http://thestory.org/archive/Operation_Kid_Comfort.mp3 Plone 2.0 http://thestory.org/archive/Operation_Kid_Comfort.mp3/logo.jpg http://thestory.org/archive/Operation_Kid_Comfort.mp3 <h4>Operation Kid Comfort</h4><p class="imageleft"><img class="image-left" src="resolveuid/70206dbd0c0263518235260041e76389" alt="Ann Flaherty" height="100" width="100" />Ann Flaherty with one of her quilts</p><p>At the beginning of 2003, Ann Flaherty was facing the prospect of 3 members of her family being deployed overseas. Her daughter was in North Korea, and both her son and son-in-law were heading to Iraq.  <br /></p><p>To make things worse, her 18-month old grandson, Christian, was throwing tantrums over his father's absence, even taking photos of his father and hiding them under his crib.  <br /></p><p>Ann is a quilt artist so she made her grandson a quilt with pictures of his dad. Then she made one for a friend of Christian's whose parents were serving overseas. That was the beginning of Operation Kid Comfort, which has now provided nearly 5,000 free photo quilts and pillows to children whose military parents are deployed outside the country.     <br /></p><ul><li>See <a title="Operation Kid Comfort" href="resolveuid/1c13ae3b31c14cce9ccf2bb7060a3de6" target="_self">Christian's quilt</a></li><li>Learn <a href="http://operationkidcomfort.blogspot.com/" target="_self">more about Operation Kid Comfort</a></li></ul><a title="Add To This Story" class="addbtn" href="resolveuid/cc2a8297b6c0d5c86538f03c46448d35" target="_self">Add to story</a> Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:00:00