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OPERATION USO
CARE PACKAGE;NEWSLETTER
Volume 3, Issue 1, January-June 2006
This Independence Day, help support those who protect our freedom. Sponsor a USO Care Package for a service member deployed overseas!
USO Sends 800,000th Care Package to Troops Serving Overseas!
The USO is proud to announce the delivery of the 800,000th USO Care Package, sent overseas in April. Operation USO Care Package continues to thrive thanks to the generous support of corporations, organizations, and the American public. Thousands of USO Care Packages are assembled and delivered every month to our brave men and women serving our country overseas.
The USO would like to extend a special thanks to the following corporate sponsors who have donated products, services, and their time to Operation USO Care Package.
AIM Healthcare Services Inc., AVON, AT&T, BAE Systems North America, Inc., Brown Printing Company, Celestial Seasonings, Columbia River Records, Hollywood Video, LJB Piper, LLC, Reader's Digest, Trail's End, Underwater Kinetics, The USAF Band, Vision IV (Sun Spots), Viking Athletic Booster, WM Wrigley Jr. Co.
Stuffing Party Snippets
Special thanks to individuals from Citibank, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Cisco Systems, Countrywide Financial, and Marriott as well as Mickey Jones, Sherri Saum, James Avery, Brian Littrell, and Leann Tweeden for volunteering at stuffing parties from January through May of 2006. Operation USO Care Package would not be what it is without your support!
Below, over 100 volunteers from Citibank gathered in Dallas, Texas to stuff
more than 5,200 USO Care Packages in February.
Below, Representative Kay Granger (R-TX) joins 100 USO volunteers to stuff almost
2,500 USO Care Packages at a stuffing party on Capitol Hill in March. In addition to
Congressmen and Senators, celebrity guests at this stuffing party included Sherri
Saum, James Avery, Brian Littrell, and Leann Tweeden.
Thanks from the Troops
Operation USO Care Package received the following emails from troops serving overseas...
"My troops and I just received a box of USO Care Packages two days ago
and it's really nice to see support from the states. It's tough over here,
but we really enjoy mail (especially goody bags) from the states. Our
packages had a card saying our packages were sponsored by the 'Big
Show' and I thought, 'Man, those guys are awesome.'"
--379 Expeditionary Communications Squadron
"I have just returned from my R&R leave and I want to "Thank You" for the
superb support your organization gives to us troops. Your smiling faces,
warm greetings, fresh refreshments, and care packages are without a doubt
a genuine sign of the sacrifices your volunteers give to keep the USO in
an active state."
--HHC SUST BDE, 101ST ABN
"Thanks to the USO for the supply care package. As you can see from
the enclosed picture everything comes in handy. We are deployed to Al Dhafra Air Base
in the United Arab Emirates. We are all USAF personnel from the 380th Air
Expeditionary Wing base Fire Dept."
Special Thanks to our 4 Star Sponsors!
Operation USO Care Package
PO BOX 8069
Topeka, Kansas 66608
1-877-USO-GIVE
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Updated: Wednesday, 28 June 2006 12:10 PM CDT