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What would you do with 500 of anything?<\/p>\n<p>The Memorial Hospital nursery knows.<\/p>\n<p>When they received a gift of 500 baby hats, 500 newborns came to mind.<\/p>\n<p>It seems that Colorado Springs resident and needle-worker extraordinaire Tina Herrera had a thing about making hats and donating them to Memorial &#8212; for a long time. She got started making them with others at the Colorado Springs Senior Center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was very passionate about making and donating baby hats to Memorial Hospital, especially for preemies,\u201d said her daughter, Genevieve Valdez of Denver.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy Mom passed away March 22, 2015, exactly two months after her 80th birthday,\u201d said Valdez in a letter explaining the donation.\u00a0 \u201cUpon her passing, we discovered a box containing 45 baby hats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy Dad and I looked at each other and asked, \u2018What do we do now?\u2019\u00a0 Dad said: \u00a0\u2018Looks like we donate 45 hats,\u2019 and I said, \u2018Or 500.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Somehow, that number struck a chord with them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe both thought this was a little crazy but decided to go for it,&#8221; Valdez said.\u00a0 &#8220;Having severe arthritis in my hands, this was a bold undertaking.\u00a0 Little did I know some great people would step up to help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Valdez\u2019 father, Abe Herrera, also pitched in to make the hats, using a knitting loom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI made hats everywhere I went &#8212; in a waiting room, even in the car &#8212; I wasn\u2019t driving of course,\u201d Valdez said.<\/p>\n<p>She said that as word got out among family and friends about what they were doing and why they were doing it, people started asking to learn to make the hats and volunteered to help.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy daughter, Erica Valdez, was the first to join the effort, and friends of ours who had never met my mom were next,&#8221; Valdez said.\u00a0 &#8220;And so it went, my nieces and great nieces, sister and more friends came together to help accomplish this lofty goal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some hats are sewn, using a soft T-shirt-type fabric, and some are knitted. Some have pompoms and some don\u2019t \u201cbut all have lots of LOVE,\u201d Valdez said in the note accompanying the hats.<\/p>\n<p>Valdez set a deadline for finishing the hats and \u201cnot only had we met our goal of 500 hats, but exceeded it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The note to Memorial concluded: \u201cPlease accept these hats in memory of my Mom, Tina Herrera.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though the gesture of kindness is appreciated and welcomed, the hats also help to keep the babies warm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince humans lose a lot of heat through their heads, hats help to keep the warmth in their bodies,\u201d said Bonnie Nixon, office supervisor for Volunteer Services at Memorial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBabies are used to being snuggled warmly inside the womb, and being born pushes them into the cold world. 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