of the global population. As this chronic disorder has only been recognized by the DSM-V since 2013 even though many sufferers, like Picking Me's founder Lauren McKeaney, have struggled with compulsive skin picking for over 2 decades almost and loosing her leg to the disorder, have no support or resources for help. Picking Me promotes finger energy off the body through their fiddle pack project, where support group member keep hands busy making fiddle packs of sensory fidget items for sufferers, supporters, and educational communities alike, hoping to start conversation around this behavior earlier on. For each pack sold we donate one to a dermatologist, pediatrician, or sufferer in need. We challenge the stigma of living with a mental illness through our #WhatsWithUrSkin campaign, send information on treatment to dermatologists so they are up to date with this disorder, provide art therapy with our Drawing with Derma Program, and partner with local advocacy orgs to continue sharing our message of #PickingMe over Skin Picking.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
770 N. LaSalle Dr#410CHICAGO, IL 60654
DATE POSTED
March 20, 2018
SKILLS
- Crocheting
- Knitting
- Quilting
- Sewing
- Upholstery
- Youth Services
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
N/A