Wright makes 2,000 caps for infants

  • Columbus resident Ruby Wright places the red and white Valentine’s Day cap on Afredo Rodriguez. She has created over 2,000 caps for babies at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Mo. She is working her way toward 3,000 now. Courtesy photo.
    Columbus resident Ruby Wright places the red and white Valentine’s Day cap on Afredo Rodriguez. She has created over 2,000 caps for babies at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Mo. She is working her way toward 3,000 now. Courtesy photo.
    In June 2023 Columbus resident Ruby Wright had made over 1,000 hand knitted caps for babies born at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Mo.Fast forward to 2026. Wright has now completed 2,011 caps. She recently delivered a cap to two-day old Afredo Rodriguez. His cap was red and white in honor of Valentine’s Day. Wright, who is now 93 years old hand delivered the cap and placed it on Rodr...

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