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1 person is interested
Join us to assemble 2,5000 Deployed Troop Care Packages
ORGANIZATION: Operation Gratitude Inc
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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1 person is interested
Join Operation Gratitude, CSX and the Troy community, as they come together to assemble 2,500 Care Packages for currently deployed service members.
This event is part of CSX Pride in Service’s initiative to honor and serve our nation’s deployed troops by sponsoring and assembling 10,000 care packages this summer. At this event, volunteers will assemble 2,500 Operation Gratitude Care Packages containing handwritten letters of gratitude, snacks, hygiene products and handmade items that will be sent directly to our nations deployed service members.
Interested individuals must register in advance to attend the event. Volunteers age 13 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
Joseph L. Bruno Stadium “The Joe”80 Vandenburgh AvenueTroy, NY 12180
DATE POSTED
August 11, 2022
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 13