Little Bobcats receive special hats from church women
Superior Kindergartener Kalub Lewis shows off his new hat given to elementary students made by the Superior United Methodist Church Women’s Group and the library CAKL ladies.
Mrs. Labbe’s Kindergarten class received hats made by the Superior United Methodist Womens Group and Mineral County Library CAKL group. They made hats for the students at the Superior Elementary School. (Kathleen Woodford photos/Mineral Independent).
The elementary kids in Superior were in for a treat last week when ladies from the Superior United Methodist Church Womens Group, Leslie Heppe, Tammy Wieweck, and Becky Miller, arrived with boxes and bags full of hats.
The group visited Mrs. Labbe’s kindergarten room and let the kids pick out their favorite styled hat. The hats were crocheted, knitted, and some were made on a loom. Some of the hats were adorned with pompoms, some tied under the chin, but they all had one thing in common as all were red, white and blue. The colors were in conjunction with the school’s colors as well as the Superior School mascot, the bobcat.
“We all have kids and grandkids and they always seem to be looking for a stocking cap,” Heppe said. “This way, they all have a hat. Or if they come to school and it’s a snow day, and they didn’t bring one, they can get one.”
The Methodist women, along with a group of women from the Mineral County Library, CAKL (Crochet and Knitting Lovers) made 164 hats, but then found out that the elementary had 180 students.
“We have to make 60 more hats, so the women are making them as fast as they can,” said Heppe.
This is the first year they’ve done this, and they hope to bring hats in for the new kindergarten students every year, along with a few extra’s for new students. But this year is the only time they’ll make hats for the entire elementary student body.
They modeled the project after Rae Deschamps in Alberton, who knits hats for the lower level elementary students every year. Heppe said they do a lot of mission work, and wanted to do a local project.
“Plus, it’s fun to use our talent for a good cause,” said Wieweck.
They said their next project will be to make hats for the elementary students in St. Regis, because several members in the congregation are from there. The group officially started to make the hats on February first, but Miller said some women started before Christmas. The St. Regis hats will be made over the summer and delivered next fall. Making even more little heads warm and happy.