- Nearly 4 million babies die each year in their first month — half within their first 24 hours — mostly from preventable or treatable causes.
This weekend is a big one at my church, and as we have 4 meetings (viewable at home) it’s a great time to get some knitting and crochet done. Since keeping your hands busy can help you better retain things you’re learned (see this interesting study, for example) and also can help you stay awake when it’s 90 degrees and the room is dusky, I always keep a few projects on hand. I can’t speak for everyone, but for me one of the better accompaniments for spiritual instruction is doing some good in the world.
There are dozens, maybe hundreds, of charities that need knit and crocheted (and sewed) goods. One that I’m particularly fond of is Caps for Good. It’s a project of Save the Children, and along with their many other projects to improve healthcare and survival for babies and children all over the world, they have a specific project to help underweight babies. If you can knit in the round or do some basic crochet you can help.
If you’d like to find out more about the project please see the Action Kit which contains information and some basic patterns to get you started. You can also use any other baby hat pattern that has a 12″ circumference at the crown.
The Caps for Good – Save babies all over the world by FasterCraft, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
