Buy a Strategic Assistance Kit.
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Make School Kits for needy children at our school in Pakistan and elsewhere. Each kit should contain: one package of pencils, one package of pens, one pencil sharpener, one eraser, one ruler with metric measurements, one box of colored pencils and two spiral notebooks. Place all supplies in a 2-gallon Ziploc bag and mail to: Strategic World Impact, 502 E. 4th Street, Bartlesville, OK 74003. Please include $3 per kit for overseas shipping expenses.
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Knit or Crochet a hat for The Hat Brigade. If you like to knit or crochet, please consider making a hat or two for the children in our school in Pakistan. Winters are very cold there and heat is not in abundance, so the majority of the children come to school cold and remain that way. Here are patterns for simple hats that are one size and take about 4 oz. of yarn. Any colors work - be creative and colorful. Once completed you can mail the hats to our address listed above in the School Kit section. Please remember to include $2 per hat for overseas shipping costs.
Knitting Pattern: Need 4 oz. of 4 ply worsted weight acrylic yarn and one pair of No. 5 knitting needles.
Gauge: 7 rows = 1 inch
Starting at the cuff, cast on 106 sts. 1st row (wrong side): K 2, *p 2, k 2. Repeat from * across the row.
2nd row: P 2, * k 2, p 2. Repeat from * across the row.
Repeat these two rows alternately until length is 10 inches, ending with the 2nd row.
Top Shaping: 1st row: K 2, * p 2 together, k 2. Repeat from * across the row; leaving you with 80 sts.
2nd row: P 2, * k 1, p 2. Repeat from * across the row.
3rd row: K 2, * p 1, k 2. Repeat from * across the row.
Repeat 2nd and 3rd rows until total length is 11 1/2 inches, ending with the 3rd row.
Next row: P 2 together, * k 1, p 2 tog. Repeat from * across the row; leaving you with 53 sts.
Work in k 1, p 1 ribbing until total length is 12 1/2 inches, ending with the right side row.
Following row: k 1, * p 3 together, k 1. Repeat from *across the row. You will have 27 sts.
Continue k 1, p 1 ribbing until total length is 13 inches.
Cut off yarn leaving about 20 inches of yarn. Thread this length onto a needle and slip the remaining stitches onto it. Draw these stitches together tightly and fasten. Then use the remaining yarn to sew up the back seam down to the cuff edge.
Crochet Pattern: Need about 4 oz. of sport weight yarn and either an H or I crochet hook.
Begin by ch 4 and join with a sl st to form a ring.
Round 1: Ch 1 (use safety pin to mark this stitch; move pin at beginning of each round), work 8 sc into center ring, join with sl st to ch 1 at the beginning of round.
Round 2: Ch 1, work 2 sc into each sc, join with sl st to ch 1 at beginning of round - 16 sc.
Round 3: Ch 1, *work 2 sc in first sc, work 1 sc in next sc*; repeat from * to * around, join with sl st to ch 1 at beginning of round - 24 sc.
Round 4: Ch 1, *work 2 sc in first sc, work 1 sc in each of next 2 sc*; repeat from * to * around, join with sl st to ch 1 at beginning of round - 32 sc.
Round 5: Ch 1, *work 2 sc in first sc, work 1 sc in each of next 3 sc*; repeat from * to * around, join with sl st to top of ch 1 at beginning of round - 40 sc.
Round 6: Ch 1, work 1 sc in each sc, join with sl st to top of ch 1 at beginning of round.
Round 7: Ch 1, *work 2 sc in first sc, work 1 sc in each of next 4 sc*; repeat from * to * around, join with sl st to top of ch 1 at beginning of round - 48 sc.
Round 8: Repeat Round 6.
Round 9: Ch 1, *work 2 sc in first sc, work 1 sc in each of next 5 sc*; repeat from * to * around, join with sl st to top of ch 1 at beginning of round - 56 sc.
Round 10:Repeat Round 6.
Round 11: Ch 1, *work 2 sc in first sc, work 1 sc in each of next 6 sc*; repeat from * to * around, join with sl st to top of ch 1 at beginning of round - 64 sc.
Round 12: Repeat Round 6.
Round 13: Ch 1, * work 2 sc in first sc, work 1 sc in each of next 7 sc*: repeat from * to * around, join with sl st to top of ch 1 at beginning of round - 72 sc.
Round 14: Repeat Round 6.
Round 15: Ch 1, work 1 sc in each sc, join with sl st to top of ch 1 at beginning of round.
Repeat Round 15 until hat measures 7 " tall from the center top, straight down to bottom edge.
Attach a second color and single crochet in front loop only for 2 1/2" for roll - up brim. Fasten off.
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Send a new or gently used Bible to SWI. We’ll engrave your name on the back of a cross necklace and hand deliver both to new believers in Sudan and Pakistan.
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Have a garage sale and advertise that all your proceeds will help the suffering people that SWI cares for.
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Pay for aid shipments. Even when God inspires some to donate a truckload of food, others are still needed to cover the costs of shipping.
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Financially support a DART team member or SWI representative you know.
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Consider a planned, monthly gift to help ease financial fluctuations that impede our crisis readiness. (Coming soon)
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Send a letter of encouragement to an SWI team member at home or in the field.
"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also..." Matthew 6:21
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