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        TERRE HAUTE —  American troops overseas will be a little warmer this winter thanks to some caring volunteers in Terre Haute.

        More than two dozen ladies with the Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints worked Print blanket Thursday to make more than 40 fleece blankets for deployed U.S. servicemen and women.

        “I think it’s a wonderful project,” said Sue Orlando, whose grandson, Josh Kulp, is serving his fifth tour of duty overseas. “I think it will lift their morale. I hope so.”Baby Blanket



Some of the fleece blankets are being made especially for members of the church’s congregation, Ispahan Rug  said Dona Griffin, organizer of the effort. The rest of the blankets, more than 30 of them, will be donated to Soldiers’ Angels, a volunteer not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing “aid and comfort” to U.S. servicemen and women, according to the organization’s Web site.



There are seven members of the Terre Haute Church of Latter-day Saints currently deployed or soon-to-be deployed overseas in the military, Griffin said. Her son, Sgt. Dale Griffin, who joined the Army immediately after Sept. 11, is currently serving in Afghanistan, she said.