" Four million babies die each year within the first month of life in poor countries. Save the Children and the Warm Up America Foundation have joined forces to encourage people who knit and crochet to make hats for newborns. This simple solution, which provides warmth to newborn babies can help improve the survival rate. "There are free patterns at the Lion Brand website for easy to make hats. The suggestion is to make the hats in the small or preemie sizes because the babies have low birth weights.
I knit a few hats last year and donated them to our local yarn shop who then distributed them to area hospitals.
(photo and quote copied from Lion Brand website)
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That is such a wonderful thing to do for the precious babies in the world who need warmth!
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