Knit Caps Rule — Even in Hawaii It’s hot in Waialua, on the north shore of Hawaii’s island of Oahu, and not many people there wear knitted wool caps. But when Susie Okimoto’s two children were born, the hospital gave her a knit cap for each baby. “They told me to make sure to keep them warm,” she said. “My son just loved it.” A few years later, Susie resumed the hobby of knitting she had dropped while her kids were small. One day, she and her son Dylan, now nearly six, noticed a story in the Bernat Yarn Company newsletter about Save the Children’s Caps to the Capital project. “I read about the newborn children dying for lack of warmth that the caps can provide," she said. “It was so sad. My son told me to make a thousand caps.” He and Megan, two and a half, went along with Susie to pick out the yarn. “We were walking up and down the yarn section because they wanted all the colors at once," she said. Finally the youngsters settled on a multicolored “embroidery” print. “We made two and kept one, to use for dolls and animals,” Susie said. Susie’s cap arrived at Save the Children with a personal note to President Bush, urging him to increase funding for health programs in poor countries. “It’s worthwhile to keep babies from dying,” she said. “I hope my cap is on the head of some little baby that doesn’t have the same privileges that my kids had.” Learn more about the Caps to the Capital project. Download the Caps to the Capital Action Kit (PDF) Stay in the loop. Sign up for our enewsletter. Donate to Save the Children's health programs.