OPERATION SANTA
- Posted by Beth on November 20th, 2006 filed in Afghanistan, General, Iraq, Support the Troops, Support this, The War, Things I Love
Tags: Operation Santa
Thanksgiving week is here, and soon everyone’s going to be racing around to find the perfect gifts for their friends and family, decorating their homes, going to holiday parties, and spending time with loved ones.
Well, not everyone. Many are going to be spending the holidays in Iraq or Afghanistan or deployed to other hostile locations, without their families. Still others will have left there already via medevac. It is for them that Operation Santa was born, and specifically, Operation Santa/Bethesda-Walter Reed:
I know that they’d rather be back with their units in Iraq or Afghanistan AND at home with their loved ones but they can’t be either place. They must be there to heal.
I am pleased to announce the newest Operation Santa venture: Operation Santa/Bethesda and Walter Reed. It will work mostly the same was as the other Operation Santas. We want to bring them a stuffed stocking and a little bit of home. Candy canes, cookies, crackers, ornaments, cards, books, dvds, cd’s, batteries, new socks.
You can help us do this. You can send some Christmas cheer to a wounded servicemember at Bethesda or Walter Reed. You can donate money, you can donate gift cards from Sam’s, Walmart, Target, etc. You can donate material goods.You can make a difference in a servicemember’s holiday away from home.
All this is being organized by Carrie, whom you’ve probably seen around the blogs in comments, and Andi of Andi’s World.
You can make a tax-deductible donation here. Please be sure to note that your donation is specifically for Operation Santa/Bethesda and Walter Reed, otherwise your donation will go to the general fund for Operation Santa.
Donations by mail can be sent to:
Marine Corps Family Foundation
4000 Lancaster Drive- Suite 57
Salem, OR 97309Thanks in advance for your help. It’s hard to describe the joy these troops feel when strangers work to ensure that their Christmas is as good as it possibly can be.
Use Pay Pal - send your donations to donations@marinecorpsfamilyfoundation.org–again, make sure you note that the donation is for Operation Santa–Bethesda/Walter Reed.
(Thanks, Carrie–you rock!)
Cotillion says:
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Thanksgiving week is here, and soon everyone’s going to be racing around to find the perfect gifts for their friends and family, decorating their homes, going to holiday parties, and spending time with loved ones. Well, not everyone. Many are…
Andi says:
Beth - thanks for promoting this project. Hope you and yours have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Carrie says:
You are awesome!!
thank you so much..:)
raz0r says:
Thanks Beth. I know Sondra was looking to do something, but time was running short. This will give my family and in-laws a place to direct out efforts. We’d really like to adopt a military family for Christmas but don’t know where to start. You’d think that MacDill AFB (where I live) would have something to point us Bay Area civilians who want to help, in the right direction.
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