Wii gifts to veterans fall short

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Dear Sgt. Shaft:

In January, I reported to you that the State Veterans Homes System had asked the Nintendo Corp. for a donation of two Wii gaming consoles for rehabilitation use at each of our 130 nursing homes — and that our request had been denied. You printed my story.

Some wonderful person(s) in your veteran network then contacted Nintendo directly — and we learned that Nintendo's first response to us was wrong — and in fact, Nintendo was interested in helping disabled and elderly veterans.

In the 10 weeks that have passed since then, I have been in constant contact with Nintendo. Of the 260 units we requested, five have been shipped. I do not expect more. Nintendo has also been unable to confirm group discount purchasing for us.

Our leadership thinks that if our 30,000 residents are to benefit from Wii rehabilitative technology, we will have to find the units through retailers — at either the local, regional or national level. I would therefore like to ask for the help of the Sgt. Shaft community once again, in identifying an electronics store that could assist us with this very important acquisition need.

Sincere thanks from us all,

Kenneth A. Fulmer,

Armed Forces Veterans Homes Foundation

Dear Ken: