Another wonderful thing done by a child.
"Heavenly Hats began 7 years ago by Anthony Leanna of Wisconsin. Now 17 years old. He came up with the idea after seeing his Grandma battle breast cancer. During the time he spent in the hospital visiting his Grandma, he saw many cancer patients without hair. He was upset that hospitals did not provide hats for cancer patients and decided that he was going to do something to help them.
Anthony came up with the name and created flyers to affix to collection boxes. He asked his parents to help him distribute these and asked local stores to aid him in the collection of new hats for hospitals and patients. In addition, he emailed hat and embroidery companies from around the world and the response was unbelievable. Anthony has now distributed over 100,000 brand new hats and sends them all over the world. He has appeared on CNN, Good Morning America, CBS Early Show and has received many awards for his dedication to cancer patients. Anthony says that Heavenly Hats is all about brightening the day of the patient and the hope that a new hat will provide them with the confidence and courage to fight another day."
If you would like to contribute to Heavenly Hats , or know of someone who can benefit from one of their Hats Package please call at 920 434-4151 or check out their website Heavenlyhats.com.
I received my Heavenly Hats package today, 5 beautiful warm hats. Here I am with 2 of them, with the addition of my "fangs"... aka fake bangs:-)
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