Our
History
In
2005, Marilyn
and Suzie, enthusiastic
spokeswomen
for WomenHeart,
and members
of the San
Diego
The
next idea, was
to reach out to
craft groups,
asking for their
support in making
red scarves for
women with heart
disease. In
exchange, Marilyn
and Suzie provided
information about
heart disease
in women, with
the ultimate goal
of empowering
women to improve
their heart care/
heart health.
The
first group
to partner with
HeartScarves,
was The Palomar
Handweavers’ Guild
of Escondido,
CA. In
February of
2006, they
held a “gathering-in” of
the scarves.
You can view
the basketful
of marvelous
scarves presented
to HeartScarves
by the weavers,
and see pictures
of the meeting,
as well as
pictures of
individual
scarves.
A
member of
the Palomar
Guild, led us
to the North
Coast Knitters’ Guild
of Encinitas,
CA. In
May of 2006,
the knitters’ guild
filled the
scarf basket
again. As
you will see
by clicking
here, the
request for
red scarves
from the North
Coast Knitters’ Guild,
resulted in
a glorious
collection
of scarves
of all shades
of red, and
remarkable
patterns and
textures.
HeartScarves presented
scarves to prominent
physicians at
a health Fair
at Pachanga, (click
here); The
Lavender Fields
of Valley
Center, CA,
hosted a benefit
for HeartScarves
on Mother’s
Day, 2006
(click here).
HeartScarves
continues to grow.
Scarves keep coming
in from individual
knitters, and
from knitting
groups like the
La Costa Glen
Busy Needles. The
Palomar Handweavers’ Guild
is again making
scarves for us.
HeartScarves,
and The Palomar
Handweavers’,
will have
joint exhibits
of the red
scarves made
by guild members,
in Vista ,
and In Escondido,
CA. Pictures from
these events will
make their way
to this website.
With
great excitement,
WomenHeart of
Central Mississippi, established
the second HeartScarves chapter in 2006 with Tina Bradford as
coordinator. The
beat goes on!