A Texas man makes canes for veterans using hundreds of donated Christmas trees
US Army veteran Jamie Willis started Canes for Veterans Central Texas in 2016 when he realized he wasn't the only veteran who needed a cane that was safe, sturdy"and not just ugly." After serving in the Army for eight years, Willis was left a 100 percent disabled veteran completely unable to work."I do this so I don't sit home all day feeling sorry for myself," Willis told CNN."This is all out of kindness. I do everything out of pocket and from donations.
The man behind the canesMorris, the 54-year-old US Army veteran behind the original idea, said Willis was the fifth veteran he knows to start their own branch of Free Canes for Veterans."It would be a blessing to get the word out for more veterans to do this," Morris said "Each of these veterans were on my original list of 500 in 2015. It was the act of kindness and a piece of wood that was their inspiration.
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