| 词条 | Knots of Love |
| 释义 |
| name = Knots of Love | formation = 2007 | type = Non-profit | headquarters = Costa Mesa, California | website = {{URL|http://www.knotsoflove.org/}} }}Knots of Love is a non-profit organization based in Costa Mesa, California.[1][2] The organization donates caps, scarves and blankets to cancer patients and others with life-threatening illnesses.[3] [2][4] Knots of Love has donated over 200,000 caps to patients at cancer treatment centers, infusion centers, hospitals and oncology offices.[5] To date the charity has made + delivered over 350,000 handmade caps to people fighting cancer.[6] The following year, the organization exceeded a 2,000 percent growth since its inception.[7] In October 2012, Sears launched a Knots of Love jewelry line.[8] Sevenly, a social good apparel company, designed t-shirts and sweatshirts for Knots of Love in December 2012.[9] A portion of the proceeds were donated to the organization. In August 2013, the organization’s volunteers yarn bombed the LAB Antimall in Costa Mesa, California.[1][10] The volunteers covered the shopping center’s trees, trunks and flower pots with colorful yarn to promote Knots of Love’s campaign to send 8,000 caps to Veteran Affairs hospitals in the United States.[1][11] A group of Google employees donated 101 caps to the organization that month.[12][13] Additionally, Knots of Love held a knit cap drive at the Angel Stadium of Anaheim.[14] The organization donated its 300,000th handmade cap[15] in June 2016, after reaching its previous milestone of 200,000th caps donated in May 2014.[5] In February 2015, a Newport Beach hair salon donated haircuts to raise $5,000 for Knots of Love.[14] OperationsKnots of love is a 100 percent donation-based nonprofit organization.[2] By July 2016, the organization had donated over 367,000 caps to approximately 588 hospitals.[1] Knots of Love donates more than 4,000 caps per month to over 588 cancer treatment centers, infusion centers, hospitals and oncology offices in all 50 states, Mexico, Canada and Ireland.[9][4] References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/cancer-520789-caps-knots.html|title=Knitters look to warm cancer patients' bodies, hearts|date=August 12, 2013|author=Joseph Pimentel|accessdate=April 12, 2015}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://articles.dailypilot.com/2012-08-30/news/tn-dpt-0831-knots-20120830_1_caps-yarn-knots|title=Costa Mesa-based charity contending for votes to win grant|date=August 30, 2012|author=Jenny Stockdale|accessdate=April 12, 2015}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ellwoodcityledger.com/news/local_news/knots-of-love-creating-joy-one-stitch-at-a-time/article_73e31d28-825c-526b-8039-23347ad97227.html|title=Knots of Love: Creating joy one stitch at a time|date=November 12, 2012|author=Louise Carroll|accessdate=April 12, 2015}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.ocregister.com/news/caps-111366-cancer-centers.html|title=Newport's Knots of Love hits second year milestone|date=August 21, 2013|accessdate=April 12, 2015}} 5. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.dailypilot.com/news/tn-dpt-me-0530-knots-love-200000-cap-20140529,0,4622877.story|title=Knots of Love hits 200,000 caps for cancer patients|date=May 29, 2014|author=Hannah Fry|accessdate=April 12, 2015}} 6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://myfirstpodcast.libsyn.com/350000-people|title=My First Podcast: Episode 7 - 350,000 people|website=myfirstpodcast.libsyn.com|language=en|access-date=2017-10-14}} 7. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.ocmetro.com/t-CoverStory20Women17ChristineShively.aspx|title=20 Women to Watch|date=March 1, 2010|accessdate=April 12, 2015}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.diamonds.net/news/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=32960|title=Sears Launches 'Knots of Love' by Sun Source Jewelry|date=October 18, 2010|author=Denise Romano|accessdate=April 12, 2015}} 9. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.newportbeachindy.com/clothing-for-a-cause/|title=Clothing for a Cause|date=December 4, 2012|accessdate=April 12, 2015}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/lab-520991-yarn-mall.html#|title=Group yarn bombs the LAB 'anti-mall'|date=August 13, 2013|accessdate=April 12, 2015}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://articles.dailypilot.com/2013-08-13/news/tn-dpt-me-0814-yarn-bombing-lab-20130813_1_yarn-bombing-yarnover-truck-project-linus|title=Yarn bombing delivers colorful message|date=August 13, 2013|author=Chasen Doerr|accessdate=April 12, 2015}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.newportbeachindy.com/googleserve-week-benefits-local-charity/|title=‘GoogleServe’ Week Benefits Local Charity|date=August 3, 2013|accessdate=April 12, 2015}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://patch.com/california/newportbeach/google-employees-donate-knitted-caps-to-oc-nonprofit|title=Google Employees Donate Knitted Caps to OC Non-Profit|date=August 4, 2013|accessdate=April 12, 2015}} 14. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/knots-651751-love-event.html|title=Haircuts raise nearly $5,000 for Knots of Love|date=February 19, 2015}} 15. ^http://www.ocregister.com/articles/orange-721193-breastlink-one.html 4 : Organizations established in 2007|Cancer charities in the United States|Health charities in the United States|Medical and health organizations based in California |
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