Halos of Hope in Arlington Heights recognizes volunteers

Halos of Hope, a not-for-profit organization based in Arlington Heights dedicated to providing chemotherapy patients with volunteer-created hats, Wednesday presented its Gold Halo award to Care Cap Crusaders, a community service group founded by Ginger Beam of Hanover Park and based at the Friendship Village community in Schaumburg.

On Thursday, a Gold Halo award will be presented to the Glenview Seniors, a group of crafters based at the Glenview Senior Center in Glenview. Each of these groups donated more than 1,000 caps in 2010 to help comfort cancer patients across the country.

“Every day we get requests from cancer centers across the country who need hats for their patients,” said Pamela Haschke, president and founder of Halos of Hope. “We are only able to help through the talent, kindness and generosity of our volunteers who make the hats. The Halo Awards give us the opportunity to show our thanks to the groups who put forth such an extraordinary effort. We truly could not do this without them.”

More information is at halosofhope.org.