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BREAKING NEWS!
Marine in Fallujah Receives Car in 200,000th Package!
Dear Friends,
The Operation Gratitude 2006 Holiday Drive
culminated on December 30th with the exciting news
that the 200,000th care package was received by a
Marine in Fallujah, Iraq!
OPENING THE 200,000th PACKAGE
As comrades look on....
Lance Cpl. Jordan Richards, a turret gunner with
Regimental Combat Team 5"s Team Gator, examines
the gifts received from
Operation Gratitude, including a note announcing a
car
was awaiting his return to California. His package was
the 200,000th
Operation Gratitude has mailed to troops in Iraq.
(photo by 1st Lt. Lawton King)
"This Dodge Caliber is yours," announced the first
document he removed from the package after knifing
it open in front of his fellow Marines.
"I was not expecting that whatsoever," said the 19-
year-old M-2 .50 caliber gunner from St. Louis. "It
was actually a car!"
"Don't lose it," one of the Marines said.
Click here for the full story:
Marine
Receives Car!
2006 Holiday Drive Surpasses Goals and Records!
The Operation Gratitude volunteers finished the 2006
Holiday Drive by sending 56,305 care packages
as of December 30th. They assembled an
additional 1500 packages that they expect to send in
January and February, as they receive additional
requests.
"This brings our overall tally of packages sent to
209,463 since we started in March of 2003,
exclaimed
Charlie Othold, Director of Operations. "We will have
no problem hitting the quarter-millionth mark during
our Patriotic Drive in the Spring!"
Stay Tuned for News About Our 2007 Activities
Our plans for 2007 are ambitious and exciting. We
hope to move into our own facility and we will again
host two drives: The Patriotic Drive in May-June
(during which we will send our Quarter-Millionth
package!) and the Holiday Drive in November-
December. Our goal is to send at least 50,000 care
packages during each campaign. We hope you will
continue to support our efforts to ensure that more
and more service members receive our expressions of
gratitude for their service to our country.
Help us continue the Magic
What else can YOU do?
Check out our web site to see
how
you can help bring a smile to the troops or
contact Carolyn
Blashek for more information.
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On behalf of all the troops that have benefitted from
your kindness, and personally, please accept my
deepest thanks for your enormous generosity and
support that have enabled us to accomplish so
much. All my best wishes to you and your loved ones
for a happy, healthy and safe New Year.
Fondly,
Carolyn
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