Hills Hero's

Hill’s Heroes is a deployment personnel support project supporting the Hill AFB Airman & Family Readiness Center (AFRC). Each ‘doll’ is custom made for each deploying member’s family members. 

The ‘dolls’ are small pillows to provide comfort that have a picture of the deployed member’s picture on it. On the back side, fabric from donated BDU/ABU/etc. uniforms are used. 

A side benefit of the HH program is that in the process, donated uniforms are destroyed (to include name badges, unit patches, etc.), thus are ‘kept off the streets.’

Our AFA-UTAH members provide the project management, the fund raising and accounting, the purchasing/acquiring of materials, and the organizing the volunteers who hand-make these special dolls.

Note: Due to OPSEC, AFA-UTAH does not receive or relay information about deployment numbers, locations, dates or activities. Most of the deployed members are assigned to the 388th , the 419th , and the LRS. We do not provide pictures of these dolls with recognizable faces on them either. The picture provided below is one that was made 10 years ago for a now retired USAF veteran (and AFA member) who allowed us to share it.

If you would like to donate time or resources to this project, please reach out to us HERE.