troops fighting in world war ii, making scarves and hats, a touch of love with every stitch. i m snitting, so help me god, i prar for them. this inspirational woman is one of thousands of volunteers across the country knitting for operation gratitude, a group that sends care packages to all branches of the military. last year, we had about somewhere between 20 and 30,000 scarves that we sent out over the holidays. i was hoping this year we could get up to about 50,000. joan is mepg make a dent in that goal. she s already done 400 and shows no signs of letting up after all, she sees it as her patriotic duty. i won t stop. the i love knitting for our service people. wow, now, i just got an e-mail moments ago from carolyn with operation gratitude who tells me that joan wants to shoot for a thousand next year, if you can believe that. operation gratitude is a
in the morning. she did the same thing for troops fighting in world war ii, making scarves and hats, a touch of love with every stitch. i m knitting, so help me god, i pray for them. reporter: this inspirationm woman is one of thousands knitting for operation gratitude, a group that sends care packages to all branchs of the military. last year we think we had somewhere between 20 and 30,000 scarves we sent out over the holidays. i was hoping we d get up to 50,000. reporter: joan is making a dept in goal, she has done 400. and shows no sign of giving up. she sees it as her patriotic duty. i continue on. i won t stop because i love knitting for our service people. reporter: 98 years old. can you believe that? operation gratitude is a non-profit group and needs donation to pay for shipping cost of the care packages and
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