.Fifth-Grader Shows Gratitude By Knitting Caps For Troops In Iraq
ALEXANDRIA, Va - Many Americans' thoughts and prayers are centered around the troops on this Thanksgiving holiday, but one girl is taking action to show an Army unit stationed in Iraq just how grateful she is for their service.
Samara Yego has a talent for making knitted caps, so when the Alexandria fifth-grader learned a friend's husband would be stationed in Iraq over the holidays, she went into overdrive, News4's Jane Watrel reported.
It's a labor of love for Yego. For the past two weeks, her fingers have been flying over a circular knitting spool.
Yego is working to create as many as 30 knit caps to send to an Army unit stationed in Iraq.
"It will keep them warm and let them know that people really appreciate what they have done for us," Yego said.
So far Yego has knitted eight caps out of camouflage-colored yarn. Each one takes at least two hours to create.
It's a hobby the Tucker Elementary School student shares with her little sister after learning the craft from a teacher last year.
"I try to make a variety of sizes. This is the main size, but I can do different lengths because they are not all going to be the same size," Yego said.
The cap idea came to Yego after seeing images of the war on TV and hearing a family friend's husband was deployed to Iraq for a second time in an Army transportation unit.
The fifth-grader told her mother last month she had to do something.
"She has always been very caring from when a little girl. That's just who she is," said Ruth Koech.
"I think that this is one of the best things I can do for them, but I also think that more people should start caring about the Army because some people did go every day and not notice that people die and injure themselves for our country to keep us free," Yego said.
Yego is hoping to have the caps in the mail by next week so they will arrive in Iraq time for Christmas.
MSNBC
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Samara Yego has a talent for making knitted caps, so when the Alexandria fifth-grader learned a friend's husband would be stationed in Iraq over the holidays, she went into overdrive, News4's Jane Watrel reported.
It's a labor of love for Yego. For the past two weeks, her fingers have been flying over a circular knitting spool.
Yego is working to create as many as 30 knit caps to send to an Army unit stationed in Iraq.
"It will keep them warm and let them know that people really appreciate what they have done for us," Yego said.
So far Yego has knitted eight caps out of camouflage-colored yarn. Each one takes at least two hours to create.
It's a hobby the Tucker Elementary School student shares with her little sister after learning the craft from a teacher last year.
"I try to make a variety of sizes. This is the main size, but I can do different lengths because they are not all going to be the same size," Yego said.
The cap idea came to Yego after seeing images of the war on TV and hearing a family friend's husband was deployed to Iraq for a second time in an Army transportation unit.
The fifth-grader told her mother last month she had to do something.
"She has always been very caring from when a little girl. That's just who she is," said Ruth Koech.
"I think that this is one of the best things I can do for them, but I also think that more people should start caring about the Army because some people did go every day and not notice that people die and injure themselves for our country to keep us free," Yego said.
Yego is hoping to have the caps in the mail by next week so they will arrive in Iraq time for Christmas.
MSNBC
Now we know.
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