The author shares how his technology education students at Tecumseh Middle School help his former student from a Purdue class, Ryan Smith, who was called to active military duty. Ryan was teaching technology education at Lafayette Jefferson High School when he was called by the military in the fall of 2004 to report to active duty. Before Christmas 2004, Ryan was sent to Iraq where he is now stationed at Camp Cedar. With a few phone calls, local companies also wanted to help, and they donated materials to produce the games (tee-hop and tic-tac-toe). They thought it was a fantastic idea that the younger generation wanted to help! When the students completed the games, he sent them to Mr. Smith. Ryan gave the games to other people in the service and to the children in Iraq. The students did not care who received the games, as both soldiers and civilians were in need.