- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
Join us to Assemble 1,000 Battalion Buddies
ORGANIZATION: Operation Gratitude Inc
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
Join CSX, Operation Gratitude, and the Waycross community to assemble 1,000 Battalion Buddies (stuffed bears) for the children of deployed service members across the country. This event is part of our CSX Pride in Service ongoing mission to thank military members and their families for their service.
Hundreds of thousands of Military children will experience the challenge of having a parent or guardian deployed or absent for an extended period of time. Operation Gratitude is on a mission to support as many of these amazing and resilient children as we can! Through this volunteer event, participants will have the opportunity to assemble 1,000 of Operation Gratitude’s Battalion Buddy teddy bears that will be delivered to the children of deployed troops nationwide. This year alone, CSX will be sponsoring the assembly and delivery of over 3,000 Battalion Buddies!
Interested individuals must register in advance to attend the event. Volunteers ages 10 and up are welcome.
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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
219 Pendleton StreetWaycross, GA 31501
DATE POSTED
July 27, 2022
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 10