The Total Care Cancer Center at Los Alamitos Medical Center recently donated their 4,500th beanie to patients receiving cancer treatment. The beanies are provided by the non-profit organization, Knots of Love.
Packages of the beanies are delivered to the Cancer Center in Los Alamitos, every week, and are placed on a table for patients to take home and wear.
“I took a yellow hat,” said Susan Etherson, a stage-four breast cancer survivor. “I was completely bald, and the hat felt so cozy and safe.”
Etherson underwent chemotherapy and radiation at Los Alamitos Medical Center’s Total Care Infusion Center.
According to Knots of Love, volunteers knit around 3,000 caps each month. They are then shipped to hundreds of cancer treatment centers, infusion centers, and hospitals across the country.
“We’ve enjoyed this partnership with Knots of Love,” said Yolanda Booker, radiation oncology RN at Los Alamitos Medical Center. “We witness patients lose their hair and overall self-confidence while undergoing treatment, and we see the joy these free hats bring to them.”
