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we have a surgical cap program called so
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captivating capap capitalize captivating
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it is a way of giving surgical caps to
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the kids they don't have a choice being
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in the hospital so we need to give
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control back to them especially the
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little ones who don't understand what's
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happening so I'll come in and give maybe
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two or three choices and introduce
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myself s and tell them hey you can
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choose a surgical cap you don't have to
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wear it if you don't want to but you can
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be like me and then some of my other
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friends are going to be meeting and they
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can choose the cap there are parents
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that actually love the Caps cuz they've
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been here multiple times and it's
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something that they have looked forward
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to maybe with another child that's been
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in surgery and they've told their
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current child coming in for surgery that
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hey you're going to choose a cap and so
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they get excited because having surgery
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is scary and so because of that we're
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helping them to understand that not
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everything has to be scary so this is
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something fun and something cute and
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exciting for them I have made
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4,600 caps and some of those Palmetto
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Quilters made too I really enjoy making
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them when I make them I get my husband
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involved too I sew them and then when
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we're watching TV we string the elastic
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in them and they're very very simple
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it's just like a shower cap I became
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involved with prison pisma Health
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children's hospital because my
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granddaughter came here she has leukemia
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and I wanted to help other kids as well
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it was something I just knew I had to do
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our program's been going on for 17 plus
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years many of the people that have been
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making the Caps have been using
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different types of fabrics different
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types of themes sometimes we use cotton
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sometimes it's flannel sometimes it's
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even the fuzzy blanket material in the
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winter time the themes can can be
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anywhere from cows and sharks to Disney
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characters things that are current are
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really great and it's a good memory for
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them to have and many times I'll
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actually see them wearing it on their
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way out going home I'm very passionate
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about what I do I've been doing this for
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16 plus years and I couldn't have asked
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for anything better I love helping the
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kids when they're anxious and they're
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scared and then I'm helping them through
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something hard and difficult and then
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they said I did it that's just really
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rewarding is when I see their anxiety
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and their stress leave I am looking for
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more people because we go through so
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many caps every day needing people to
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either sew or if they would like to
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donate the fabric and then we can get it
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to the people who are going to sew the
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surgical caps would be amazing I see
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sometimes between 150 to 200 kids in a
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week we're always needing more Surgical
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caps this is a wonderful program for
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Prisma Health it makes the children feel
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like somebody cares about them then I
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feel like it gives them a choice in a
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time when they don't really have much
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Choice talking with my granddaughter I
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can see that that made a difference for
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her I hope that it makes a difference to
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a lot of kids
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