Stitch for a Cause delegation off to D.C.

Middle school teachers Lisa Stringfellow and Marjorie Seely, along with Ayesha Singh, Sanjana Rane, Divija Sharma, and Sonia Gadre, are off to Washington D.C. this morning. The group will represent KCD community service club Stitch for a Cause at Save The Children's Advocacy Day 2009.

The group left this morning and will meet with Obama administration officials this afternoon at the White House. Further meetings with Kentucky's representatives will follow on Tuesday.

WHAS-11 ran a story on their trip yesterday. Text is below, and the WHAS Web site also has video of their previous coverage.

A group of Kentucky Country Day students and teachers are headed to Washington D.C. to further their message to save premature babies.

This project is called Stitch for a Cause, started by K.C.D. teacher Lisa Stringfellow. Lisa and a few of her students will be meeting with Obama administrators, ABC's Cokie Roberts and other officials this week.

The students have raised money through the Stitch for a Cause project by knitting hats for premature babies. The visit to Washington is part of save the children's advocacy day.

Their schedule is pretty packed, but Lisa said she may have time to post here during their trip.