Touching a Whole Community

Although the oldest student at Westwood Elementary School is just in third grade, the little ones have an amazing influence on the grown-ups of Friendswood, Texas, an affluent suburb just south of Houston. In fact, Westwood third-grade knitters, in partnership with Save the Children, rallied the community to knit and crochet over 300 caps for newborns in developing countries. Honored at theWhite House for their efforts, a representativeWestwood group aimed to spread the word that “something as little as a cap could help reduce the infant mortality rate.” Read more >>

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