The weather will be changing shortly for our troops overseas. Please finish up the cool ties you're working on and get them mailed to OCQ by September 10th, so they can get to the troops that will still need them thru September. We're having a heat wave in CA, so who knows how the weather will be in Iraq and Afghanistan as the summer draws to a close.
If you are interested in continuing to work on cool ties during our "off season" please do so. You'll have to hold your finished product until Spring or if you're making blanks for me to fill, you can send them to me for filling and I'll hold them.
Remember also, that I have sample cool ties (in non-troop colors/patterns) available for demonstration and/or sale for fundraising, as getting the cool ties to OQC is only part of the battle. Funds for shipping are always in short supply. The cool ties "off season" is a great time to generate funds, interest and gather supplies for the next cool tie season.
There has been much interest in this project this year and that makes me excited once again to be working with such a great organization comprised talented and dedicated volunteers.
