child making knitted hat
Eastbrook Elementary fourth graders in Putnam County are learning to handcraft knitted hats as an extracurricular activity. When days are cold and wet outside, students may choose to get a loom, some yarn, and a friend or two to create the hats. 🧶 The hats will be donated to a relief distribution site serving western North Carolina as a way of showing our West Virginian spirit from one mountain community to another. 

Students also want to create hats to gift to a NICU or other organization serving newborns. The students are learning the satisfaction of creating something with their hands, seeing a project to completion, and helping others through their time and resources. 🎉