Creative Learning & Gifting With Scarves
A gift to Operation Gratitude by Guest Blogger Virginia VanGelderen The “Creative Learning Class” at East Hall Middle School, Gainesville Georgia, (severely and profoundly handicapped) made a few...
View ArticleNY Brownie Troop Creates Special Thank You Cards
By: Kelly Martinsen, Brownie Card Project Leader & Guest Blogger Long Beach, New York Brownie Troop 2166 got together and made cards for the troops who are serving overseas. These cards...
View ArticleScarves for Troops: Spring 2011 Update!
Today’s blogpost is brought to you by our gifted and talented Scarves for Troops project coordinator, Elaine Campbell (pictured, right): Hello! To start out, we want to share some correspondence from...
View ArticleMaking Scarves: How To’s and Tips!
Interested in using your time and talents to crochet, knit or sew handmade treasures for the troops? Here are instructions and tips…followed by some inspiration from the troops themselves — they LOVE...
View ArticleMother’s Day and More…Gift-Giving that Supports the Troops!
It’s that time of year again! Time to honor mothers everywhere on May 8! And soon many of us will also celebrate graduations and other special events — weddings, birthdays, anniversaries and more! Why...
View ArticleTake Your Pick — A Variety of Ways to Help Put a Smile on Every Service...
We hear from people all across the country who want to join in to support deployed service members and our patriotic cause — but because they live far from our Los Angeles-area location, they think...
View ArticleScarves for Troops: Fall 2011 Update!
Operation Gratitude’s Holiday Drive and the 2011 Fall/Winter Scarf Project will soon be up and running full speed ahead starting mid-September. We look forward to receiving lovingly handmade items of...
View ArticleSend Your LOVE and THANKS to the Troops!
On October 15, with the help of hundreds of enthusiastic volunteers, we assembled and shipped the 700,000th individually-addressed Operation Gratitude care package! Such an exciting day — but there...
View Article“The pain went away, and all I felt was joy…”
Please take a few moments to read this heartwarming and inspiring story from Operation Gratitude volunteer Kelly South: Just before Christmas of 2010, I had been looking for a way to volunteer my time....
View ArticleSpring 2012: Scarves for Troops Update!
A guest blog post by Scarves for Troops coordinator, Elaine Campbell: “…When the Treasure becomes a Memory, the Memory becomes a Treasure…” It is with warm memories and a heavy heart that I tell you...
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