Head Huggers is currently embarking on a new mission - one that has the purpose of providing more and more chemo caps to more areas around the country (and internationally too) ... encouraging regular volunteer-hat-makers to make and distribute Head Huggers chemo caps in their own localities - and to start up their own Head Huggers splinter groups.
We can post info about any splinter group on this list we're forming. While we won't be able to make a website or subsite for your group, we can link to any site you create, or we can just list contact info if you prefer.
| # | Region | Contact | Notes | Country | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NSW, Coffs Harbour | Busy Hands Warm Hearts Kerry Wallis spam84@tpg.com.au |
Crafting while caring | Australia | # |
| 2 | NSW (New South Wales), Sydney, Sydney South, Wollongong and Canberra | website Anna Stewart PO Box 202, Oak Flats, NSW 2529 anna@easy-knit.com |
Learn to Knit and use your new found skill to help someone else less fortunate. | Australia | # |
| 3 | BC, Vancouver Island Area | Island Time Head Huggers Rita Balboni Box 855 Ladysmith BC, V9G-1A6 250-245-0070 islandtimeheadhuggers@hotmail.com |
With caring hearts and gifted hands we keep Canadian heads warm. | Canada | # |
| 4 | Montreal, Montreal, Laval & surrounding areas | Knots of Love Natalie Hared-Vukota knots.of.love@hotmail.com |
Knots of Love...warm heads, warm hearts...! (see also HH in use: Kylie) | Canada | # |
| 5 | Nova Scotia, Halifax and surrounding area | Nanny's Needles Lorraine Herman plherman@eastlink.ca |
Knit with love by nanny's needles | Canada | # |
| 6 | Ontario | Helping Hands Kathie Hemingway and Rachel Bowen khemway@hotmail.com and rachel_l.bowen@hotmail.com |
'You will discover that you have two hands. One is for helping yourself and the other is for helping others.' -- Audrey Hepburn | Canada | # |
| 7 | Jena, Thüringen | Head Huggers Germany Elisabeth Erbach headhuggersgermany@gmx.de |
Hats for all ages made with love | Germany | # |
| 8 | Ireland, Co. Dublin and surrounding counties | Clíodhna Ní Bhroin +353-863258991 nibhroc@tcd.ie |
Knitting hats to keep heads warm | Ireland | # |
| 9 | Puerto Rico, Southern PR, later all | Desde el Corazón Eldaliz Sanchez Hc 02 box 8191 Salinas, PR 00751 787-824-7941 evenings only eldalizs@yahoo.com (Note: please use "Hats" as an email subject) |
from the heart | Puerto Rico | # |
| 10 | Alaska | Virginia Gill DarlinGin@aol.com |
Delivering Love! | USA | # |
| 11 | Arizona, Phoenix metropolitan area, Mesa | East Valley Headhuggers Sue Braman gramma_sue_2000@yahoo.com |
From our hearts to your head. Chemo caps stitched with happy thoughts of your comfort and swift recovery. | USA | # |
| 12 | Arizona, South Mountain Village | AZ Head Huggers Sandi Grandberry grandberry@gmail.com |
"I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve." Albert Schweitzer | USA | # |
| 13 | Arizona, Tucson, Southern AZ | Grammy's Knots Melanie Rubcic grammysknots@hotmail.com |
Our goal is to let others know we care about them | USA | # |
| 14 | California, Benicia, Northern CA | The Community Day Class, Benicia Unified School District Rosa Lee Appleby 707-373-8738 or 707-751-0262 rosaleeappleby@sbcglobal.net |
GIVING KIDS A PURPOSE. Donated yarn is appreciated for students making hats on the Knifty Knitter loom. | USA | # |
| 15 | California, Mariposa region, Central California | Yarn Farm Jeanette Newton Farside Chapel P.O. Box 690 Mariposa, CA 95338 newts@sti.net |
Ewes Heading for a Hug from the Yarn Farm | USA | # |
| 16 | California, Northern CA | Benicia Knitting Circle Ellen Blaufarb, Giovanna Sensi-Isolani and Stephanie Crumrine Beniciaknitting@sbcglobal.net |
Enjoy the process of passing on the gift that combine's fiber and love to help in healing | USA | # |
| 17 | California, Northern California | 
Northern California Head Huggers CommunityGayle Rusch headhuggers@gmail.com |
