Operation Gratitude
I covered this great story last year and we even did live reports from the packaging center at that time, the National Guard Armory in Van Nuys California. Here is an update of ‘OPERATION GRATITUDE‘…they do a fantastic job of supporting our troops. Also, I have included a photo I snapped last year while covering their story.
Over the Veteran’s Day Weekend, more than 800 volunteers kicked-off Operation Gratitude’s 5th Annual Holiday Drive to send care packages to deployed troops. With Christmas music blaring, employees from Target, Disney, Warner Brothers, Boeing, Time Warner Cable and the California Escrow Association joined Service Members, Veterans, church and temple groups, schools, scouts and hundreds of new and returning volunteers to assemble and ship an unprecendented 19,596 care packages, averaging a staggering 1900 packages per hour, and bringing our overall tally to: 278,947 care packages sent to our troops!
For more information on all Volunteer activities, visit their web site!
The group is an all-volunteer organization that sends care packages of items and letters addressed to individually named U.S. Service Members deployed in hostile overseas regions. Its mission is to lift morale, bring a smile to a service member’s face and to express to all troops the appreciation and support of the American people.
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Adam Housley has been with FNC since 2001 as a Los Angeles-based
correspondent. He has covered news ranging from wildfires in California
to political unrest in Venezuela and was one of the few reporters who
witnessed the execution of Stanley “Tookie” Williams. 
Thanks for posting the website-
I think sometimes we get caught up in our own personal life, we forget the others who would smile at a gift or a thought- as far away as one is from home, friends, and family-
Operation Gratitude deserves to be recognized as you did here!
American Clothing Project
I ordered one t-shirt from here- It is going to be a gift to send to my son- Xmas- I like the color charcoal- as he-
EACH shirt purchased will pay for a care package to be shipped to a member-
I always have a hard time deciding what to send him for Xmas- I know he will just love this-
I am always ordering stuff online- this is one has a cause-
this site is cool- I have four inkjets sitting here- I hope they can recycle them- two of them are two years old-
If you have between 1 and 19 inkjet cartidges to donate, the program works as follows:
Please pack your inkjets in a sturdy envelope or box with strong tape.
We only accept inkjets. We do not accept laser toners. For your reference, laser toners are bigger than the palm of your hand.
Mail your inkjets to:
Operation Gratitude
c/o GRC Wireless Recycling
2201 S.W. 145th Ave, #209
Miramar, Florida 33027
GRC will recycle your inkjets in an environmentally responsible manner, and Operation Gratitude will receive funds for most inkjets cartridges
Today is the last day to mail packages to the troops! I heard it on the news, if you want it there by Christmas.
You can move the map around, zero in on any one area
And actually up-load the story of what is going on. There’s a scroller down on the left that tells you what is going on.
There is quite a bit happening in our world every minute.
‘Map’ updates every 300 seconds…24/7.
http://www.globalincidentmap.com/home.php
1900 packages per hour seems overwhelming… like a job for Santa and his elves… but these volunteers pulled it off… I commend them
that must have been fun boxing everything up while listening to holiday music and having some laughs
what a nice cause
I sent my inkjets off this morning- one less box in the garage-
very interesting, but I don’t agree with you
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