Spotlight on Our Volunteers
Spotlight on Our Volunteers
Fletcher, Faith, Felicity & Flint White and Olivia, Amelia, Emory & Iva Evans of Georgia sold lemonade in their neighborhood and raised $83 to support our soldiers!
Jennifer Novak and her knitting group (Hugs4Hope) in New York have volunteered to knit washcloths for our Welcome Home packages.
Kelcey Shelton in Washington held a yard sale to raise money for care packages.
Kool Kollars Project
Tellico Village Community Church Crafters in Loudon, Tennessee, made Kool Kollars to send to the troops. The Kool Kollars are a long piece of fabric sewn together and hold polymer beads. The Kollar is soaked in water and placed around the neck to help keep the body cool. The Kollar will stay cool as long as it is wet. These Kollars are reusable and all the soldier needs to do is soak in water before using. The instructions are being sent along with the Kollars, so the soldiers will know how to take care of them and reuse this item. These are being sent to let the soldiers know TVCC Crafters support them and are thinking of them.
Tellico Village Community Church Crafters in Loudon, Tennessee, made Kool Kollars to send to the troops. The Kool Kollars are a long piece of fabric sewn together and hold polymer beads. The Kollar is soaked in water and placed around the neck to help keep the body cool. The Kollar will stay cool as long as it is wet. These Kollars are reusable and all the soldier needs to do is soak in water before using. The instructions are being sent along with the Kollars, so the soldiers will know how to take care of them and reuse this item. These are being sent to let the soldiers know TVCC Crafters support them and are thinking of them.
David Couture continuously watches for items that his company can donate to Hugs for Our Soldiers.
Lisa Thomas of Lisa Thomas Salon, Gunny's and M Salon promoted our Memorial Day drive in their places of business.
Sherry McKinney, Andrew Curtis and Brianna Curtis have all been great helpers in cutting out Hugs' heart logo for Memorial Day.
Bobby McVey of BMc Graphics, Atlanta (bmcgrafx@bellsouth.net) is the best graphic artist! He has helped Kathy over the years with many projects. Bobby has donated his time to Hugs in the creation of our logo, preparing layouts for banners or promotional flyers, and assisting Hugs however he can through the use of his graphic programs. Thanks, Bobby!
Ramona Scharber at Sport Clips, Riverview, Florida has volunteered to be a drop-off site for donations to our troops.
Heather at Walgreen's, Madisonville, TN keeps an eye out for items going on clearance and calls Kathy with the "good deals".
Judy Davis held a care package drive with her Sunday School class and got lots of donations.
Alcoa Middle School wears red every Weds. in honor of our service men and women.
Andrew & Brianna Curtis have been fulfilling their school's community service hours by volunteering with Hugs. They recently sorted through bags and bags of donated sweets and made 200 treat bags for our Soldiers.
Alcoa Tenn Federal Credit Union held a bake sale and donated proceeds to Hugs for Our Soldiers.
Girl Scouts have once again adopted our soldiers and are collecting cookies for us to ship overseas.
Dollar Tree: 5 locations in Kathy's area did an outstanding job in collecting hygiene items for Welcome Home packages.
Brand Connections shipped 85 cases of goods for our single soldiers returning to barracks.
Eaton Elementary one class has adopted 14 soldiers!
Lynn DuBose traveled all of the way from Florida to Fort Campbell, KY, to help make Welcome Home packages.
Susan Delozier has made Hugs for Our Soldiers a class project on her Class of '73 website.
Loudon County Democratic Women have adopted Hugs for Our Soldiers for 2009 and are making monthly-themed donations to our soldiers.