Posted on 07/05/2006 3:04:47 PM PDT by whirleygirl
For any Freepers out there who can sew and would like to help a wounded soldier.
Thank you for your interest in Sew Much Comfort. American military personnel are serving our country in a variety of dangerous situations and locations. As a result of discharging their duties, a number of them are seriously wounded or injured. Modern medical technology is having great success saving the lives of these hero's; however, medicine doesn't address some of their basic needs, such as clothing that will accommodate medical devices and situations - braces, fixators, casts, prosthetics and burns. Many of the wounded troops are left with a hospital gown as their only clothing option.
Sew Much Comfort; a non-profit 501(c) 3 organization is filling the "adaptive clothing" need for these special patients. Our mission is to design, create and deliver customized clothing for these brave troops. Adaptive clothing accommodates their medical devices and situations, provides ease of use, personal independence and minimizes the visual impact of their medical condition. The goal is provide each soldier with an individually designed and tailored wardrobe of adaptive clothing, in order to provide them comfort and maintain their dignity, thereby facilitating the healing process.
This project is dependent on the generosity and skill of countless Americans who wish to show their support to the wounded soldiers who have given so much of themselves in serving this country. Please help us give these heroes a tangible symbol of our support for them in all phases of their recovery from battlefield to home.
(Excerpt) Read more at sewmuchcomfort.org ...
Ping.
Maybe our circle could take a closer look at this....
Pinz
Hey, vast right wing knitting and crafting circle, check out this good work for our military!
bttt!!
Thanks so much for the ping! How have you been? I've been thinking about you, but have been too caught up in my own "stuff" to send out a FReepmail feeler.
Been better, but I've been worse, too...so much stuff to get caught up in arund here and in life...
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