This came across my radar this morning, as I'm a knitter (although not a very good one...) Anyway, it's a great organization that helps our military troops out and they've got a lot of Christmas stuff lined up so if you want to make Gwenna happy and make sure that a soldier isn't alone for the holidays, check out Citizen SAM.org. I'm currently looking at trying to make a helmet liner, but there a lot of NON-knitting activities you can be part of if you want. My son served in Iraq for a year as a combat medic- believe me when I say he and his buddies were always so thankful that we back home supported them.