Foxhole Pillows

A project that began in Falmouth, Maine, five years ago by two women - Pauline Getchell and Theresa Forestell - continues on. They discovered through conversations with a young soldier serving in Iraq that there was a need for pillows that could be carried on deployment and used in the field. They began their project making these pillows with their own money. Soon there were donations from their friends. And soon they began to get some recognition from the local news service, with the local NBC affiliate WCSH-6, including a story about them.
The two continue on with their efforts and the donations and thank-you letters continue. The support they are providing to the men and women who serve in our military is, as they see it, "deserved and needed," and they feel very good about doing something for someone else. Resilience has much to do with acting on your values and beliefs and "doing something for someone else."

Ron Breazeale, Ph.D.
http://www.reachinghome.com/