- | USA | # |
| 18 | California, San Francisco/Bay Area | Warm Huggers and Kisses Cindy Davidson and Laurinda Hein 12 Elm Ct Pacifica, Ca 94044 warmhuggersandkisses@yahoo.com |
Handmade from the heart | USA | # |
| 19 | California, San Luis Obispo County / Central Coast of California | SLO Head Huggers Gina Hobbs SLO_Headhugrz@yahoo.com |
Work is love made visible. --Kahlil Gibran | USA | # |
| 20 | California, Southern CA | Karen Bribiesca eaglekaren@hotmail.com |
Southern California Head Hugger Connection | USA | # |
| 21 | California, Victorville, Hesperia, Apple Valley, Adelanto | Jackrabbits Helping Others... One Stitch at a Time Mary Jane Triplett c/o Victor Valley High School 16500 Mojave Drive Victorville, CA 92395 760-955-3300 x31462 harleymama@hotmail.com |
Victor Valley High School ladies helping humanity. Help us enlarge the circle. We welcome other schools to join our work and would love to see other community-minded groups contribute. If you love to sew, knit or crochet, here is a chance to enjoy yourself and do something to help your community at the same time. | USA | # |
| 22 | Colorado, Upper Arkansas Valley | Collegiate Peaks Headhuggers Sandee Jaastad sandeejaastad@yahoo.com |
- | USA | # |
| 23 | Connecticut, Southern area of Hartford County, Middlesex and New Haven Counties | CT Head Huggers Melissa Hawes CTHeadhuggers@yahoo.com |
"I choose to rise up out of that storm and see that in moments of desperation, fear, and helplessness, each of us can be a rainbow of hope, doing what we can to extend ourselves in kindness and grace to one another." ~ Oprah Winfrey | USA | # |
| 24 | Florida, Northeast Florida |
Head Huggers of Northeast Florida Charla Baker 2425 Iris St. Apt.#603 Middleburg, FL 32068 904-291-4878 cbmiddleburg@yahoo.com |
- | USA | # |
| 25 | Florida, Panhandle - Okaloosa, Walton, Santa Rosa and Escambia Counties | Panhandle Huggers Pat Cragin 26 Maple Ave Shalimar, Florida 32579 850-651-4559 huggers@cox.net |
We can do no great things, only small things with great love. ~Mother Theresa We make "toasties" - afghans and hats to donate |
USA | # |
| 26 | Florida, Pasco County | Pasco Head Huggers Barbara Aycock P.O. Box 11462 Spring Hill, Florida 34610 727-860-5941 pita2all2002@yahoo.com |
Make a gift to bring a smile to someone who needs something to smile about | USA | # |
| 27 | Florida, Pinellas and Hillsborough County | Crowns of Love Sue Antos 8149 Cottonwoode Dr. Largo, FL 33773 727-524-0139 crownsoflove@hotmail.com |
'Sowing' seeds of love in His name, to those in need. Local's please contact me, I would love to have meetings when we can work and talk. | USA | # |
| 28 | Florida, Southern | Gold Coast Huggers goldcoasthuggers@gmail.com |
Our goal: to bring comfort to others through our craft | USA | # |
| 29 | Illinois, Chicago | Windy City Head Huggers Fran Benson Lewis University 1 University Parkway, Unit 269 Romeoville, IL 60446 |
Particularly interested in making chemo caps for kids. Note the new contact person for this group. | USA | # |
| 30 | Illinois, North and Northwest Suburbs of Chicago | Chicagoland Head Huggers Pam Haschke P.O. Box 1998 Arlington Heights, IL 60006-1998 wehugheads@mac.com |
"Cancer is a journey of courage. Let us embrace you along the way." (r) - Creators of the Bal-Danna scarf (tm) from recycled cotton race t-shirts! | USA | # |
| 31 | Indiana, Columbus | Phi Theta Kappa / Ivy Tech Community College Leann Brackney or Rebecca Allen Ivy Tech Community College c/o Rebecca Allen 4475 Central Avenue Columbus, IN 47203 ptkcolumbus@gmail.com or rallen@ivytech.edu |
Margaret Mead - Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. | USA | # |
| 32 | Indiana, Northeast Indiana | Stitches of Hope Marissa Whitesell 260-273-1968 stitchesofhope@gmail.com |
"Once you choose hope, anything's possible." -- Christopher Reeve | USA | # |
| 33 | Maine |
Maine Head Huggers Marty Livingstone PO Box 153 East Machias, ME 04630 martyliv@hotmail.com |
