Bear Hug

• The Auxiliary assembles and distributes a custom made teddy bear to each child of a deployed Iowa soldier or airman along with a comforting poem written by an Iowa grade school student.

• The distribution process is coordinated with each deployed units’ Family Assistance Coordinator.

• To date, nearly 9,500 bears have been distributed, free of charge to the recipients.

 Click thumbnails below for Bear Hug pictures, articles and letters.

Bear Hug Article in the Iowa Militiaman	Bear Hug picture collage	Bear Hug Article	Bear Hug Thank You Letter Collage

 

Neck Coolers

• Volunteers have sewn and assembled headband/neck coolers that are used by the soldiers to keep their foreheads and necks cool while working in temperatures in excess of 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Once activated the bands remain cool for approximately eight hours and can be reactivated by soaking them in water again.

• To date, 800 of the headband/neck coolers have been made and distributed to the troops that are deployed from Iowa to Iraq 

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