MIFA’s Love Caps program celebrates 20th anniversary

Since its founding in 1990, MIFA’s Love Caps program has produced more than 65,000 caps and lap robes for MIFA Meals on Wheels clients and the poor and homeless in Memphis. Over 600 knitters and crocheters have volunteered their time to craft these items, and some, including founder Willa Lowry, have been with the program since it began.

On November 7, 2010, Love Caps will celebrate its 20-year milestone with an event at First Baptist Church, 200 East Parkway North, beginning at 2:30 p.m. Knitters will enjoy refreshments and entertainment, and their donations to the program will be displayed. For more information, contact Linda Marks at lmarks@mifa.org or (901) 527-0208 x218.

  • Memphis was declared hunger capital of the U.S. in 2011

  • MIFA serves 55,000 individuals each year

  • 74% of children in MIFA's neighborhood live in poverty

  • 86% of every dollar donated goes directly to MIFA's programs

  • In the area MIFA serves, almost 30% of those over the age of 65 live alone

  • MIFA was founded in 1968

  • Memphis' unemployment rate has been close to 10% since 2009

  • MIFA's Ombudsman program's 2 staff and 60 volunteers serve over 7,000 residents of long term care facilities

  • Only 4.5% of residents in the 38126 ZIP code have college degrees

  • Emergency Services provided assistance for 25,000 people last year

  • In 2010 and 2011, 100% of COOL seniors graduated from high school

  • MIFA Meals on Wheels serves 1,800 seniors every weekday

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