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January 2008 GW Red Scarf Project Generates 200 Scarves for Orphan Foundation of America
For the second year in a row, members of the GW community hand-knit and crocheted hundreds of scarves as part of the Orphan Foundation of America’s annual Red Scarf Project. The Orphan Foundation of America, an organization that supports foster teens across the United States, sends thousands of scarves nationwide every year in winter care packages to foster/orphaned students attending college. Senior Executive Director for Student and Academic Support Services Communication and Creative Services Deborah Snelgrove says GW’s Red Scarf Project donated approximately 200 scarves this year. “Who better than the GW community of faculty, staff, students, and parents to send a message of support to foster college students,” says Snelgrove. Snelgrove says this year President Steven Knapp’s wife Diane Robinson Knapp donated wool from their sheep farm. “GW students and staff knit the Knapps’ wool into eight beautiful woolly scarves,” Snelgrove says, “a tradition that the GW Red Scarf Project hopes to continue in years to come.” GW’s Red Scarf Project was created by Presidential Administrative Fellow Carrie Warick, Snelgrove, 2007 Cherry Tree Yearbook Editor Lauren Moreno, and former coordinator in the Office of Community Service Sara Horn.
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