Little Hats Big Hearts
Volunteers for the American Heart Association are celebrating American Heart Month by knitting red hats for all babies born in February at participating local hospitals. We’re raising awareness of heart disease - the number one killer of Americans, and congenital heart defects - the most common type of birth defect in the country.
Volunteers Needed!
If you knit or crochet and would like to participate in the Little Hats, Big HeartsTM project, please let us know. We gratefully accept both baby hats and donations of red yarn.
Sample patterns for newborn baby hats can be found here:
Yarn specifics:
--red
--cotton or acrylic
--medium to heavy weight
--machine washable and dryable
We also recommend simple hat patterns. While we love bows and buttons, they can come off the hats and be dangerous for the little ones - please do not include these types of items on the hats.
Send your hats or yarn donations to:
American Heart Association
Attn: Little Hats, Big Hearts
104 Corporate Lake Drive
Columbia, MO 65203
If you have any questions, please contact Leanne.Geiss@heart.org.
Go Red For Women Luncheon
Heart disease is no match for the power of women’s voices. Most women don’t notice the symptoms of heart disease until it’s too late. That’s why heart disease has been called the silent killer. But we won’t be silent. Yet, many of these deaths can be prevented.
The American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women is the world’s largest network of women standing together to save women’s lives from heart disease. Millions of women have united to raise their voices about their No. 1 killer. With your help, many more lives can be saved.
The Columbia Go Red For Women Luncheon will take place in the Fall of 2017. Contact the American Heart Association at (573) 818-3900 for more information.
