American Legion Auxiliary, Unit 178, Murrells Inlet

Judy Hennis shared “Three members of our unit meet once a month. We have active-duty military deploying every three weeks, all year long in addition to national guard members deploying. We meet at American Legion Post 178, Murrells Inlet, SC to make neck pillows. The sewing and stuffing of pillows are done in our homes. We have a “poppy campaign” in the month of May each year where we receive donations from local residents which we use to purchase fabric, Poly-fil, and thread. Pillows are cut, sewn, stuffed and then donated every three weeks to deploying service members including on holidays. We make approximately 100 neck pillows per month. Since October of 2018, we have donated 1,282 neck pillows to military members. We expect to donate another 1000 neck pillows again this year. Our service members when being deployed have very long airline flights to get to their overseas bases. Once they arrive at the base, they do not always have a pillow either. By giving them a neck pillow, this allows them to rest on the flight over and to have a small pillow to use once they arrive. This is our way of helping our military men and women who have volunteered themselves to protect our country.”