OCC Features Knit One, Save One
Check out how your campus can earn 2,500 points for hosting a Knit One, Save One event. Involve students in this exciting campaign by making caps for newborns around the world, raising awareness and writing letters to the President-elect asking for greater funding and support for child health programs!
-Margaret McDonnell, ONE’s NGO Partnerships Team
Knit One, Save One is an exciting campaign led by Save the Children and Warm Up America Foundation asking knitters, crocheters and others to help save newborn lives by making baby caps. Baby caps are a simple and effective tool used to help prevent the deaths of 4 million newborn babies that die every year during their first month of life. Participants can also take action on behalf of newborns by writing to the President-elect and by raising awareness and support for cost-effective solutions, like providing newborn care kits to new mothers in developing countries.
Lisa Edelstein, star of Fox Television’s “House” series, is one of many celebrities that is championing this effort by making a baby cap and bringing attention to this important issue. “It’s a simple and easy way to help, and sends a message of love and support to moms and babies around the world,” said Edelstein who knit the featured pumpkin cap.
To get started planning your Knit One, Save One event on campus:
Visit the Knit One, Save One website to learn more about this campaign, download our Action Kits and to check out all of the celebrities that have joined us in knitting and crocheting for newborns.
Contact me at Tpuskar@savechildren.org for support and resources for your event, including free Action Kits, videos, yarn, crochet hooks, knitting needles and assistance in getting speakers and media coverage to your Knit One, Save One event.
Your cap can help save a life, your voice can help save millions more!
-Tricia Puskar, Associate Director of Outreach-Survive to 5, Save the Children
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