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T-shirts are displayed on tables at the 42nd annual Black Squirrel Fest on Sept. 20, 2024.

42nd annual Black Squirrel Festival promotes on-campus clubs

Savannah Carroll, Reporter September 28, 2024

The 42nd-annual Black Squirrel Festival celebrated Kent’s unofficial mascot on Sept. 20, featuring information tables from student organizations, food trucks, a photo booth and games. The Flashes Activity...

Knitting for those in need mixes community outreach with a tactical creative outlet.

Knitting for Those in Need craftily supports community

Chloe Harich, Reporter November 5, 2023

Knitting for Those in Need is a nonprofit charitable organization that uses loom knitting, needle knitting and crochet to create items for those in need.  The group started in 2011 to teach knitting...

Community comes together for 12-hour Knit-a-Thon

Ella Abbott November 18, 2017

 Yarn enthusiasts took over the fourth floor of the University Library Friday for the annual Knit-a-Thon.The event was held by Knitting for Those in Need, a campus group that knits accessories for the...

Katherine Mohnacky, a senior early childhood education major (left), Samantha Hunker, a sophomore fashion merchandising major and Zoe Katz, a sophomore fashion merchandising major, enjoyed the opportunity to spend time with one another and help create knitted goods for the homeless Friday, Sept. 29, 2017.

Knitting for Those in Need makes unique gifts for breast cancer survivors

Emily McMahan October 9, 2017

A student organization is using needles and yarn to help combat the effects of breast cancer.Knitting for Those in Need works hand-in-hand with Knitted Knockers, a breast cancer awareness organization...

Dylan Webb is a teaching English as a second language major. Contact him at dwebb13@kent.edu.

Opinion: Break the ice by volunteering

Dylan Webb January 27, 2016

This past Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I participated in Kent State's Hillel’s event, “MLK for a Day," where, as an instructor for Knitting for Those in Need, I helped over 70 college students  learn...

Kent State students, faculty and member of the Kent community volunteer at the 12-hour Knit-A-Thon to help knit hats and scarfs for those in need in the library on Friday, Nov. 14, 2014.

Students create scarves, hats to donate during Knit-A-Thon

Felicia Ssempala November 15, 2014

More than 100 students, faculty and Kent community members attended the biannual 12-hour Knit-A-Thon on Friday, Nov. 14.“This event is a way of getting the campus aware of us and our cause,” said Julie...

Kent State Knit-a-thon

Felicia Ssempala November 11, 2014

Knitting for Those in Need, a student organization on Kent campus, will hold its biannual Knit-a-thon on the fourth floor of the library this Friday, Nov. 14.The event will begin at 9 a.m. and continue...

The biannual Knit-a-Thon was hosted by the organization "Knitting for Those in Need" on the fourth floor of the Kent State University  library Friday, Feb.28, 2014. The organization donates hats and scarves to those in need.

Knitting for Those in Need host 12-hour Knit-a-thon

Christopher Woods March 1, 2014

Students, staff and other members of the Kent State community participated in a 12-hour Knit-a-Thon Friday hosted by Knitting for Those in Need on the fourth floor of the University Library.“The Knit-a-Thon...