Skivvies for soldiers: Army mom urges donation

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Skivvies for soldiers: Army mom urges donation
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Jan 2, 2008 10:02:42 EST

BECKLEY, W.Va. — Tammi Brown has found an unusual way to support her son Lance during his first overseas deployment to Iraq: Project Underwear.

Brown says soldiers often throw away two or three pairs while on a mission because there’s no way to wash. While the Army issues underwear, soldiers have to buy extras after using up their allocation.

Brown and her husband were looking for a way to support her son and the rest of his unit, the West Virginia Army National Guard’s 821st Engineering Group, when they came up with the underwear idea.

“This was a way to show our support and survive this Christmas without him,” Brown said. “We could have just not had Christmas, but that wouldn’t be healthy. We wanted to show our strength. That’s why we did it.”

Beginning on Christmas Eve, the Fenwick Mountain resident and her husband started soliciting donations of undergarments. The idea proved to be a hit. Brown says the initial party for family and friends on Christmas Eve netted enough men’s underwear to fill 40 bags.


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