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Help Us Assemble 4,000 Recruit Graduate Care Packages
ORGANIZATION: Operation Gratitude Inc
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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11 people are interested
Join Operation Gratitude at the Boeing Center at Tech Port Arena in San Antonio, TX to serve as a community to assemble 4,000 Care Packages for the newest Airmen and Guardians graduating basic training at JBSA-Lackland as well as 200 veteran Care Packages. These Care Packages will offer a small reminder that Americans across the nation support them and appreciate their service and sacrifice.
Volunteer today!
Sign up in advance to participate. Volunteers ages 13 and older are welcome.
There are multiple shifts available at this event, please sign up for the shift(s) that work best for you.
April 10 - Breakdown shift from 12 PM - 3 PM
April 11 - Assembly shift from 9 AM - 1 PM
2 Shifts
- Tue Apr 11, 2023 - 09:00 AM to 01:00 PM
- Mon Apr 10, 2023 - afternoon / 12:00 PM to 03:00 PM
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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
3331 General Hudnell Drive Access RoadBoeing Center at Port San AntonioSan Antonio, TX 78226
DATE POSTED
March 10, 2023
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 13