Serving all of Maine with chemo caps | USA | # |
| 34 | Maryland | Head Huggers (main) Sue Thompson see website contact page |
Main Head Huggers founder and contact as well as a distributor in Maryland | USA | # |
| 35 | Maryland, Montgomery County | Montgomery County, MD Headhuggers Sandi Spickler Sspcklr@aol.com |
Hope to get caps into every treatment center in the county | USA | # |
| 36 | Maryland, Pasadena | Chesapeake Head Huggers Sharon McBride 410-360-8539 Mcbride2254@aol.com |
Mostly interested in caps for kids | USA | # |
| 37 | Massachusetts | Massachusetts Head Huggers Jo-Ann McDonagh JPM166@aol.com |
Serving Massachusetts with chemo hats | USA | # |
| 38 | Michigan, all | Hats R Us Nancy Tourville 2519 Samoset Royal Oak, MI 48073 248-549-6206 Cookeblue@aol.com |
sharing our talents with those in need | USA | # |
| 39 | Michigan, Lambertville | The Vintage Head Huggers Rebecca C. Backus rbackus@mooremetalfinishing.com |
An interest in knitting brought us together, but love and caring for others keep us together. | USA | # |
| 40 | Michigan, Ovid | Cheryl Goodrich goodfarm3@verizon.net |
Caps for those cold Michigan heads | USA | # |
| 41 | Michigan, Owosso | Sally's Cool Caps Sheryl Bradac 931-484-8763 flowerbysheryl@hotmail.com |
Comfort caps look like spiked hair! | USA | # |
| 42 | Minnesota, Minneapolis | Minnesota Head Huggers Rachel Eggen 952-322-3093 minnesotaheadhuggers@yahoo.com |
Making Hats from the Heart!! | USA | # |
| 43 | Missouri, St. Louis & the Mid West | Dianne's Head Huggers of the Mid West Dianne Evans-Waugh HeadHuggers@yahoo.com |
Just one cap can give a warm and fuzzy feeling inside and out. | USA | # |
| 44 | New Jersey | Naida Milenkovic naidascrochet@yahoo.com |
Making chemo caps for those in need | USA | # |
| 45 | New Mexico, Alamogordo | website Susan Bowlby (Peach Blossom Knits) flowoxsgarden@hotmail.com |
creating smiles one item at a time. See our Charity Knitting Challenge/Contest | USA | # |
| 46 | New York, Bronx | Angel Stitches Diane Roche d.crochet@yahoo.com |
- | USA | # |
| 47 | New York, Elmira and the Fingerlakes region | The MadHatters Roe Cantando Mad4caps@yahoo.com or Croeyanne@aol.com |
Caps of love from Caring Hearts. Our madness for knitting and crocheting is now being used to help others. It is a labor of love and sharing by giving support and hope through the gift of our hats...please join us! | USA | # |
| 48 | New York, Monter Cancer Center, Lake Success, Long Island | Gail's Group Gail Heilman gailheilman@gmail.com |
Hand-made with love | USA | # |
| 49 | New York, South Shore Long Island | L.I. Teen Head Huggers P.O. Box 591 Woodmere, N.Y. 11598 LITHH@aol.com |
teenage sisters making a difference | USA | # |
| 50 | New York, Up state NY | Up State NY Crafters Unite Stacey White upstatenycraftersunite@yahoo.com |
- | USA | # |
| 51 | North Carolina, Lake Norman-Mooresville | Lake Norman Head Huggers Maria Campagna info@cablesyarn.com |
"If you contribute to other people's happiness, you will find the true goal, the true meaning of life."--H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama | USA | # |
| 52 | North Carolina, Western NC, Asheville & surrounding areas | Helenka's Head Huggers Barbara Cardenas 47 Star Hawk Terrace Leicester, NC 28748 828-333-0033 chickybc@yahoo.com |
Using our gifts from God to bring support and comfort to others. | USA | # |
| 53 | Ohio, Akron and Northeastern Ohio | Headhuggers of the Greater Akron Area Caren Keith bckeith11@neo.rr.com |
If you love to knit and/or crochet for charity, contact Caren Keith for patterns and yarn to help us make hats and accessories to keep heads and bodies warm in the Greater Akron area. | USA | # |
| 54 | Ohio, Central Ohio (Columbus and surrounding suburbs) | Warm Fuzzies of Love Amy Butterfield warmfuzziesoflove@yahoo.com |
