By AP
MADISON, WIS –
Tourism officials in Wisconsin and Michigan are trying to parlay their recent dust-up over mittens into a donation drive.
The two states' tourism departments got into a good-natured battle last week over whose state has the better claim to looking like a mitten. Now the states are trying to capitalize on the publicity with the Great Lakes Mitten Campaign, an effort to collect mittens for charities.
Wisconsin officials are urging people to drop off mittens at state travel centers around the state and participating chambers of commerce through Jan. 15. The mittens then will be donated to local charities.
Michigan officials, meanwhile, are asking people to donate mittens directly to their favorite charities.