Calling All Knitters

Knitters, you are invited to participate in a project called Click for Babies, sponsored by the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome. The project is meant to raise awareness about this very important issue. The organization needs your help to knit PURPLE newborn baby caps that can be given to babies during the month of November.

Create as many as you like, from 5 to 50, using any newborn baby cap pattern, and any shade of soft, baby-friendly PURPLE yarn.

Your knitted caps will be given to babies to help educate parents and other caregivers about the Period of PURPLE Crying, a normal and sometimes frustrating period of increased crying all infants experience in the first few weeks and months after birth.

Please knit and mail your PURPLE newborn baby caps, to be received no later than October 26, 2011 to:

Lanelle Freeman

Kennebec Valley Community Action Program

97 Water Street

Waterville, ME 04901

Help keep babies in Maine safe. To learn more, visit http://www.clickforbabies.org/. Become a fan on Facebook or follow them on Twitter@PurpleCrying. You may also contact Lanelle Freeman at 859-1577 with questions.