A warm woolly welcome to C2019! Chernobs ahoy!

[KnottyAndPistey]

We are absolutely delighted to be launching our Chernobyl Project 2019!

All help welcome, and needed! Some different info this year PLEASE READ if you are keen to take part in any way!

It’s all here.....

www.woollyhugs.org/2019/01/14/the-chernobyl-project-2019/

Please post below if you need help with yarn to be able to take part.

Not all groups host every year, but we are delighted to confirm the following for 2019…

Aberdeen
Ayrshire
Bristol
Chet and Waveney (Norfolk)
Fife
Gloucester/Glossop (children will be splitting their trip between these two)
Isle of Wight
Mid Suffolk
Northamptonshire (Helpston)
Shropshire (new to us!)
St Ives
Swindon

Let's get to it! The magic number of blankets needed this year is 135!

THANK YOU SO SO MUCH!! xxxxx

171/172!
Thank you so much again for these beautiful Chernobyl project squares and to lovely Emma RW for her marvellous construction skills. It’s another beauty. xxx

Well done! who would have thought???- you must be exhausted

you deserve all the

172/172! BOOM BOOM BOOOOMM!!! 🎉
We made it!! Chernob19 ✔️ 😘😘❤️
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Yessssssssssssssss!!

AWESOME EVERYONE!! YAYYYYYY!!!!!!!Thank you all so so much! Hugs for everyone!

For the last time this year. Thank you so much again for these beautiful Chernobyl project squares and to lovely Viki H for her exquisitely marvellous construction skills. It’s a triumph! xxx

Absolutely knackered!

But the end is in sight. Today we photographed Dublin, Shropshire, Gloucester&Glossop and Bristol!

That just leaves the new Sherborne and Yeovil.

The first three are going in the post asap and we are hand delivering Bristol as it's the group we met in Belarus back in April. We can leave S&Y there too and someone is coming. Nearly there but still a way to go!

So wonderful to see!

These are our gorgeous Chernobs visiting St Ives with their new blankets! Beautiful pic!

Thank you so much, have a fantastic time together! ❤️❤️❤️ xxx

You are both amazing and I can't even begin to imagine how much work goes into organising 172 blankets!!!

I loved seeing your NY pics on Instagram. An abiding memory I have from my first visit there over 20 years ago was walking down Madison and looking across Madison Sq Park and seeing the Flatiron Building through the bare trees. I love that part of the city.

Me too Madison!

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Delighted to be sharing this collection of Chernobyl project blankets for Dublin! One of our new groups this year and we are so excited to be able to send to them. Hope they have a wonderful visit! Thank you so much again everyone. xxx

We need a bit more help please! 🙏

We debated asking again as folk have done so much already but as we have more groups we are helping we will run short of some extras. If anyone can and would like to donate we have made a list of what we now need below. THANK YOU!

• Ice cream funds ☀️☀️☀️
• Single wrapped toothbrushes
• Toothpaste
• Single wrapped soaps
• Hairbrushes
• Underwear/socks for BOYS 9-12 years
• Suncream

To Teddington please, as soon as is poss but to arrive no later than July 10th. Thank you xxxxx

I'm going shopping on Tuesday (that's the plan at the moment anyway) so I'll pick some extras up and get them off to you by the end of the week.

nash - just been out to the shops . Will see what I can do next week

It's all go. 😁 Literally!

Delighted to share this collection of Chernob project blankets for the Shropshire group! On their way now, all the extras too, plus ice cream funds.

Simply brilliant.

Thank you so much again everyone! xxx

I’ve just been out and got some toothbrushes and undies (boys 10x aged 9-10 and 10x 10-11) and I’ve got toothpaste and soap coming in my shopping delivery tomorrow (if it’s not out of stock) so I’ll get it all off in the post ASAP.

Absolutely fantastic to see, congratulations all who took part 💕

I bought some toothbrushes and suncream yesterday. I had hoped to post today together with more woolly huggers and pompoms, but ran out of time this morning. Will definitely post tomorrow!

Wonderful. Thank you so much xxx

I’ve posted mine, and I’ve written ‘Extras’ on the package.

Thank you so much MadisonAvenue!

It's the wonderful group visiting Fife! Beautiful children with their beautiful ’Chernob’ blankets and Hugs for Heads. Thank you so much again, everyone, look at their little faces! xxx

And they are off! These two beauties are going to our two wonderful Chernobyl visitors coming to Swindon very soon. Extras and ice cream funds too, tis beyond marvellous! Thank you so much xxx

These two beautiful Chernobyl project blankets are off to children in Swindon! We’d already sent two, but they have two more coming and all arriving very soon. Wonderful news. Huge thanks again! xxx

Oh oh oh!! These the beautiful Chernob children visiting Mid Suffolk! How wonderful to see. Thank you so much everyone again 😍😘 xxx

They're all absolutely beautiful children, I hope that they're all having the most wonderful time ❤️

And here we are. The last Chernob collection of 2019, and it goes to the Bristol link tomorrow. These are the children we met in Belarus back in April and we are delighted to be delivering in person. Absolutely magic.

Beautiful blankets for beautiful children.

Extras and ice cream funds too!

Thank you so much everyone 😘 xxx