Campaigns
We ship about 4 times each year, to several communities. Due to the Covid outbreak shipping is on hold at the moment. Please hold onto your completed knit/crochet items for the time being until a new mailing date is shared. Thanks-you for your understanding.Note: If additional shipping opportunities arise (free or very low cost shipping), we also send out items between our major shipments.
Our current campaign does not have a particular theme. Any items from our Guidelines page are accepted. Socks are in high demand and worsted weight socks in a variety of sizes are especially appreciated.
Special Message: Fur Coats
In Fall 2014, we received a new request for old fur coats to be repurposed into clothing. We have already sent one box of coats up to Igloolik and they have been deconstructed and turned into warm clothing. So if you have an old fur coat gathering dust in the closet we would love to have it.
Past campaigns
- June 2019: 30 pounds to Iqaluit
- December 2018: 30 pounds to Iqaluit
- October 2018: 100 pounds to Jimmy Hikok School in Kugluktuk
- June 2018: 120 pounds to Iqaluit
- May 2018: 4 bags of blankets and 60 pounds of yarn to Larga Baffin in Ottawa
- April 2018: 90 pounds to Iqaluit
- March 2018: 50 pounds to Iqaluit
- January 2018: 90 pounds to Iqaluit
- December 2017: 3 boxes (170 pounds) to Jimmy Hikok School in Kugluktuk
- December 2017: blanket and crafting tools to Larga Baffin in Ottawa
- December 2017: Dropped many many children's sweaters to the Inuit Children's Centre in Ottawa
- December 2017: 50 pound box to Iqualuit
- October 2017: Mittens to Jimmy Hikok School in Kugluktuk
- August 2017: Boxes to Iqaluit, drop offs to Larga Baffin in Ottawa
- June 2017: Boxes to Iqaluit (knit items and yarn) with the doctors
- April 2017: 45 pounds to Iqaluit
for Nakasuk school
- April 2017: 80 pounds to Iqaluit (shared with Rankin Inlet, Cambridge Bay, Pond Inlet)
- April 2017: Dropped off blankets and furs at Larga Baffin in Ottawa
- January 2017: Multiple boxes (6) to Cape Dorset and 5 large bags of items delivered to Larga Baffin in Ottawa.
- December 2016: Sewing kits (35 kits) and 3 large boxes of craft supplies delivered to Larga Baffin in Ottawa.
- September 2016: Multiple boxes to Jimmy Hikok Ilihakvik School in Kugluktuk (177 pounds), Cape Dorset (44 pounds) and Iqaluit (60 pounds).
- June 2016:
Multiple boxes to Iqaluit. Additional items
delivered to Larga Baffin in Ottawa.
- January 2016:
Multiple boxes to Jimmy Hikok Ilihakvik School in
Kugluktuk. Additional items delivered to Larga
Baffin in Ottawa.
- October 2015:
Box to Whale Cove.
- September 2015:
Multiple boxes to Iqaluit
- August 2015:
Multiple boxes to Cape Dorset. Plus a large
number of items dropped off at Larga Baffin in Ottawa.
- June 2015: Multiple boxes to Iqaluit, Cape Dorset and Resolute Bay.
- March 2015: Multiple boxes to Cape Dorset and Arviat.
- January 2015:
Two boxes of items were sent to Iqualuit.
- December 2014:
Box of items was sent to Arviat, NU. Box was 44
pounds and included over 130 hats, along with mittens,
neck warmers and sweaters. All for kids between
JK and Grade 5. We also sent 50 pounds of items
(toiletries as well as knit/crochet items) to the
women's shelter in Iqualuit.
- November 2014: We put together shipment of items to Iqloolik targetted at 10 specific children in that community. We also have 2 large boxes of overflow items for general distribution. We have also sent a shipment to Cape Dorset, NU, which will be distributed through the local elementary school.
- September 2014: Iqualuit, Resolute Bay and Cape Dorset
- June 2014: Iqualuit, Gjoa Haven and Pond Inlet
- April 2014: Igloolik
- March 2014: Gjoa Haven and Pond Inlet
- January 2014: Rankin Inlet and Inuvik
- September 2013: Rankin Inlet, Inuvik and Gjoa Haven
- January 2013: Moosonee. We also donated 3 boxes of items to Larga Baffin in Ottawa.
- September 2012:
Moosonee,
Rankin
Inlet, and Gjoa
Haven
- January 2012: Moosonee
- September 2011: Sheshatshui (Labrador), Moosonee, Kasheshawan, Rankin Inlet and Gjoa Haven
- January 2011: Natuashish (Labrador), Sheshatshui (Labrador) and Moosonee (James Bay area)
- Fall 2010: Natuashish (Labrador) and Sheshatshui (Labrador) - Campaign focused on sending socks and baby blankets.
- In the past Warm Hands Network has also sent items to Afghanistan and Mongolia.
Since its inception, the Warm Hands
Network has sent over 5000 new hand-knit and crocheted
hats, mittens, socks, sweaters, neck-warmers and
blankets to remote Canadian communities.
Here is the January 2016 map Map
key is as follows: Communities
we have shipped to, Warm Hands HQ,
and Donors (in yellow). WOW!
