Soldiers' spouses help single soldiers
6/3/2009 5:45 PM
By: Brandi Powell
As more members of the military return to Fort Hood, volunteers work to make sure soldiers without family nearby are provided with the comforts of home.
A group of community members and wives of other soldiers set up 500 rooms on Fort Hood on the first day of Operation Restful Night. The group plans to set up 2,000 more rooms in the next few weeks with care packages, including sheets from JC Penny and toiletries provided by the USO.
"It's a special feeling because you're giving so much to them, and they've given so much to us," Karessa Lang, an employee at Killeen's JCPenny, and volunteer for the day, said.
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