Awareness Respect Compassion

Awareness Respect Compassion (ARC) is a non-profit that aspires to give hope and comfort to those in desperate circumstances by sending hand-knitted hats, scarves, mittens, socks, blankets, and sweaters to shelters throughout the United States and abroad.

Community support is essential to those rebuilding their lives after escaping trauma and oppression. Like refugees and abused animals who persevere, volunteers can be agents of constructive, meaningful action. None of us is powerless. 

Starting over is hard, but harder still for people and animals who live in fear of brutality and persecution. For this reason, we resolve to keep knitting, crocheting, researching, championing, and protesting for overlooked survivors of violence. At ARC, we view fiber in two ways: (1) literally, as material that can be used to keep [...]