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Put Smiles on the Faces of Veterans & Deployed Troops!
ORGANIZATION: Operation Gratitude Inc
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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34 people are interested
Make a difference in the lives of our troops and veterans! Volunteer with Operation Gratitude -- Monday through Friday, 9am - 2pm! Every day there is something new/different to do to help us get ready to send over 150,000 Operation Gratitude care packages each year to deployed troops, new recruits, veterans, military children and wounded warriors.
We have a variety of tasks for volunteers age 12 and up. Community Service credit is available, too!
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About Operation Gratitude Inc
Location:
9409 Owensmouth Ave, ENCINO, CA 91426, US
Mission Statement
Honor the service of our Military and First Responders by creating opportunities to express gratitude.
Description
After 9-11, founder Carolyn Blashek was compelled to join the military to serve our Country. Past the age of enlistment, she began volunteering at a military lounge at the Los Angeles International Airport. In March 2003, a service member came into the office and broke down at her desk. He was on leave from a war zone for his mother’s funeral, his wife had left him, and his only child had died as an infant-he had no one else in his life.
"I’m going back over there; I know I won’t make it back this time, but it really doesn’t matter because no one would even care," he told her. Right then, Blashek realized that when bullets are flying, troops must believe that someone at home cares about them as an individual. That’s when Operation Gratitude was born.
While this grassroots movement started in Blashek’s living room, it now encompasses Americans all over the country donating items and writing letters to all who serve.
Today, Operation Gratitude has sent over 3.5 million Care Packages around the world with the help of grateful Americans like you.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Operation Gratitude/CA Army National Guard Armory17330 Victory BoulevardVan Nuys, CA 91406
DATE POSTED
July 5, 2014
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 12