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Knitters and Crocheters to be Honored in D.C. Wednesday Jan. 31
Washington, DC (January 26, 2006) –– Save the Children and the Warm Up America! Foundation will host a reception at the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C., (2320 S. Street, NW), at 5:30 pm, Wednesday, January 31, 2007, to honor more than 18,000 Americans who have created over 250,000 baby caps to help save the lives of newborns in developing countries.
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Dr. Charles MacCormack, President and CEO of Save the Children poses with just a few of the 250,000 knit caps. |
Knitters and crocheters from across the country will attend the event to view caps representing the handiwork of all 50 states and to read excerpts from nearly 10,000 personal notes asking America’s leaders to support additional funding for child survival programs in poor developing countries. ABC Senior News Analyst and Save the Children Trustee Cokie Roberts will serve as emcee for the event.
“Knitters and crocheters in all 50 states are using their skills and raising their voices to say that low-cost, low-tech solutions – combined with political will and financial commitment – could help save three out of five of newborns who die each year,” said Save the Children President and CEO Charles MacCormack. “Worldwide, 4 million infants die each year before they reach a month old, including 2 million during the first 24 hours of life, nearly all in poor developing countries.”
MacCormack noted that U.S. leadership has made an enormous contribution in saving children’s lives over the past two decades, but funding has stagnated for child survival programs despite their proven effectiveness.
Save the Children is calling on America’s policy makers to nearly double spending for child survival programs to $660 million. Providing support for the health of mothers and their children is the best investment of U.S. foreign assistance dollars.
Save the Children plans to deliver the caps to mothers and babies in Malawi and Bangladesh.
Learn more about our Caps to the Capital campaign
