February - April 2011 challenge

Hello everyone, the February challenge is here! We are all so excited about this concept.

Meet our 9th KasCare bus Bongani (which means be grateful in Zulu).

 


 

Our aim is to fill the bus with 35 children, each with their own KAS blanket, and hat knitted and crocheted with love by all of you wonderful people. It will take 1225 squares (which makes 35 blankets) to fill the bus, and 35 hats. Please post your tally as you knit/crochet so that we can see our progress. The tally will be as such:

 

12 squares
1 hat

 

Then the next person adds to the previous tally, for example:

 

I made 3 squares and 2 hats so the tally is now:

 

15 squares
3 hats

 

Please for this challenge, ONLY add squares and hats, this is to keep it simple so that we can quickly and easily see the bus/buses fill up.

Watch the bus as it fills with children and their blankets are stored on top. If any of you have ever seen a typically African bus you will know that all manner of things are housed on the roof. For our buses it will be BLANKETS!

Our aim is to create a fleet of buses filled with children, warmed by our love. This challenge will run for three months (February, March and April); let’s see how many buses we can fill!

 

See, we've already filled the bus Njabulo, now onto the next bus, Bongani. Watch for the newest illustration!!

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Permalink Reply by Kalai McDonald on March 15, 2011 at 11:54am
Permalink Reply by Kalai McDonald on March 15, 2011 at 12:18pm
Only two windows till UBuntu is full. You guys are amazing, I can't wait to see our next bus!
Permalink Reply by Mary Jo Burke on March 15, 2011 at 12:44pm
Some friends and I are starting to help with the bus challenge, and we wanted to give ourselves a name for our part of the effort.  Could anyone here tell me the Xhosa word for "Dream"?
Permalink Reply by Liz Connelly on March 16, 2011 at 10:38am

sorry cant help but a good idea

LIZ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Permalink Reply by Dawne Smith-Sliming on March 17, 2011 at 12:01am
Permalink Reply by Christine Johnson on March 17, 2011 at 12:25am

Just adding 25 squares from Tom and Sandra Skupham, 24 from Liz Connelly, plus ten of mine and 164 from donations received this week:

 

Totals now

 

 Squares    6046

 Hats           213

 

Permalink Reply by keli jean kaskie on March 17, 2011 at 2:25am

I am sending 10 squares and 2 hats!   

 

Squares-6056

Hats-215

Permalink Reply by Pam Johnson on March 17, 2011 at 5:51am
Such fun to see another bus nearly full - a real incentive to get some squares sent off. Was given a big bag of beautiful ones today so hope to pack them this week.
Permalink Reply by Christine Johnson on March 17, 2011 at 6:12am

Elsie Buckby has just posted another 43 squares and 14 hats so the totals are now:

 

Squares     6099

Hats           229

 

(which I think is only about 1 blanket short of a full bus?)

Permalink Reply by Enid Mary Shaw on March 17, 2011 at 7:26am

actually, Christine, 6,125 are needed, but we soon get there and past if I can mail tomorrow

xxxx

Permalink Reply by Christine Johnson on March 17, 2011 at 10:34am
Well our figures agree - 26 more squares. Nearly there!
Permalink Reply by Diane McTigue on March 18, 2011 at 6:07am

I've just posted 44 squares making the new totals

 

Squares 6143

Hats       229

 

which makes another full bus!!  Well done everyone!!

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