2025 Challenge: Flying Discs Take Off
In support of Ronald McDonald House Charities
March 17th to June 20th, 2025
First Place Winner - $150
Second Place Winner - $125
Third Place Winner - $100
3 Runner Ups - $30 each
2 CGOA Membership Renewals
This year’s challenge is in support of Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) and their affiliated Ronald McDonald Houses’ (RMH) objective to help families feel they are at home even when they can’t be.
To Register
Send an email to the Chapter Challenge team at chapterchallenge@crochet.org. Be sure to include:
- Your Chapter’s name and location.
- The total number of CGOA members in your chapter. This number should also be included on your monthly tally sheet.
- The contact person for the Challenge, their email address and phone number.
- Who the winning check should be made out to and a mailing address for sending the Challenge’s prize winnings check.
Flying Disc Guidelines & Patterns
Flying discs should be made to the following guidelines:
- Acrylic, cotton or cotton blend yarn should be used. These fibers are both soft to the touch and easy to clean.
- Flying discs’ diameter should measure approximately 7 to 8 inches
- There is no one pattern or color palette required so use your creativity.
The Chapter Challenge Team has designed two patterns for you to use, if desired. These are only suggestions and not required to be used. Should you wish to use either pattern for a commercial purpose, reach out to CGOA and we will put you directly in touch with the designer.
Where to Donate
Each affiliated Ronald McDonald House operates independently. The individual RMH will determine if they wish to receive flying discs donation. With this type of structure there is no central point of information. CGOA chapters will need to contact their nearest RMH to ask if they are interested in receiving flying discs.
To assist the chapters, the Chapter Challenge team has created a
list of RMH that are near CGOA chapter locations.
Each CGOA chapter can still decide where best to donate their flying discs if donating to a Ronald McDonald House is not practical. For example, they can be donated to family services organizations, hospitals, women shelters or other charities or organizations.
Eligibility & Counting
Although this is a chapter-level event, only the participation of chapter members who are also Crochet Guild of America members will be counted for the competition. Each participant’s CGOA membership ID number needs to be recorded on the chapter’s monthly tally sheet.
Chapters come in a variety of sizes. Winners will be based on the average number of flying discs made based on the chapter’s total number of CGOA members. That is, the number of flying discs created by the chapter’s CGOA members will be divided by that chapter’s total number of CGOA members.
For example:
If 8 of a chapter’s 25 CGOA members make 50 flying discs then the average number of flying discs per CGOA member is 2 (50 discs ÷ 25 CGOA members = 2). If all 25 CGOA members made 50 flying discs then the average number of flying discs per CGOA member is 2.
How to Submit
At the end of each month, email the Chapter Challenge team at chapterchallenge@crochet.org.
Please include:
- updated Tally Sheet
- where donations were made
- pictures of the flying discs created. (Please note: These photos may be posted on CGOA’s Facebook site during the Challenge, be a part of the Chapter Challenge summary video, used in the winner announcements made during CGOA’s annual Members Meeting and/or posted on CGOA’s social media sites.)
Be sure to rename the file by adding your chapter’s name at the end of the file name and save it to your computer/tablet/phone.
Deadline
Your FINAL TALLY SHEET with all totals must be emailed to the Chapter Challenge Team by June 20th, 11:59pm (your local time)
On your final tally sheet be sure that your chapter’s total number of CGOA members and participant’s membership ID numbers are included. Member ID numbers are required for that person’s flying discs to be included in the chapter’s total. Flying discs made by non-CGOA members will NOT be counted toward a chapter’s total. Please let the Chapter Challenge team know if you will not be able to send your final tally sheet by the deadline date and time.
Awards will be given to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners and three runner-up chapters. New this year are two CGOA membership renewal prizes going to the 2 CGOA members who made the most flying discs. The winning chapters and individuals will be announced at the annual CGOA Members Meeting planned for later this year. A short summary video about 2025 Chapter Challenge will be posted to CGOA’s website, Facebook and other social media platforms.
2025 Chapter Challenge Team
- Valerie Long – Board Liaison
- Karen Navoy – Team Lead
- Kathy McLaughlin – Team Member
- Lyn Leshner – Team Member
email: chapterchallenge@crochet.org
Files & Downloads
- Rules: https://www.crochet.org/resource/resmgr/2025/chap_challenge/ChpCH_2025_RULES_FINAL_25030.pdf
- Tally Sheet, editable pdf: https://www.crochet.org/resource/resmgr/2025/chap_challenge/2025_Chapter_Challenge_Tally.pdf
- Ronald McDonald Houses near Chapters: https://www.crochet.org/resource/resmgr/2025/chap_challenge/RMH_near_Chapters_Final_2502.pdf
- Simple Flying Disc Pattern: https://www.crochet.org/resource/resmgr/2025/chap_challenge/simple_flying_disc.pdf
- Granny Cluster Flying Disc Pattern: https://www.crochet.org/resource/resmgr/2025/chap_challenge/granny_cluster_flying_disc.pdf