"I have

a friend at Delta that has a box where donated material is being given.

Some senior citizens dropped off some material the other day. The response

has been great," McLean said.

A friend of

McLean's whose aunt served in World War II donated the very first strip

of material. The piece of cloth came from a skirt the aunt had worn during

the war.

Students at

J.C. Booth still need over 5,000 strips of red, white or blue material

to finish making the chain. The school asks that donations be cut into

two-foot by four-inch strips. The cloth can be dropped off at J.C. Booth

during school hours.

In order to

help the community keep track of how the cloth chain is coming, sixth-grader

Stacey Gardner has created a Web site, www.expage.com/projecttwofeet ,

where visitors can get information about the project, learn how they can

donate material and keep up with how close the students are to reaching

their goal.

After the chain

is complete, it will be sent to New York City and Washington, D.C. McLean

says she is looking for people who can help her get the chain to the two

cities. To help, phone McLean at 770-631-3240.