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Hugs for soldiers
Visit the Jazz Café Tuesday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Advocate
The Jazz Café will host Mt. Hood Community College’s first “Group Hug” Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
A “Group Hug” is an event where people make “hugs” for American troops and allies in the Iraq war.
“Hugs” are ties made with cotton fabric and water absorbent crystals. When worn around the neck, the ties lie across the carotid artery, cooling down the blood stream.
This is in preparation for when 3,000 Oregon soldiers will be deployed at the end of April, ultimately to arrive in the triple-digit heat of the Middle East in July in full combat gear, said MHCC president John Sygielski.
The event is sponsored by Kaye Hansen and MHCC’s Associated Student Government. Their goal is to make 500 hugs, Sygielski said in an all-staff e-mail.
There is a statewide effort to make 6,000 hugs to deliver to the troops before they deploy.
There will be an assembly-line construction for the hugs, which require sewing, ironing, marking the hug with measurements required for the pocket that holds the crystals and packaging the final product. During the event, there will be help available to show participants how to make these hugs.
For more information, contact Kaye Hansen at 503-880-7427 or [email protected].