Main-Care Energy collecting hats for children battling cancer

CATSKILL―After seven years and 8,773 hats collected for children battling cancer, Main-Care Energy is once again supporting Hatsgiving.

Main-Care is now accepting donations of new, soft hats―store-bought or handmade―at Main-Care offices between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Locally, Main-Care is collecting hats at their Catskill location at 15 Main Street.

Donors may also mail or send hats to 1 Booth Lane, Albany, NY 12205, attention Marybeth.

In addition to being a collection site for Hatsgiving, Main-Care will also donate $1 to Hatsgiving for every hat received at their locations.

Hatsgiving is a registered 501c3 that relies on donations and volunteers to continue growing and reaching pediatric cancer patients around the country.

The first official collection was held in 2013 and Hatsgiving had only one collection site. 226 hats were distributed to children undergoing cancer treatment at The Children's Hospital at Albany Medical Center.

Since then, Hatsgiving has partnered with more collection locations and donations have increased, now collecting thousands of hats each year.

For more information on Hatsgiving, please visit www.hatsgiving.org.