Kay Balfour, of Inverness, recalls going to the Post Office as a young girl and seeing the posters with "Uncle Sam" pointing his finger and saying, "I want YOU!"
Several decades later, she's decided to answer his call.
As part of a grassroots effort to
keep American military personnel cool in the sweltering Iraqi desert heat,. Balfour has joined the sewing machine brigade of people across the nation who are making and shipping cooling neck and headbands to military units overseas.
The endeavor is called "The Hugs Project," and its mission is to place a "hug," a 100 percent cotton fabric tube filled with polymer around the neck (or forehead) of every military person serving in the desert.
Within two weeks of the project's start, more than 15,000 were shipped.
That leaves about 130,000 to go, Balfour said.
She's hoping more recruits will |
