Current Needs
Warm Up America! accepts knitted and crocheted 7" by 9" sections, finished blankets, hats, gloves, scarves, clothing and accessories year round. However, we often have specific needs that require help from our incredible volunteers. Visit this page for updated information on the best way you can help us spread warmth around the country.
Important Notes:
- We have created a donation form that we encourage you to include in packages you send to our office. This form helps our volunteers process your donations more quickly and efficiently. Please click this link to view and print the form. If you do not have access to a printer, we encourage you to write this information on a piece of paper and include it with your donations!
- If you have donated items in your local community on behalf of WUA!, please fill out this donation form to let us know what you donated and where you donated items to. Anytime you donate items locally, please fill this form out so we can easily keep track of items donated on behalf of WUA! around the country!
- Local donations must be dropped off between 9 am and 2 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please do not leave any donations at the door - they must be accepted and taken in by someone at the office.
- No items sent by or on behalf of WUA!, including blankets assembled using 7"x9" sections, should be sold, auctioned, or donated to resale organizations without explicit written consent from WUA!
- All blankets joined using a box of 500 sections must go to recipients with a need for warmth or an item made with love. This can be both individuals or other charitable organizations serving larger communities. Blankets cannot be distributed to family or friends as gifts.
- Please note that Warm Up America! does not accept donations of fleece blankets or quilts, unfinished items, books, items that are not made of yarn, and/or dirty or heavily soiled items. All items donated to WUA! must be made of yarn, must be in good condition, and must be finished.
Shipping items to those in need
One of our largest costs is shipping fees. WUA! is blessed to have many wonderful volunteers around the country creating sections as well as complete afghans. Making sure these items are completed, and ultimately delivered into the hands of those in need, gets rather expensive.
With every $50 donation or more to WUA! you will receive a curated pattern bundle as a thank you. The pattern bundle includes patterns for blankets, hats, scarves and more. Visit our DONATE page to learn more.
Hurricane Relief: Help Us Warm Up America!
In the wake of the recent hurricanes, countless families have been displaced and are in urgent need of warmth. Warm Up America! is stepping up to support those affected by collecting blankets, hats, scarves, and mittens. In addition, we will need monetary donations to cover the shipping costs for this urgent need.
Your contributions can make a significant difference in the lives of those who have lost so much. Whether it’s warm blankets, hats, scarves, mittens or a financial donation, every bit counts.
Address to ship your donations to:
Warm Up America!
ATTN: Hurricane Relief
3740 N. Josey Lane, Suite 126
Carrollton, TX 75007
WUA! is currently sending blankets, hats, scarves, mittens and baby items to the following organizations:
Samaritan's Purse, Burnsville and Asheville, NC
Cover the City Project, High Point, NC
Beloved Asheville, Asheville, NC
Newborns in Need, Tri Cities, TN and NC
**We will add to the list as we get more organizations
Together, we can provide comfort and hope to those in need. Please consider donating today. Let’s come together to warm the hearts and homes of hurricane victims. Thank you for your generosity! Please click the link below: www.warmupamerica.org/donate
Newborns in Need, Tri Cities, TN and NCjoining sections.
Saber Healthcare Group®: Items Needed Year Round
Warm Up America! is working with Saber Healthcare Group® to provide lap blankets, veteran blankets, shawls, hats, and scarves to the seniors they serve in their facilities. Saber Healthcare Group® cares for over 9,000 seniors in 117 communities spanning seven states. Any size shawls are acceptable and suggested size for lap blankets is 35" by 45".
IMPORTANT: We ask that you send your items directly to the locations listed in the following link and NOT to the Warm Up America! office.
Please see this list for the facility addresses and items needed at each facility: https://rb.gy/hh6bil
Please fill out this survey when you have sent items to a facility. If you sent donations to multiple locations, fill out the form for each location.d joining sections.
Children in Crisis: Items Needed Year Round
Warm Up America! has received more and more requests from organizations across the country that serve children in crisis, including foster care organizations, schools, homeless shelters that serve children, etc. To meet these requests, we are in need of child and adult-sized blankets year around, as well as hats and scarves in the winter.
Address:
Warm Up America!
ATTN: Children in Crisis
3740 N. Josey Lane, Suite 126
Carrollton, TX 75007
Hospice/Respite Care Facilities: Items Needed Year Round
We receive many requests from hospices and respite care facilities that are in need of lap blankets and adult blankets to serve their residents and patients. To meet the needs of these facilities, we are in need of lap blankets and adult blankets year round.
Address:
Warm Up America!
ATTN: Hospice Facilities
3740 N. Josey Lane, Suite 126
Carrollton, TX 75007d joining sections.
Homeless Shelters: Items Needed Year Round
One of the biggest needs we have at Warm Up America! is for items that are sent to homeless shelters around the country. To meet these requests, we are in need of adult-sized blankets, as well as hats, scarves, gloves, and mittens.
Address:
Warm Up America!
ATTN: Homeless Shelters
3740 N. Josey Lane, Suite 126
Carrollton, TX 75007d joining sections.
