Baby Hats for Jordan
A small mission to make a big difference
The Plan: We (Jon & Anna Bay) are traveling to Jordan in February and want to take as many baby hats with us as we can fit in a suitcase. We will personally deliver them to a hospital and the babies in need.
What we need: We need baby hats!! Crocheted or knitted. Sized to fit newborns. Done by February 1, 2010 so we can pack them up for their special delivery.
Elder Erich W. Kopischke of the Seventy recounted in the September 2009 Ensign:
“Recently I attended a conference of Church humanitarian missionaries in Jordan. As I met with them, I saw two sisters knitting. They told me they were knitting little caps for newborns. In the northern part of the capital city of Amman is a hospital that delivers 50 babies a day. The people there are very poor. After delivery, mothers and babies are sent back to their homes, where there is no heating. Many of these babies suffer from disease and die because of a loss of body heat.”
“We made about 2,000 newborn kits this year, but only had about 500 hats to put in them, so the additional kits went without. We hope that the ones with hats in them, go to the right people.” -Sister Donna Colson, Jordan Humanitarian Missionary
If you are interested just start crocheting!! I have patterns if you need them!
And please let me know so that I can get an idea of the size suitcase I need!
Any questions please let me know!
Anna Bay
Do you have a knitting pattern? I can find one if not, but I thought I would ask! I would love to help and I will try and get as many done as I can!
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