{"id":54335,"date":"2020-11-25T16:28:25","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T21:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/?p=54335"},"modified":"2023-03-03T05:34:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T10:34:55","slug":"kristin-matteos-hometown-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/kristin-matteos-hometown-hero\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristin Matteo&#8217;s Hometown\u00ae Hero"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\">Kristin Matteo from Ocean Grove, NJ<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:center\">Kristin is on Instagram as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tripsandtastes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">@tripsandtastes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who is your Hometown\u00ae Hero?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am nominating Stacy Wiener, the Founder of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.soapsacks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Supporting A Community with Kindness (S.A.C.K)&#8221;<\/a> @<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/soapsacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">soapsacks<\/a>. Stacy deserves this recognition because she has taken her passion for crocheting and knitting and turned it into a global movement that is helping those in need across the country and around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can you tell us about your Hometown\u00ae Hero and what their project has meant to you?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In three short years, Stacy has brought together thousands of volunteers who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soapsacks.com\/services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">crochet and knit &#8220;soap sacks&#8221;<\/a> for the less fortunate in their communities. Each 4&#8243; x 6&#8243; pouch is filled with a new bar of soap, tagged and donated to local food pantries, churches, veterans homes, and other social service agencies. Stacy continues to provide support to her own community by donating soap sacks to various locations across New Jersey each week. She does this while constantly filling and tagging soap sacks and continuing to establish amazing relationships with many other like-minded fiber artists who are focused on giving back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CHNbZIBJdby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com\/community\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Photo_20201125_160930.jpg\" alt=\"Soap Sack (Crocheted)\" class=\"wp-image-54337 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"946\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com\/community\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Photo_20201125_160930.jpg\" alt=\"Soap Sack (Crocheted)\" class=\"wp-image-54337 lazyload\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This past January, Stacy was given the &#8220;Special Recognition Award&#8221; by the Association for Creative Industries for her work with S.A.C.K. Stacy was featured at the virtual Vogue Knitting Live this year, has partnered with <a href=\"https:\/\/warmupamerica.org\/?fbclid=IwAR3V4K1BWYyDz9SSO9Oxg_MeQjfcvb0K_wWmYpoXC1Ap27kS8IAg7qXtO1E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Warm Up America<\/a>, done numerous podcasts, magazine interviews, and is an active member of several knit\/crochet groups, all in an effort to spread the word about S.A.C.K., and help as many people in need as she can.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CFesqxvpZiV\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com\/community\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Photo_20201125_161002.jpg\" alt=\"A variety of multicolored soap sacks\" class=\"wp-image-54338 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"935\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com\/community\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Photo_20201125_161002.jpg\" alt=\"A variety of multicolored soap sacks\" class=\"wp-image-54338 lazyload\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To date, more than 100,000 soap sacks have been donated around the world, and that number just continues to grow as more people find out about this amazing movement Stacy has started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She is a true Hometown Hero!!! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>-Kristin Matteo from Ocean Grove, NJ<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soapsacks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">www.soapsacks.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find more information on how you can nominate your&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com\/community\/blog\/hometown-heroes-brought-to-you-by-hometown-bonus-bundle-yarn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Hometown\u00ae Heroes Here<\/a>! Hometown\u00ae Heroes is brought to you by Hometown\u00ae Bonus Bundle\u00ae Yarn. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kristin Matteo from Ocean Grove, NJ Kristin is on Instagram as @tripsandtastes Who is your Hometown\u00ae Hero? I am nominating Stacy Wiener, the Founder of &#8220;Supporting A Community with Kindness (S.A.C.K)&#8221; @soapsacks. 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