Donate Halloween candy to Operation Support Our Troops-America for military care packages
If you have extra Halloween candy, consider donating it to Operation Support Our Troops-America. They will put it to good use and send it to deployed U.S. service members serving in places around the globe.
The candy will fill holiday stockings added to the Comfort and Care Packages. Drop off locations include: OSOT-America, 1989 University Lane, Suite A, Lisle, IL 60532; or Mailworks, 1807 S. Washington St., Suite 110, Naperville, IL 60565.
For questions, contact 630-971-1150 or email events@osotamerica.org. Thank you in advance for your support so they can send some joy to our hard working military!
As part of the Comfort and Care Package Program, Operation Support Our Troops-America coordinates the procurement and shipping of donations of care package items to troops deployed overseas and in harm’s way. They have sent over 2.3 million pounds of items, one 20-lb. package at a time. Each box is addressed to an individual military service member but designed to be shared with 10-plus soldiers.
Operation Support Our Troops-America was founded in February 2003 when Deb Rickert spearheaded a group of military moms and supporters to coordinate a Valentine’s Day project to ship boxes of items to the troops already deployed to support the war in Afghanistan and Iraq. The idea for the project stemmed from the reality that while out in the field or in remote places, troops were unable to get some core necessities. As word spread about the project, the community pitched in and helped fill the boxes. The momentum continued to build and items for the boxes kept coming in even after the project was over.
Operation Support Our Troops-America has become one of the largest volunteer-based military support organizations in the country. They endeavor to provide comfort and care at home and away to active duty military, families and veterans. Members of the military community from all across the United States have been served by the programs of Operation Support our Troops America, which now includes Leap of Faith, Veterans Assistance Program, and G.I. Yoga, in addition to the Comfort and Care Package program.