There is a campaign asking people to knit a tulip for children with M.E, all 25,000 of them in the UK. M.E is a neurological illness that can strike at any age and at its worst leaves people paralysed, unable to talk, tube fed, catheterised, unable to open eyes or bare any light or noise and in agony. A friend of mine was completely bedridden between the ages of 9-13 and during that time was in too much pain to have a hug from her parents. Sadly ME in rare cases can even kill.
If you knit, please consider knitting a tulip
www.facebook.com/knitatulipforME?fref=ts