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Parents Morgan and Kenny Hicks with baby MacKenzie in the NICU during the Feb. 5 cap distribution.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Forty-eight hours before the kickoff for Super Bowl 50, a group with busy hands and fingers helped University of Colorado Hospital bring a new generation of Denver Broncos fans into the fold.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve now got the gear: some 150 blue-and-orange caps and headbands knitted and crocheted in a matter of days for infants in the hospital\u2019s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and Birth Center. Like any victory in sports \u2013 a Broncos Super Bowl win, say \u2013 the cap rush was a team effort. This one was fueled by UCH staff and volunteers from both the hospital and the community.<\/p>\n

A few of the team members brought the caps to the two units Feb. 5, fitting tiny fans while their parents looked on and cameras rolled and snapped. It made for some memorable moments for unit staffers and parents.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe patients were so pleased today,\u201d Rhonda Hallman, RN, RNC-OB, a Birth Center charge nurse, wrote in an email shortly after about 60 caps were distributed on the unit.<\/p>\n

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Julian Sanchez shows support for Broncos in the Birth Center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The event had more in common with an audible at the line of scrimmage than a set play. Jenny Ricklefs, manager of Volunteer Services at UCH \u2013 a lifelong Broncos fan \u2013 said she and a friend were watching the Broncos\u2019 AFC championship game against the New England Patriots when the idea of making Broncos-themed baby caps struck.<\/p>\n

Her friend had previously made baby caps for donations to other hospitals; Ricklefs convinced her it was UCH\u2019s turn.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought we could support the Broncos at the same time we made caps for donation for our hospital,\u201d Ricklefs said.<\/p>\n

At halftime, the two ran to a Michaels crafts store to pick up blue-and-orange yarn, and crocheted away through the second half of the game, which ended with the Broncos securing a berth in the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n

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Julian with his parents, Brittany Chavez and Jorge Sanchez, pose with (from left) UCH administrative assistant Phyllis Hoskins and community volunteers Dorothy Arnold and Anita Johnston. The trio contributed many knitted and crocheted caps.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cBy the end of the game, we had two hats each,\u201d Ricklefs said.<\/p>\n

The idea grew from that point. Ricklefs talked with two UCH volunteers, Judy Oakes and Mary Parks, who teach knitting, crocheting, and sewing to women with high-risk pregnancies who endure long hospitalizations, often in isolation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey teach women different skills so they can be productive during long periods of waiting,\u201d Ricklefs said.<\/p>\n

Oakes, Parks and other volunteers immediately pitched in to contribute to the cap supply. Many of them suggested that Ricklefs also talk to Phyllis Hoskins, an administrative assistant with the Facilities, Design and Construction Department. Hoskins has knitted caps, clothes, and scarves for the NICU and Emergency Department for many years and has an extensive network of volunteers who regularly pitch in to help.<\/p>\n

Hoskins contacted Margaret Arnold, a former UCH employee who appears at the hospital as Mrs. Claus each holiday season for a NICU gift-giving celebration that Hoskins organizes. Arnold and Anita Johnston both pitched in along with volunteers from their church, St. Michaels of the Archangels.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had about a week,\u201d said Hoskins. \u201cSome people crocheted, some knitted, some worked on a loom.\u201d She saw the pay-off when she helped to distribute the caps.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe nurses were definitely excited,\u201d Hoskins said.<\/p>\n

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Hoskins, Arnold and Johnston display some of their work in the lobby of the AIP.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Savannah
Savannah Steinke with her baby, Chase Steinke, who blissfully dreams of a Bronco victory in the NICU.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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