JUDA - When Debbie Myers saw an article in the Wisconsin State Journal about the Little Hats, Big Hearts program, she decided to help the program by making stocking caps for premature and full-term babies who are born with heart defects, in honor of the healthy youth in her local 4-H club, the Next Generation 4-H Club of Juda.
She started knitting and sent her first bundle of 21 little red hats on Dec. 31 to the Red Cross in Milwaukee. She sent a second shipment of little hats to the Madison American Heart Association. The second shipment of hats contained seven knitted by Ron and Kelly Gordee of Argyle and 22 hats that Myers made.
The American Heart Association officials were looking for people to knit or crochet red hats to help kick off the Little Hats, Big Hearts program. The hats are to be distributed to babies born throughout Wisconsin during February, American Heart Month. The program is in Wisconsin for the first time thanks to Dawn Terpstra, an Aurora West Allis Medical Center registered nurse. The center sees over 400 babies a month.
The AHA hopes to raise awareness that the No. 1 killer of Americans is heart disease, but 80 percent of the disease is preventable. Congenital heart defects are the most common type of birth defect in the country, but they can be treated right away.
Hats are needed in both newborn and preemie sizes and should be made of yarn that is red, cotton or acrylic, medium to heavy weight, and machine washable and dry-able. Donations of yarn also will be accepted. Hats will be collected through Jan. 15. More information and patterns are available by visiting the website, and then clicking on Wisconsin at the bottom: http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Affiliate/Little-Hats-Big-Hearts_UCM_470829_SubHomePage.jsp.
She started knitting and sent her first bundle of 21 little red hats on Dec. 31 to the Red Cross in Milwaukee. She sent a second shipment of little hats to the Madison American Heart Association. The second shipment of hats contained seven knitted by Ron and Kelly Gordee of Argyle and 22 hats that Myers made.
The American Heart Association officials were looking for people to knit or crochet red hats to help kick off the Little Hats, Big Hearts program. The hats are to be distributed to babies born throughout Wisconsin during February, American Heart Month. The program is in Wisconsin for the first time thanks to Dawn Terpstra, an Aurora West Allis Medical Center registered nurse. The center sees over 400 babies a month.
The AHA hopes to raise awareness that the No. 1 killer of Americans is heart disease, but 80 percent of the disease is preventable. Congenital heart defects are the most common type of birth defect in the country, but they can be treated right away.
Hats are needed in both newborn and preemie sizes and should be made of yarn that is red, cotton or acrylic, medium to heavy weight, and machine washable and dry-able. Donations of yarn also will be accepted. Hats will be collected through Jan. 15. More information and patterns are available by visiting the website, and then clicking on Wisconsin at the bottom: http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Affiliate/Little-Hats-Big-Hearts_UCM_470829_SubHomePage.jsp.
