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Sisters sew special items for soldiers overseas
Two women craft helmet liners and neck coolers for troops
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Charlotte Baker, right, and sister Virginia Jones create helmet liners knitted of yarn and send them to U.S. soldiers serving in the Middle East Wednesday afternoon. The linings are essentially brown masks soldiers wear to keep their face warm at night.
After her friend told her about the “bitter cold” winters troops were enduring in Afghanistan, Charlotte Baker felt called to help. She started knitting helmet liners, similar to ski masks, to keep the troops faces warm. For more than seven years, Baker and her sister Virginia Jones, both of Gainesville, have spent their free time knitting the brown helmet liners.