I thought, 'why aren't there more women's toys or toys that are, you know, female oriented with the military?' So that's when it started in early June 2018, when I started a letter campaign to several toy manufacturers,” said Navy veteran JoAnn Ortloff.
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I thought, 'why aren't there more women's toys or toys that are, you know, female oriented with the military?' So that's when it started in early June 2018, when I started a letter campaign to several toy manufacturers,” said Navy veteran JoAnn Ortloff.
INDIANAPOLIS â The American Red Crossâ âCall on Craftersâ in the early days of the pandemic spurred an overwhelming response from volunteers, especially in the Indiana Region.
This prompted regional Red Cross leadership to set a lofty goal: crafting and distributing 70,000 face coverings to local organizations that provide child care, senior care and veteran care services.
Recently, dedicated face covering volunteers hit that goal â and surpassed it â by sewing, packing and delivering more than 109,000 face coverings to help stem the spread of COVID-19 in the Indiana Region.
âWe know that evidence-based public health measures, such as wearing cloth face coverings when in public, are critical in fighting this pandemic â and that hasnât changed with vaccines in the picture,â said Jeff Imel, American Red Cross-Indiana Region program manager of the Service to the Armed Forces and International Services. âWe thank our many voluntee