I FOUND IT!!

I have found a site that has good news, positive things for a change. Www.happynews.com has some really neat stories and lots of links to other sites with happy news. One of the stories is about blankets for the kids in Iraq. It always amazes me the wonderful, thoughtful things our troops do for whatever local people they happen to be around that no one ever hears of. Mikey helped build schools and supply them for the children of Kosovo when they were deployed there but unless you were directly related to one of the soldiers involved, you heard nothing about it. So I wanna share this soldiers story....



Blankets for Iraq: Warmth, Comfort, Security
A blanket is a source of warmth and comfort, and as every child knows, security. What if we had no blankets?
A selfless combat medic serving in northern Iraq thought about that. SPC Steve Stephens (pictured with two Iraqi friends) saw many local people who suffered through the winter without heat or electricity - or blankets.
"There are a large number of displaced Iraqis living in Mosul and the surrounding areas that don't have a lot and could use a blanket or two," said Stephens. So he decided to get some blankets for them.
SPC Stephens and six of his fellow soldiers in the 1st Cavalry Division launched "Soldiers Helping Those In Need - Iraq". They are asking for help from home so they can collect as many blankets as possible to give away.
Blankets will be useful next winter for warmth and this summer for shelter from the sun or as pillows. Soldiers Helping Those In Need - Iraq, BRAVO!
SPC Stephens (OR)
SPC McCafferty (TX)
SPC Thorstenson (MT)
SPC Correll (OH)
PFC Riley (NY)
PFC Brown (PA)
SGT Cunningham (TX)
1LT Evers
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This Week's Nice Thing: Help the soldiers help the Iraqi people by donating a blanket. You can order one - or 2 or 10 - at Blankets.com www.blankets.com for $6.50 each, which includes shipping to Iraq. The Nice People at Blankets.com have made this possible.
Post a message for the soldiers and see additional photos on the "Blankets for Iraq Blog" on www.DoOneNiceThing.com.