Formation 2007 Type Non-profit Website www.knotsoflove.org | Founder Christine Fabiani Headquarters Costa Mesa, California | |
Knots of Love is a non-profit organization based in Costa Mesa, California. The organization donates caps, scarves and blankets to cancer patients and others with life-threatening illnesses. Christine Fabiani founded Knots of Love in 2007 and serves as the organization’s Executive Director. Knots of Love has donated over 200,000 caps to patients at cancer treatment centers, infusion centers, hospitals and oncology offices.
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History
Christine Fabiani founded Knots of Love in December 2007. She was inspired by her friend, a 20-year cancer survivor, who saw a cap Fabiani made and mentioned how she would have loved a cap during her chemotherapy sessions. Treatment rooms are usually cold and baldness is associated with sickness. The caps are aimed to give patients warmth, dignity and a sense of style. Former President Bill Clinton named Knots of Love his charity of choice in 2009. Additionally, Fabiani was named The Los Angeles Angels and People Magazine’s People All Star. The following year, the organization exceeded a 2,000 percent growth since its inception.
In October 2012, Sears launched a Knots of Love jewelry line. Sevenly, a social good apparel company, designed t-shirts and sweatshirts for Knots of Love in December 2012. A portion of the proceeds were donated to the organization. In August 2013, the organization’s volunteers yarn bombed the LAB Antimall in Costa Mesa, California. The volunteers covered the shopping center’s trees, trunks and flower pots with colorful yarn to promote Knots of Love’s campaign to send 8,000 caps to Veteran Affairs hospitals in the United States. A group of Google employees donated 101 caps to the organization that month. Additionally, Knots of Love held a knit cap drive at the Angel Stadium of Anaheim.
The organization donated its 300,000th handmade cap in June 2016, after reaching its previous milestone of 200,000th caps donated in May 2014. In February 2015, a Newport Beach hair salon donated haircuts to raise $5,000 for Knots of Love.
Operations
Knots of love is a 100 percent donation-based nonprofit organization. By July 2016, the organization had donated over 304,000 caps to approximately 560 hospitals. Knots of Love donates more than 3,000 caps per month to over 560 cancer treatment centers, infusion centers, hospitals and oncology offices in all 50 states, Mexico, Canada and Ireland.