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Blanket Brigade®

Dear Lord, you've done took so many of my people; I'm just wondering why you haven't taken my life,

About Me


How It All Began...

In the Winter of 2005, one of the local news stations did a story about the cold winter season and how it affected the homeless who lived on the streets of San Francisco. The homeless shelters did not have enough room for them all. A young lady, Saylai Mohammadi, took the simple idea of giving a blanket to a needy person into something as phenomenal as the Blanket Brigade.
The Mission:
♠ To help alleviate another human's suffering. ♠ To help each other with UNDERSTANDING and LOVE. ♠ To unite people by means of giving.
Videos from Past Projects:
San Francisco B.B.
(Winter 2007, December)
Washington D.C. B.B.
(Winter 2008, January)
Afghanistan B.B. Blanket & Clothing Drive
Winter 2007-2008
Distribution of Donations from California - Outskirts of Kabul.
Afghanistan B.B. Blanket & Clothing Drive
(February-March 2008)
Boxes from Virginia arrive in Kabul, AFG.
New Year's Toy Drive - Afghanistan
(March 2008)
Aschiana in Shar e Now, Kabul

My Interests

This is not a subject, dear reader, to be approached by the faint of heart; not, that is, until have you consciously strengthened yourself. We live in extremely challenging times, and care must be taken to learn, in ways that are not self-annihilating, many of the cruel things we are destined to be told. This is the time, nonetheless, for which we were born...Our comfort, as always, is that we are here, in this time, together. And that we can, if we try, open to each other. To do this already leads us out of our misery and fear and loneliness, our sense of not knowing what to do. We soon learn we do not have to go anywhere, really, to start trying to lessen suffering; we can begin where we are.
-Alice Walker
"A decent provision for the poor is the true test of a civilization. It is our first duty to serve society, and after we have done that, we may attend wholly to the salvation of our own souls."

I'd like to meet:

Our Current Projects

SCHOOL SUPPLIES DRIVE for AFGHANISTAN'S STUDENTS

4th ANNUAL BLANKET DRIVE for the homeless of San Francisco

Collections of donations of blankets for the homeless will begin mid-October. Collection sites will be posted soon.

Heroes:

To make a donation, please contact us via Myspace message or email us at [email protected].

Special thank you to everyone who donated a blanket, clothes, money, and/or time to this cause.

God Bless Us All.