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Fundraiser Collects 1,700 Baby Crochet Hats

Northbrook-based AllFreeCrochet held a baby hat charity drive for the Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights.

The following story was based on details provided by AllFreeCrochet.

In February, AllFreeCrochet teamed up with the Bernat yarn company to host a baby hat charity drive for Northwest Community Hospital (NCH) in Arlington Heights. Each year, more than 3,000 babies are born at the hospital and every one of them goes home in a handmade knit or crochet hat to keep warm.

From February 11 to March 11, crocheters and knitters from all over the country donated handmade baby hats to the office of Prime Publishing (home of AllFreeCrochet.com) in Northbrook, Illinois. 

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Over the course of the month, 1,788 baby hats were donated, with some people sending as many as 40 — ensuring every newborn at NCH can stay warm in their hats on their first adventure home.

Everyone who donated a hat was automatically entered to win a prize package from Bernat with enough yarn to produce two different baby blankets. The winner of the prize yarn was a woman from Folsom, La.

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