Ms. McDermed and some of the more than 400 items her group contributed this past year.
A nice profile of Mary McDermed, a knitter from Homewood, Illinois, who is leading an army of volunteers to make scarves, helmet liners, neckwarmers and other warm items to ship to US Military personnel in Afghanistan. She leads a group of 45 crafters, most of whom are senior citizens. She was inspired to start the effort after reading an article in a 2009 Homewood Veterans Committee newsletter sent to her husband, Ed, a World War II veteran.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Turns out the military mailing address for holiday cards was not legit. Sorry.
