we appreciate the work they do. >> for sure. >> helping our troops this season, a 98-year-old woman who has been doing her part since world war ii. and introducing us to joan mazar elie. >> it's the same southern california home she's lived in for 58 years and 98-year-old jo is on a mission. >> i sit here and think of the boys. and maybe i make some scarfs, three scarfs a day. >> sun up, son down her nimble fingers work. >> i take time for lunches and take time out for supper and then i make one-- she did the same thing for troops fighting in world war ii, making scarves and hats, a touch of love with every stitch. >> well, i pray for them. >> this inspirational woman one of thousands of volunteers across the country, knitting for operation gratitude, a group that sends care packages