KATHY SILVERTON.Byline: - Jacqueline Etcheverry Just over a year ago, Kathy Silverton's daughter had to write about a current event for school. She chose an article about hospitals with no money for baby blankets or clothing to send newborns home in - and it touched her mother's heart. Silverton began knitting knitting, construction of a fabric made of interlocking loops of yarn by means of needles. Knitting, allied in origin to weaving and to the netting and knotting of fishnets and snares, was apparently unknown in Europe before the 15th cent. booties, blankets and hats for these hospitals. Soon, word spread of her efforts, and her crafty friends joined in. And so, Stitches From the Heart was born. The once-small group snowballed, and it's now become an organization of more than 850 women in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . The group sends hand- knitted booties, hats and blankets to hospitals across the country, including Providence Holy Cross in Mission Hills and St. Joseph Medical Center St. Joseph Medical Center may refer to: In the United States:
The group's hard work is appreciated, as this excerpt ex·cerpt n. A passage or segment taken from a longer work, such as a literary or musical composition, a document, or a film. tr.v. ex·cerpt·ed, ex·cerpt·ing, ex·cerpts 1. from a thank-you letter from SETON hospital in Texas shows: ``It felt like Christmas here as we went through your generous and beautiful gifts. You have no idea how grateful our mothers are to receive a new blanket or outfit to take their babies home in when, otherwise, they would have nothing at all.'' RESIDENCE: Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. OCCUPATION: Bookkeeper MARITAL STATUS marital status, n the legal standing of a person in regard to his or her marriage state. : Married. CHILDREN: Two sons, David and Baron, and a daughter, Shane. WHY SHE VOLUNTEERS: ``I thought, if I could just do my little part in this world. I want to give back. That's what I do.'' Kathy Silverton was recommended by her daughter, Shane. For more information on Stitches From the Heart, call (310) 472-6903. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Katy Silverton Evan Yee/Staff Photographer |
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