While Willis and Garza have the wood to make canes, they need help to fill orders. Willis said they are about 800 orders behind right now, and they’re look for volunteers.

It took him over two years to complete those first 500 canes, and his stock of wood was running low. But a few days after Christmas, he got a call from a friend who worked at Lowe's Home Improvement.

“I don’t like watching TV,” the 77-year-old Chippewa Falls man said as he whittled away at a small chunk of wood. That piece would eventually become the handle of a cane that just so happens ...

Inspired, Oscar began personalizing each cane with decals of the veterans’ units and medals. It took him over two years to complete those first 500 canes, and his stock of wood was running low.