A kindergarten class has pitched in to provide new mothers with much-needed necessities, in the form of specially assembled care packages.

Connecticut kindergarten teacher Gretchen Hertler McInvale and her class recently visited two hospitals, in Middletown and Hartford, to deliver their “Keep a Baby Warm” boxes, ABC News US reports .

The boxes contain blankets, dummies, baby socks and other items donated by school staff, students’ families of students and community members.

Saint Francis Hospital media relations manager Fiona Phelan said Ms McInvale has been running the initiative for the past 29 years and that hospital staff look forward to each visit.

“The children are (also) thrilled to be able to be a 'big' person and see what it was like to be a baby,” Ms Phelan said.

Ms McInvale said she decided to start the project after she gave birth to her own daughter and learned that the woman in the hospital bed next to her had nothing to dress her newborn.

"I felt so bad because I just had this beautiful baby shower and she had nothing new,” she said.

Ms McInvale said she is hopeful her daughters will one day be able to continue the project.