A local bar is ready to party for the troops this weekend.

Amnesia will sell patriotic T-shirts and sweatshirts. A percentage of the sale will be donated to the Veterans Association of Voluntary Services.

Amnesia also will give away yellow ribbons and bumper stickers. Owner, Mike Carpenter, also thought it would be a fun idea to make dance music tapes and send it to the troops.

“We want to make tapes of hot music with the crowd cheering in the background,” he said.

Carpenter has a friend in the Gulf and said he has to ride the bus and stand in long lines waiting to make phone calls. “I know the guys over there don’t have many luxuries, but some have walkmans and can listen to our tapes,” Carpenter said.

Classic Hi-Fi will donate the tapes and Amnesia will send them to NIU troops in the Gulf.

On Saturday, Amnesia is having a complimentary party from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. for the relatives of men and women serving in the Gulf.

Drinks for the party will be provided by Amnesia and Marchelloni is providing pizza.

“What is happening is very traumatic for people and they are scared. We want them to get together and talk so they know they are not alone in how they are feeling,” Carpenter said.

Copy Service will donate to the cause also, Carpenter said.

Rounding out the weekend is Under 21 night on Sunday. Only people under 21 years old can go. Profits will go to the Kirkland Memorial, a 75-foot granite wall listing servicemen.