The timing for the delivery of hundreds of warm and woolly beanies could not have been more suitable.
Hawke's Bay temperatures were struggling to make 14C on the day the knitted headwarmers created a blaze of colour at the Flaxmere Baptist Church last week when they were brought out for the official handover between their creators, the Kiwi Family Trust Knitting Club, and Plunket.
For several mums who called by on the day to be given a beanie for baby the joy was obvious.
"It is always very special," Plunket's funding and grants co-ordinator Nita Selena said.
As well as more than 100 baby beanies, many with a Hawke's Bay theme knitted into them, there were little jackets and cardigans delivered as well.
Ms Selena said while many of the beanies would go out to needy families as part of Plunket's home visits, as well as at their clinics and general support from their hub, many would be put up for sale as part of a community fundraising programme.