Lindenhurst Students Use Big Hearts To Make Little Hats

From the Lindenhurst Union Free School District: Each month, the students in Christine Locher’s positive behavior class at Lindenhurst Middle School explore character traits and social skills. While exploring the ideals of selflessness and charity, the students researched the American Heart Association and its Little Hats Big Hearts program which collects baby hats for babies born with congenital heart disease, in addition to raising awareness for living heart health.

Expanding upon one student’s interest in crochet, the class took up the skill and put it to good use for the cause. The class set a goal to crochet 100 caps between the months of November and January and surpassed that goal by 29 caps.

The hats were collected by Michele Gervat, director of community health for the American Heart Association, who explained to the students that the caps would be used on babies in numerous Long Island hospitals.

Photo courtesy of Lindenhurst Union Free School District: Christine Locher’s positive behavior class at Lindenhurst Middle School crocheted 129 red caps for the American Heart Association and its Little Hats Big Hearts program. Front row, from left, Chris Rocillo and Jesse Peters. Back row: from left, Thomas Manzari, teacher Christine Locher; Raffaela Shanahan, 1:1 Aide; Michele Gervat, director of community health for the American Heart Association; Nicole Jablonski, CSS; Denise Navarro, 1:1 Aide; Nicholas Drago. Absent from photo: Jake Cridlin.