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Cancer Center is Calling All Yarn Crafters!

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ORGANIZATION: Aspirus Health

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Yarn crafters we need YOU because knockers (knit or crochet) are needed by the Aspirus Wisconsin Rapids Hospital Cancer Center for our breast cancer patients. Our local cancer center is seeking crafters that are willing to knit/crochet these soft, comfortable prosthetics for local breast cancer survivors. We are able to provide all of the instructions thanks to Knitted Knockers, a non-profit organization started by a breast cancer survivor in Washington state. We need YOU and your yarn crafting friends to create this very needed item in our community.

Knockers are special handmade breast prostheses for women who have had breast cancer and undergone mastectomy or lumpectomy. Traditional breast prosthetics can be hot, heavy and sticky, require special bras and can’t be worn for weeks after surgery. These knockers are soft, beautiful, comfortable and they are washable.

We are recruiting a team of special volunteer knitters/crocheters to help create these knockers so that our local cancer center can provide them FREE to those requesting them. For additional information contact Annmarie Ott, Volunteer Coordinator at Aspirus Wisconsin Rapids Hospital. Thank you in advance for your help. This is a great way to show patients we care!

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About Aspirus Health

Location:

410 Dewey Street, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494, US

Mission Statement

While mission, vision and values help ground every organization, the reality is that the health care industry is evolving, and Aspirus is growing and transforming too. We believe a thriving future depends on Aspirus becoming a true patient centered, physician partnered system that provides the highest quality care at the lowest cost to those we serve.

Description

Aspirus Health is a nonprofit, community-directed health system based in Wausau, Wisconsin, serving northeastern Minnesota, northern and central Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The health system operates 18 hospitals and 130 outpatient locations with nearly 14,000 team members, including 1,300 employed physicians and advanced practice clinicians.

CAUSE AREAS

Community
Health & Medicine
Women
Community, Health & Medicine, Women

WHEN

Thu Jan 23, 2025 - Tue Apr 22, 2025

WHERE

410 Dewey StreetWisconsin Rapids, WI 54494

(44.38173,-89.83031)
 

SKILLS

  • Crocheting
  • Knitting

GOOD FOR

  • Teens
  • People 55+
  • Public Groups
  • Private Groups

REQUIREMENTS

  • Orientation or Training
  • This activity is done on your own time schedule. You need to have knowledge of yarn crafting (or a willingness to learn).

Private Group Details

  • Group Size Range 1 - 50+
  • Event can be held at a volunteer group location (e.g. office, park)
  • Donation required
  • Donation of time, yarn and stuffing materials.

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