Jaden Cares Blanket Drive: Items Needed Year Round
Jaden Cares is the idea of a 10 year old boy, Jaden Lowery. He was diagnosed with B-cell lymphoma at the age of 6. Jaden fought cancer and won! During his inpatient treatments at Cook's Children Hospital, Jaden would receive gifts from various donors. He would also see many homeless people on his trips to and from the hospital. He told his parents that one day he would like to help the kids in the hospitals and the homeless. After his 9th birthday, Jaden told his parents that he would like to take his birthday money and give it to the homeless and hospitals. This led to the creation of Jaden Cares. Warm Up America! is in need of child and adult-sized blankets year round to provide to those served through Jaden Cares.
Address:
Warm Up America!
ATTN: Jaden Cares
3740 N. Josey Lane, Suite 126
Carrollton, TX 75007d joining sections.
S.A.C.K. - Soap sacks for the homeless and relief efforts: Items Needed Year Round
Warm Up America! is proud to partner with S.A.C.K. (Supporting a Community With Kindness) to provide soap sacks with full bars of soap in their original packaging to be included in our donations to homeless shelters, food pantries, relief efforts, etc. You can find sample patterns, tag page and additional information at www.soapsacks.com or on their Facebook page. You can mail your soap socks with full bars of soap to Warm Up America! or directly to S.A.C.K. (PO Box 33, Allenhurst, NJ 07711). When mailing, please add ATTN: S.A.C.K.
Address:
Warm Up America!
ATTN: S.A.C.K.
3740 N. Josey Lane, Suite 126
Carrollton, TX 75007d joining sections.
Parkland Memorial Hospital: Items Needed Year Round
Warm Up America! supports our local county hospital, Parkland Hospital, by providing baby blankets, hats, and clothing items to patients. Parkland delivers about 100 babies a day and has one of the top NICU departments in the U.S. Parkland also welcomes knitted or crocheted blankets, scarves, and hats in all sizes for adult patients as well. Parkland prefers all items to be laundered. Parkland cannot accept baby items with buttons or any other embellishments.
Address:
Warm Up America!
ATTN: Parkland Hospital
3740 N. Josey Lane, Suite 126
Carrollton, TX 75007d joining sections.
Veterans Section/Blanket Drive: Items Needed Year Round
Warm Up America! collects red, white, and blue 7"x9" sections and blankets (lap or adult size) for Veterans Hospitals and Veterans Homes. A local volunteer joins all the sections into blankets to be distributed to hospitals and homes that serve veterans throughout the U.S. Please weave in all sections.
Address:
Warm Up America!
ATTN: Veterans
3740 N. Josey Lane, Suite 126
Carrollton, TX 75007d joining sections.
Box of 500 Section Drive: Items Needed Year Round
Warm Up America! has volunteers throughout the U.S. waiting to join sections into blankets and either donate them to local charities or back to WUA! to be used in a current campaign. We are always in need of 7” x 9” sections to keep up with the demand. This is a great way to use up your yarn scraps! Please weave in all sections.
Address:
Warm Up America!
ATTN: Sections
3740 N. Josey Lane, Suite 126
Carrollton, TX 75007d joining sections.
Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Items Needed Year Round
Warm Up America! continuously monitors events around the U.S. for natural disasters like wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, and extremely cold weather to provide blankets, hats, scarves, gloves, and other clothing items for those in need. Items sent in without a specific campaign or items sent in after a deadline are used for these natural disasters.
Address:
Warm Up America!
ATTN: Neighbors Helping Neighbors
3740 N. Josey Lane, Suite 126
Carrollton, TX 75007d joining sections.
Build A Bed Programs: Items Needed Year Round
Warm Up America! is working with Build a Bed in Ashland, KY and Sleep in Heavenly Peace in Texas. These organization build beds for children in need and are always in need of child and adult size blankets (63” x 49”).
Address:
Warm Up America!
ATTN: Build A Bed
3740 N. Josey Lane, Suite 126
Carrollton, TX 75007d joining sections.
Made With Love: Items Needed September - January
Every winter, Warm Up America! volunteers all over the U.S. hang hats, scarves and gloves/mittens from trees and fences in homeless neighborhoods with a tag that says “Take Me, I’m Yours”. Yarn bombing these items allow those in the area to take items to help keep them warm during the remaining winter months. When mailing your items, please add ATTN: Made With Love. If you are interested in holding your own Made With Love event in your community, contact WUA! at info@warmupamerica.org for more information.
Address:
Warm Up America!
ATTN: Made With Love
3740 N. Josey Lane, Suite 126
Carrollton, TX 75007d joining sections.
Homeless Shelters: Items Needed Year Round
One of the biggest needs we have at Warm Up America! is for items that are sent to homeless shelters around the country. To meet these requests, we are in need of adult-sized blankets. We also need hats, scarves, and mittens during the fall/winter months.
Address:
Warm Up America!
ATTN: Homeless Shelters
3740 N. Josey Lane, Suite 126
Carrollton, TX 75007d joining sections.
DONATE
We need your financial support to build our charity network. Help us to ship, deliver and create more warm blankets and clothing for people less fortunate than ourselves.
MAKE
Volunteers can donate their time to crochet and knit one or more 7" by 9" sections, as well as entire blankets and accessories. Sections are either joined by individuals or groups in a community.
Mail items to:
3740 N Josey Ln Suite #126, Carrollton, TX 75007