Another Kaiser Delivery

We delivered a total of 110 hats to Kaiser Walnut Creek on 12/15/19 which included 15 chemo, 15 Chanukah, 55 Christmas, and the rest generic hats. The most exciting part about the donations is that a new set of grandparents were waiting to meet their twin grandsons and they selected one Chanukah hat and one Christmas hat since the boys will celebrate both religious holidays!

Our final Delivery of the year

Our final deliveries of the season including hats and scarves to St Anthony's in SF today totaled 421! They were very appreciative of our large donation and we know these hand knitted pieces will be given to those in need! Thanks to Harriet Skelly, Rita Weikal, Ann Cygielman, Nancy Liskewicz and some knitters from the Alamo Women's Club who contributed but weren't able to.join us today. Thanks to everyone!

Twice a month,Eden Church in Hayward, distributes food to low income recipients. All food comes from the Alameda County Food Bank and many of these people rely on this donation to feed their families. 

Today, we distributed  63 hats to the  adults who came for  food.  17 extra hats will be distributed to people who attend an English class at the church.

 All recipients were very appreciative and enjoyed choosing the perfect hat. It was fun meeting the people face to face and seeing the joy and excitement of getting a nice warm hat! It made us feel good, too!

Early December Delivery

The Maternity nurses were delighted to receive 15 general, 15 fleece, and 20 crocheted baby hats on 12/2/2019. One of the nurses was holding a newborn and immediately selected the perfect hat for the baby! Thank you all for creating beautiful baby hats!

 

Two Deliveries in One

The Kaiser oncology department was surprised and thrilled when we delivered 18 chemo hats including 3 fleece hats on 11/15/2019. They said there’s a huge need for them and the patients will be so appreciative!

Also delivered were 43 baby hats to the maternity ward. One of the nurses said that several new Moms asked how they could personally thank us for the hats and she said she would tell us how happy they were to receive them.

Thank you Karing Knitters!

Happy Halloween and more

Many thanks and smiling faces when we delivered 92 baby hats of which 11 are for Halloween, and one Halloween baby sweater (which will be given to the first baby born on Halloween) on October 11, 2019 to Kaiser Walnut Creek.

Many thanks to all of our contributors! The patients love them!

Another Kaiser Delivery

Seventy lucky babies born at Kaiser WC after 9/14/2019 will be the recipients of our adorable baby hats!! As always, the nurses were very appreciative of our donations.

It is that time again - Happy Birthday to Us.  We are now celebrating our 8th birthday and taking an opportunity to pat ourselves on the back.  We have during those 8 years donated

772 scarves

and 

4889 hats.

Well done Karing Knitters!

Another wonderful Kaiser hat delivery!

Our Karing Knitters’ donations were

especially appreciated when they were delivered on 9/4/2019 because a set of twin girls had just been born and the nurse asked if there were any hats for them..in walked one of our members with 105 hats! What a coincidence! She selected two matching hats and the parents were thrilled!

Another Delivery to Kaiser

One at the Karing Knitters stopped at Target before delivering the baby hats to Kaiser Walnut Creek. She spotted a very pregnant gal who was bringing her purchased items to her car and stopped her and asked her if she was going to have her baby at Kaiser Walnut Creek. She said that she was going to have her baby at John Muir but did have her first child at Kaiser. Since the knitter had a whole bag of hats in her car she asked her if she would like one. She’s going to have a boy and so she gave her about 10 hats to select from and she selected one that member Amy made. She was absolutely thrilled and overjoyed that this knitter would stop her and give her baby hat.

On July 19, 2019, Kaiser newborns were the happy recipients of 65 baby hats. As always, the nurses were grateful to receive the hats since we are the only group to make hats for them.

Thank you all for your contributions!

Getting Ready for the 4th of July

Happy 4th of July to the upcoming Kaiser babies! We delivered 14 - 4th of July baby hats plus a themed sweater which will be given to the 1st baby born that day!

Also, we delivered 15 preemie hats and 37 general baby hats. The nurses were so excited to dig through the donations and find the perfect one for the baby they helped deliver! One of the nurses said they sometimes fight over the one they want to distribute!!

The Karing Knitters should be delighted to know that the nurses were again thrilled and so appreciative when they received 125 baby hats from us including 4 Warrior themed hats, just in time for the game on June 13, 2019.

Thank you, Amy!!

Amy, one of our Castro Valley knitters, generously made and donated these 54 baby hats to San Leandro Kaiser Hospital. She said they were very appreciative and was told they deliver about 350 babies per month. 

Wow another 70 baby hats

Our knitters LOVE making all kinds of creative baby hats and one member makes one daily! Seventy baby hats were delivered to Kaiser Walnut Creek on April 11, 2019 to some very delighted nurses! Thank you Karing Knitters!

Eighty-five baby hats were delivered to Kaiser Walnut Creek Maternity Ward on April 4, 2019. The nurses were delighted and as always told me to thank all of the donors for their beautiful creations!! The parents are so appreciative!!

Happy St Patrick's day

Happy St. Patrick’s Day to the 2019 babies!! We delivered a total of 90 hats on 3/11/2019 of which 12 hats were for St. Patrick’s Day babies!! The nurses once again expressed their gratitude to all the knitters for their donations. The new families love them!!

And More Hats

On Valentine's Day, 2019, one of the members delivered 70 general baby hats to Kaiser Walnut Creek Maternity.  We  had just delivered hats on Sunday and they were down to their last 5 Valentine Hats so were very appreciative of this  donation so quickly after the last donation.  One of the nurses just had a baby last night and was a happy recipient of a Valentine's Hat for her baby girl!  

Valentine Delivery

As always, the nurses were so thrilled to receive more baby hats at Kaiser Maternity on February 10th.  The caring Knitters collectively knitted/crocheted 27 Valentine themed hats and 40 general hats.  The nurses were told to wait until Tuesday to distribute the valentine hats so all of the Valentine born babies would be sure to receive a special hat. The nurses reiterated how much the new parents LOVE the hats and are so appreciative to receive them.

Another note ... we were entirely surprised when Google wished us Happy Birthday and it wasn't even our birthday.

First hat deliveries of the new year.

 On January 13, 2019, Kaiser Walnut

maternity ward was again the lucky recipients of 55 general baby, two of which were given to two sets of very excited grandparents waiting for their grandchildren to be born.

 Also, 20 adult hats were donated to VESTIA, serving the homeless, on the same day.

 Thank you Karing Knitters for your generous contributions!!