As new COVID-19 cases spike drastically across the state, the Navajo Nation reported 231 new cases as of Dec. 10 and more than 19,000 since the pandemic began in March. Last week, the Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez extended a stay-at-home order to last until Dec. 28. The delivery on Thursday was the second shipment of bears that Brown has passed onto Marks. That project also delivers hand-knitted bears to children but focuses primarily on children who are living with HIV/AIDS in emerging nations. Soon after Knitting Without Borders was founded, however, members found the bears could be just as valuable to children within the borders of the United State as they were to children across the world.

Source: Daily Sun December 13, 2020 12:11 UTC