Warm Fuzzies of Love provides handcrafted items to those in need. We accept hats - knit, crochet or sewn - for local oncology offices and cancer treatment centers in the Central Ohio area. We also provide hats to persons by specific request. | USA | # |
| 55 | Ohio, Cleveland | Diana Sidley dianasidley@gmail.com |
"You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give. Charity is love in action." - Sri Swami Sivananda | USA | # |
| 56 | Ohio, Columbus | Crazy Cappers Shelley Davis-Parrish (check website for contact information) |
Crochet, knit, and fabric caps for local oncologist offices | USA | # |
| 57 | Ohio, Warren Area | Hats of Hope Head Huggers Melissa Chaney melissachaney@aol.com |
We make Hats for there is Hope! | USA | # |
| 58 | Oklahoma, Tulsa and surrounding areas | Tulsa Knit Knack Hats Amy Bryan 908 West Urbana Street Broken Arrow, OK 74012 918-872-1125 KnitKnackhats@Yahoo.com |
Please advise that all email subjects should reference "Knit Knack Hats" or else they will not be opened. Tulsa Knit Knack Hats provides fashion, functionality and most of all beauty. It is our goal to have every woman look and feel their best in a time that is considered their worst. Every woman is beautiful and we just provide the accessories. | USA | # |
| 59 | Oregon, Eugene/Springfield (Lane County) | Have A Heart Head Huggers of Oregon Roxie Garoutte RoxieGaroutte@aol.com |
We Have a Heart for helping others. | USA | # |
| 60 | Pennsylvania, Eastern PA | Head Huggers of Eastern PA Elizabeth Edmunds 514 Carsonia Avenue Reading PA 19606-1521 caringneedles@comcast.net |
Caring hands showing love with every stitch. | USA | # |
| 61 | Pennsylvania, Hershey | Hershey Headhuggers Aimee and Callie Sonderman journey2learn@ymail.com |
A good exercise for the heart is to bend down and help another up. | USA | # |
| 62 | Pennsylvania, South Central PA - Amish Country | Did's Amish Country Head Huggers Christina Ricker 158 Colonial Rd. Gordonville, PA 17529 717-768-7677 therickers@peoplepc.com |
Hug's come in all sizes. Give one today. | USA | # |
| 63 | Pennsylvania, State College | Happy Valley Hats Kristi Jones happyvalleyhats@dkjones.org |
Providing handmade hats in Central Pennsylvania | USA | # |
| 64 | Pennsylvania, Western Penn. | Head Huggers of Western Pennsylvania Dana Hackley 826 Gallion Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15226 412-343-0702 dhackley@gmail.com |
Helping people survive in style | USA | # |
| 65 | Rhode Island | Head Huggers of Rhode Island Kari Gordon rwupolsc@hotmail.com |
Keeping heads in Rhode Island covered, one cap at a time! | USA | # |
| 66 | South Carolina | Rose's Headhuggers of Easley, SC Rose McCollum roseygirl1230@yahoo.com |
My caps are made with lots of love (13-yr old founder with a great heart) | USA | # |
| 67 | South Carolina, Anderson, SC and other SC | Head Huggers in the South Lynn Edwards 718 Shamrock Lane, Anderson SC 29621 864-231-7466 lynnedw4@hotmail.com |
Love and love will love you back | USA | # |
| 68 | Tennessee, Crossville | Sally's Cool Caps Sheryl Gregory-Bradac 931-484-8763 flowerbysheryl@hotmail.com |
Comforting special friends with softness. | USA | # |
| 69 | Texas, Wimberley and surrounding areas | Hill Country Head Huggers Gabi Glass 512-847-8973 Gabriela.glass@gmail.com |
- | USA | # |
| 70 | Utah, Weber County and surrounding areas | Weber Head Huggers Melanie Old mares_mommy@yahoo.com |
Weber Head Huggers donates hats for those who have undergone medical procedures, and also to underprivileged children in Weber County and surrounding areas. | USA | # |
| 71 | Virginia, Gordonsville | Piedmont Head Huggers Virginia Nelson 540-832-5176 vturnaround@aol.com |
Because we care | USA | # |
| 72 | Washington, Snohomish County | AC3 Seeds of Grace Head Huggers of Snohomish County Dee Turner seedsofgrace@ac3.org |
Bringing Church and Community Together | USA | # |
Please contact us to have your volunteer group listed here.
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