Monday, October 18th
6:00 - 7:30 PM
Location: Cicero Teen Zone
Learn how to knit a hat on a round loom for cancer patients. All supplies provided.
The "Hats of Hope" Story...When Kaylee
Shirrell (a Girl Scout from
Brownsburg, Indiana) learned that her grandmother had cancer two years ago, she knitted a wool hat to keep her head warm during chemotherapy. "She cherished that gift," Kaylee says. "Then I started thinking about all the other
cancer patients who could benefit from a hat." That thought turned into "Hats Of Hope" (and
eventually a Gold Award Girl Scout Project)a project in which volunteers knit hats and place them in cancer centers. Kaylee eventually hopes to start a program in every state.