Students at Webster Early Learning Center have created five blankets for the Blankets of Hope project.These blankets are put into backpacks along with other supplies sent to wounded soldiers in Combat Support Hospitals in the Middle East.
According to the sponsoring organization, Soldiers’ Angels, these blankets “provide hope and comfort to a wounded hero during one of the most difficult and vulnerable times of their lives.”
Wounded soldiers generally arrive at the hospital with no personal belongings and the Blanket of Hope provides “warmth and comfort for the wounded soldier, and it provides that soldier with the knowledge that someone cares about him.”
Nicole Newlin, secretary at Webster, learned of the Blankets of Hope project through someone she met when her husband was on active duty.? Newlin’s husband, Josh, is currently in the Air National Guard and works full-time at McConnell Air Force Base.
Nicole ordered the blankets to get the project started at Webster and has recently mailed the blankets to the Soldiers’ Angels organization which will make them available to wounded soldiers.
More information about Soldiers’ Angels or the Blankets of Hope project can be obtained from their website, here.
