Military veterans might be interested in what a small group of retired veterans, including U.S. Marine veteran Bob Kline of Blue Bell, Pa., is doing to help fellow veterans receive recognition in their communities.

The group makes what they call VetSignia Window Stickers.

The black, 2-by-4-inch stickers with a stars and stripes background are available for those who served in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, and numerous overseas expeditionary campaigns such as Somalia or Bosnia.

Stickers are available for those who served in the U.S. Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard or Merchant Marines.

The stickers show combinations such as Vet-WWII-U.S. Navy or Vet-Vietnam-U.S. Air Force or any combination that relates to your specific service in the U.S. military.

The idea came about when Kline and fellow veterans were considering ways for veterans to receive recognition other than special holidays in their honor.

Replying to my e-mail, Kline informed me the organization is “not for profit.

“Profits were never intended and are not expected,” he wrote of the stickers, which are available for $4 each or three for $10, which includes shipping and handling.

Making a profit, Kline wrote, “would defeat our purpose. The whole point is to make stickers for all who served. Our aim has been to cover our costs, and we have pretty much been able to do so.”

He specifically mentioned the Vet-Vietnam-U.S. Coast Guard sticker available to those veterans, because “there were very few of them … but they did an important job and deserve recognition.”

If you or your organization would like to order the stickers, you may view them at www.vetsignia.org.

To order stickers, write Bob Kline, Box 382, Blue Bell, Pa. 19422.

Include your branch of service and war served, expeditionary or peacetime.

If you would like information, call Kline at (610) 277-1171 or e-mail him at bobk.ww2usmc@vetsignia.org.

Many volunteers are helping sell daffodils, called “the flower of hope” by the American Cancer Society, which is in the midst of its annual “Daffodil Days” campaign.

Rhoda Freeman of the ACS New England Division in Topsham reports all Hannaford-Shop ‘n Save Stores are direct-sale sites to sell the flowers that help raise funds for the ACS.

Participating Hannaford Shop ‘n Save stores include those in Houlton, Caribou, Presque Isle, Ellsworth, Waterville, Augusta, Rockland, Bangor, Skowhegan, Belfast and Machias.

Many people in all areas are volunteering their time to sell the “flowers of hope,” including World War II veteran Bill Knight of Hudson.

Knight said he and fellow members of the Penobscot Voiture Local 427 of the 40-8 of the American Legion will sell the flowers from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Marden’s in Brewer and Sam’s Club in Bangor.

“We do what we can to help the American Cancer Society,” Knight said of the 40-8.

Ah, spring.

This is one of the most popular times for teachers to request students to prepare “state reports.”

We have two such requests and both are a bit unusual.

Fifth-grader Kristine Smith, who attends Coronado Beach Elementary School in New Smyrna Beach, Fla., writes that she has “adopted” Maine as her class project.

Kristine requests our readers send her just one postcard.

“Please do not send me anything but a postcard,” she reiterates. “We are unable to accept letters or packages due to safety precautions. I am writing in hopes of getting a postcard from as many different people as possible. It would be great if some will take the time to write a short note on the postcard telling me something interesting or special” about Maine.

Kristine adds that each class member has selected a different state and that she wants “to become an expert” on Maine.

She offers her thanks, in advance, for your help.

You may send postcards to Kristine Smith, Coronado Beach Elementary School, 3550 Michigan Ave., New Smyrna Beach, Fla. 32169.

Eighth-grader Noelle Lau of Washington Manor Middle School in San Leandro, Calif., is in the midst of a project “that entails planning a vacation” to Maine.

“I would greatly appreciate any information or memorabilia that your generous readers could send me,” she wrote. “I am interested in family activities, interesting historical sites and unique artifacts” that make Maine special.

Noelle, too, thanks you “for your consideration.”

Maine memorabilia may be sent to Noelle Lau, Manor Middle School, 1170 Fargo Ave., San Leandro, Calif. 94579.

Girl Scouts of the USA are celebrating their 90th anniversary this year and, as part of that celebration, the Abnaki Girl Scout Council will honor a Woman of Achievement during a celebratory dinner Wednesday, Oct. 9, at the Black Bear Inn in Orono.

Tickets for that event, which is open to the public, are $75 each or $600 a table.

The Abnaki Council cordially invites nominations for this honor.

The individual need not have been a Girl Scout, but the council would like to know if the nominee has any involvement with Girl Scouting.

The nominee should be an individual of high integrity, a role model for girls and other women, and represent some part of the Girl Scout Law.

Potential nominees might be found by considering the “five worlds” of Girl Scouting: The World of Well-Being, The World of People, The World of Today and Tomorrow, The World of the Arts and The World of the Out-of-Doors.

Nomination forms may be obtained by calling Abnaki Girl Scout Council at (800) 464-3853 or 989-7474, or filled out on the Council’s Web site at www.abnakisc.org.

For information about nominations, or the dinner, call Lucy Eaton Hawkins at one of the numbers listed above.

Joni Averill, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402; 990-8288.