The caps and notes are still being counted. Your cap can help us save a life. Your voice can help us save millions. After Save the Children’s State of the World’s Mothers 2006 report highlighted simple, low-cost practices that could save newborn lives — like warming their heads with a knit or crochet cap — Save the Children received numerous calls and e-mails from Americans around the country wanting to organize their friends and family to knit and crochet caps for newborns in developing countries. People also asked what more they could do to help newborns in need. As a result of their enthusiasm, Save the Children has partnered with the Warm Up America! Foundation to launch Knitters and Crocheters for Newborns: Caps to the Capital. Four million newborns die each year within the first month of life — half within the first 24 hours of life. The United States can lead the way in saving these young lives by increasing funding for critical health programs for mothers and newborns. These babies need more than caps — they need your voice, too. We are asking knitters and crocheters around the country to take three simple steps to let America’s leaders know they care about saving newborn lives around the world: Make a cap Write the President Unite for newborns What do these three steps mean? For more details and a full explanation, download the Caps to the Capital Action Kit by clicking on the link below. Download the Caps to the Capital Action Kit (PDF) Watch the Kangaroo Mother Care Video Clip (5MB) Stay in the loop. Sign up for our enewsletter. Donate to Save the Children's health programs.