Hat Day 2024
Ottawa home economists have been sewing polar fleece hats every fall for more than 20 years – thousands of them in total. In recent years, preparations for Hat Day have been more challenging because of increased demand from our traditional Hat Day clients given the increased economic pressures being exerted on their clientele.
Our approach:
to focus on the needs of smaller community-based groups such as those targeting women and children, and schools and food cupboards in lower-income communities or with special needs; and to broaden our resources by seeking out additional sources of polar fleece fabric/funding and available volunteers in the community with sewing and related skills.
For Hat Day 2023, a small but efficient group of Ottawa Home Economic Association member gathered in September to take on the task of cutting the polar fleece into four sizes of hats, followed in early October by a team of sewers and sorters. Final Hat Day production reached a record 859 hats and was delivered to an extremely grateful community in early November.
2024 Hat Day is already in progress. More details to come soon!
Our approach:
to focus on the needs of smaller community-based groups such as those targeting women and children, and schools and food cupboards in lower-income communities or with special needs; and to broaden our resources by seeking out additional sources of polar fleece fabric/funding and available volunteers in the community with sewing and related skills.
For Hat Day 2023, a small but efficient group of Ottawa Home Economic Association member gathered in September to take on the task of cutting the polar fleece into four sizes of hats, followed in early October by a team of sewers and sorters. Final Hat Day production reached a record 859 hats and was delivered to an extremely grateful community in early November.
2024 Hat Day is already in progress. More details to come soon!