Volunteer To Make CureCaps - Raise Money For Brain Research
In November 2007, we organized a grassroots effort called "CureCaps" and asked volunteers from around the world to help us fight deadly neurological diseases like Niemann Pick Type C by making hats to raise money for brain research. You can think of CureCaps as our "Pink Ribbon" — the hats are a symbol of hope for cures for brain diseases that impact millions of people. Addi and Cassi have always loved hats — the picture you see of them in the basket was taken around their 1st birthday and is Mom’s all time favorite. We hope that as word continues to spread about our CureCaps hat making effort to cure the brain, more volunteers will join our volunteer team. Since the project started, we have collected over 3000 CureCaps!
The Story Behind CureCaps
A few days after hearing the news about our Niemann Pick Type C diagnosis, our friend, Elaine Walker, dropped by our house with a few adorable handmade hats to cheer us up. Elaine wanted to know if there was a way she could personally help raise money for research and accelerate finding a cure for NPC. At that moment, a new idea was born. Let’s ask volunteers to help us make CureCaps to raise money for brain research.
Made From the Heart to Cure the Brain
The one question everyone wants to know is if there is one pattern that should be followed when making CureCaps. As you can tell by the photos, the answer is “No.” We want each CureCap to be a unique hat that is made from the heart. We want CureCaps to be designed for kids and adults — each hat represents hope for cures for the brain. Just send us hats — all shapes, sizes, colors and styles!
Where Do Donations Go?
We plan to offer CureCaps on our website in the near future and we are looking into supporting non-profit brain organizations including Keep Memory Alive. Keep Memory Alive has one mission and one cause — curing the brain!
The goal with our project is to take the best hat designs made by volunteers, sell them and then recreate the top designs. We hope to market the hats globally with proceeds going to fund brain research into neurological disorders including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, ALS, Autism, Fragile X and Niemann Pick Type C.
Join Our Cause Today
If you are interested in joining our fight to cure the brain, please email us. In addition, if know of a friend who knits, crochets or sews or if you are part of a club willing to donate time to our cause, please let us know. We look forward to our daily trip to our mailbox to receive CureCaps — made from the heart to cure the brain!
Send CureCaps To:
Ms. Addi and Cassi Hempel
14125 Saddlebow Drive
Reno, NV 89511
(775) 849-1924
volunteer@curecaps.com