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T
he pint-sized
patients at
Driscoll
Children's Hospital
in Corpus Christi,
Texas, wear car-
toon- and animal-
themed surgical
caps hand-sewn by
volunteer seam-
stresses who
belong to the same
sewing clubs as
Andrea L.
Czartoryski
(andrea.
czartoryski@dch-
stx.org), the hospital's volunteer coordinator. The hospital, which
performs around 30 surgeries per day (150 caps a week), wanted a 3
months' supply of caps to start. The sewing groups cranked out 1,300,
using popular patterns like Frozen and other cartoons, as well as kid-
friendly animals. Hospital officials say the patients and their parents
are excited when they get to pick their caps. They get to wear them
during surgery and take them home. And some of them like to believe
they are a doctor or a nurse because of the caps.
— Nicole Azzara
CAP AND GOWN
Caps Put Smiles on Kids' Faces
• SEWTIME Volunteer extraordinaire Andrea Czartoryski (top left) and members of her
sewing club made surgical caps for kids at Driscoll Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi,
Texas.
Ben
Castle
