Assignment America

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/03/assignment_america/main1276706.shtml

Vote for story A: Ukuleles for Troops

What do our troops in Iraq really need? If you guessed ukuleles, you're right. Steve could meet the women who've sent more than 800 so far and ask them the obvious question — "why?"

Ukes for Troops was the brainchild of Shirley Orlando.

Read this thread for more info:

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=19567&forum=11

I hope this story wins. This will be great coverage for a very worthwile project.

On a related side note, during WW II a lot of metal clarinets were sent out to the troops [what with the popularity of swing music and all]. Today, they are virtually worthless but I like 'em. They come up on ebay a lot, usually labeled "soprano sax".