By JENNIFER C. YATES, Associated Press Writer Sat Dec 1, 1:32 AM ET
PITTSBURGH - It's like an online dating service for long lost gloves. No, that's not a typo.
A Texas native who experienced her first snowflakes in Pittsburgh last year was miffed by the lost gloves she spotted all over the city last winter. Whom did they belong to? Wouldn't they want them back? Why were people just walking past them?
So Jennifer Gooch, who is pursuing her master of fine arts degree at Carnegie Mellon University, started onecoldhand.com in an effort to reunite dropped gloves with their mates — and in the process spread some goodwill.
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Gooch, originally from Dallas, photographs each glove and puts the picture and information on her Web site, where people can report found gloves and request stickers. She hasn't made any glove connections in the two weeks the site has been live, but it's OK if that never happens, she said.
"It's kind of whimsical and bittersweet," Gooch said. "It makes you feel there's this opportunity for benevolence."
Gooch would love to see One Cold Hand projects sprout up in other cities. She's working with two women in New York to start a similar effort there. They hope to have onecoldhand-nyc.com up and running soon.
Gooch is even talking with local businesses about creating glove dropboxes all over the city where people can leave their fabric finds.
Like socks that disappear in the dryer or plastic grocery bags that fly away and get in trees, Gooch believes there's something about gloves that is universal.
"If I have one person find their glove, then the entire thing is totally worth it," she said.
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