Sew Much Comfort

This is a story about a woman that began tailoring clothes for the troops. Her son had cancer and she had altered his clothes to fit over his hurt leg. Her son had suggested that she help the troops in the same way she had helped him after seeing the needs of the soldiers were similar to his own. Sew Much Comfort was born. There are now approximately 1,000 people (including prison inmates) throughout the country altering & designing clothes to meet the needs of injured soldiers. They are helping design clothes for people with amputations, burn victims etc. 9,000 items had been made at the time of the video. This is a thought provoking story, it is beautiful that this woman Ginger Dosedel is helping soldiers she does not know. It is wonderful that her son inspired her, but at the same time I think we have such a huge military budget, I don't think it should be necessary for people to donate their time to help burn victims get clothes over their heads. Why is the American Government not providing these items to the hospitals? I see media in a few ways through this story. The video shows that soldiers needs are not being met through the US Military, it also shows that there are a lot of people that are willing to remedy this. It speaks of patriotism and doing the right thing. The fact that there have been 9,000 items of clothing that were altered shows that there have been 9,000 altered lives as the result of the war. This is a sad sort of media.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12303651/ns/nightly_news_with_brian_williams-making_a_difference/


http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/PersonOfWeek/story?id=2977470&page=1&page=1