Many Arms Reach You (M.A.R.Y.) project is a nonprofit organization collecting and distributing knitted, quilted, or crocheted blankets to disadvantaged mothers and their children.

Here are the guidelines and information on where to send if  you wish to make a blanket:

http://www.manyarms.org/guidelines.htm
 

from their website:

“ The Baby Pack Project  is a small charitable project aimed at providing under-privileged mothers of newborn babies on the lower south coast of Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa, with a pack of the most basic items needed for a new born baby. ”

http://www.freewebs.com/babypackproject/index.htm

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NativeAmericanSupport/

“We are a group of people that want to make a difference in the lives of the Native Americans who live at the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation in South Dakota. ”

they do give addresses on where to send completed items.

Sewing for Babies, Inc. (in the state of Nebraska)  http://sewingforbabies.org/index.htm , “is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit, all volunteer organization that has combined our love for babies with our of love sewing, knitting, and crocheting to provide warm blankets and clothing for premature, sick and babies in need.” (quote from their WebSite)They ”deliver to hospitals, social services, crisis pregnancy centers, abuse centers, WIC offices, various other women and children’s agencies, and of course to individual families.”Work group meetings are listed here, http://sewingforbabies.org/work.html , if you wish to help.

Knit, crochet, or sew a baby cap for Midwives kits:

http://ghm.org/resources/hands-on/midwifekit.html

 Care Wear, http://www.carewear.org/index.cfm , based in MD, “ is a nationwide group of volunteers who knit, crochet, and/or sew, providing handmade baby items to hospitals. All Care Wear items are given free to infants, children and their parents.” (quote from their website)

To help, you can find Knitting, Crochet, and sewing patterns here:

http://www.carewear.org/index.cfm?pid=patterns/_patterns.cfm

Tiny Stitches, http://www.tinystitches.org/ , based in Gwinnett County, Georgia provides basic layettes to families in need, and burial ensembles to any family who suffers the loss of an infant, regardless of need.

They welcome volunteers who can sew, knit or crochet.

Dropoff locations for donations of supplies or items can be found here:

http://www.tinystitches.org/contacts.htm

Doulas in Portland, OR are running a charity knit-along blanket drive for two charities in their area.

This website, http://babyloveblanketdrive.blogspot.com/

gives drop off locations, or if you’re not local and want to donate, a mailing address to send your knitted blanket.

Blankets must reach them by December 15, 2007.

Update at end of this post on Oct 14, 2007 

Knit or Crochet hats for Arkansas Children’s Hospital. 
Further info at Hospital Web site:
http://www.archildrens.org/volunteer/Knitting_for_Noggins.asp

Patterns (pdf) available:
http://www.archildrens.org/pdf/volunteer/K4N/k4n_patterns.pdf

Susan B. Anderson, author of Itty Bitty Nursery and Itty Bitty Hats will be at Arkansas Children’s Hospital on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2007, 2-4-PM for their 2nd annual Knit-A-Thon.http://www.archildrens.org/volunteer/knitathon.asp

UPDATE:  Oct. 14, 2007

ArkansasMatters.com reports that Knitting for Noggins was a success today!
http://arkansasmatters.com/content/fulltext/?cid=60735The hat count is at 19,794! Their goal is reach 30,000 hats.

Here’s a video clip about the day:

http://www.todaysthv.com/video/news/player.aspx?aid=53598&bw==