Inmates at the Duchesne County Jail are putting their hands to work knitting hats for a special cause. The Uintah County Teen Outreach Program and TriCounty Health Department started the Little Hats, Big Hearts hat drive this month to provide infant hats to hospitals and raise awareness for congenital heart defects. The goal of the Teen Outreach Program has been to donate 50 red crocheted or knitted hats to be given to newborns during the month of February and in order to reach their goal they invited the help of the community. Seven inmates from the Duchesne County Jail are among those that responded, knitting around 30 hats for the cause. The hats will be washed, packaged, and distributed by the American Heart Association to nurseries at hospitals that participate in the project. Donations are being accepted through January 5th and need to be in red cotton or acrylic yarn. Donation boxes will be at the Roosevelt and Vernal health departments and all are asked to consider helping this worthy goal.
