{"id":1771,"date":"2021-01-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nice-cori.104-207-151-122.plesk.page\/?p=1771"},"modified":"2021-01-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T00:00:00","slug":"noteworthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/noteworthy","title":{"rendered":"Around Woodstock | A Noteworthy Project | Woodstock GA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9395\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" id=\"attachment_9395\" style=\"width: 300px\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9395\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NW-izetta-and-her-hats-169x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\" id=\"caption-attachment-9395\">Izetta Stoner crochets two hats a day for children in the U.S. and Romania.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Crocheting Gives 93-Year-Old \u2018Something to Do\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s a challenge to keep up with 93-year-old Izetta Stoner, especially when trying to get a count on how many hats she has crocheted for her favorite nonprofit. With an average of two hats a day, the tally as of Jan. 10 was 2,479 since she began in February 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt gives me something to do,\u201d the Woodstock resident said. \u201cI used to read a lot, and I still read, but I love to crochet and I\u2019ve enjoyed this so much.\u201d She also walks early every morning and evening for about a half hour, when the weather\u2019s good.<\/p>\n<p>Izetta donates her hats to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theencouragementproject.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Encouragement Project<\/a> (TEP), a nonprofit with a heart for encouraging and helping people. \u201cWe thrive on connecting volunteers to opportunities, and encouragers to those who need encouraging,\u201d CEO Stephanie Cervantes said. \u201cThere are many ways to help and encourage others \u2014 with gifts of time, service, provisions and words, and we encourage people to bless others in ways only they can. The variety in that is beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One ministry within TEP is the Hugs and Kisses project, with hugs being scarves, and kisses the hats that Izetta makes. They are given to organizations serving children in the North Georgia mountains, Appalachian areas in Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee, and also Romania. Over the years, her hats also have gone to kids in foster care and homeless organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Stephanie has encouragement for others like Izetta, who have a skill they enjoy and want to help others. \u201cTEP has a number of projects you could get involved with (www.theencouragementproject.org), or, if you don\u2019t see something that fits your likes and abilities, we encourage you to look for places near you that focus on your interests and \u2026 get involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9399\" height=\"773\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NW-Izetta_s-hats-WEB-1.jpg\" width=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&lt;!&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;&gt;\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Izetta Stoner crochets two hats a day for children in the U.S. and Romania. Crocheting Gives 93-Year-Old \u2018Something to Do\u2019 It\u2019s a challenge to keep up with 93-year-old Izetta Stoner, especially when trying to get a count on how many hats she has crocheted for her favorite nonprofit. With an average of two hats a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-secondary"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"aroundwoodstoc","author_link":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/author\/aroundwoodstoc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1771\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}