Had a great afternoon with some wonderful ladies. I took them out shopping and to lunch. We bought yarn for them to use to make hats for Ellie’s Hats. After shopping we went to lunch. These women are part of the group of crocheters at Little River Glen Senior Center. The hats in the pictures...

Since Ellie’s Hats started we have been very fortunate to have people donate hand made hats. The hats below were donated by Knit Tastic Knots. Some children are going to love receiving them. Hopefully we can get some pictures to share.

The First Year Council at the University of Virginia held a hat making event in November. They delivered 35 hats to the UVA Children’s Hospital. The remaining 40 hats were given to Ellie’s Hats to be donated. Here is a quote from the President of the Council. “Our event went very successfully! We had a larger turnout...

We have even received hats from Peru.  

It was so nice to get a chance to go to the clinic and help some children, battling cancer, make some hats. The children enjoyed themselves as you can see in the pictures. It was a heartwarming and a heartbreaking experience.

Our tag line is “more than just a hat”. Here are Juan’s mother’s comments in a Facebook conversation that we had. * Thank you so much. And thanks for helping this poor kids in hard time. * He definitely love his hats! * We really appreciate it! * He love the hat especially the cow one....

The DECA students at Hidden Valley High School collected over 800 hats from their efforts promoting Ellie’s Hats. They even created a video to tell their story. Hidden Valley DECA.        

We are very grateful to Pacific Headwear for their donation of 600 hats. These hats will be used as blank hats for children to decorate and wear. We will also have  Ellie’s Hats embroidered on some of them. The embroidered hats can be giving to children and sold to followers to raise funds so that we...

On Tuesday, August 19th the ladies of the Knit & Crochet Club at Little River Glen Senior Center in Fairfax, VA donated 170 hats to Ellie’s Hats! The ladies, who also make lap blankets and hats for veterans, have been only working on making these hats for just over two months. Michelle, the Assistant Director...

Two years ago,  Robin Viar’s doctor spoke the words no patient wants to hear: “It’s cancer.” Viar was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer in March 2012 and given a 10 percent chance to survive. Determined to beat the odds, Viar pursued aggressive treatment in Texas and currently is cancer-free. After Viar’s successful treatments, she...