Join in the fun of knitting the World's Longest Scarf while helping raise money to fight poverty around the world.

As part of the celebration of the International Year of Natural Fibres, Keep the Fleece in partnership with Heifer International is helping to organize teams around the world to knit sections of the World's Longest Scarf that will all be joined together at the New York Sheep & Wool Festival Oct. 17-18, 2009.

Our goal is to raise $25,000.00 that Heifer Intenational will use to donate fleece-bearing animals of all kinds to needy families all around the world.  Heifer not only donates the animals, but provides the necessary training so that the families can nurture and grow their herds and become self-sufficient.  (For more information about Heifer, please visit their website, www.heifer.org.

We ask everyone who participates to consider a donation of $1.00 per row knitted/crocheted or  $10.00 per inch woven/felted.  Keep the Fleece will collect the donations from the teams and pass it on to Heifer.

Keep the Fleece is registered as a 501-c-3 charitable organization, and as such, contributions should be tax deductible.

To get started, follow the links in the menu on the left, and if you have any questions, just click on "Contact Us."

Happy scarfing!

Send your finished scarf sections to:

Keep the Fleece

c/o Dutchess County Fairgrounds

P.O. Box 389

6550 Spring Brook Avenue

Rhinebeck, NY  12572