Although the majority of the care packages that we send are prepared at our two main events in April and November; we collect names year-round. We recently received names and addresses of five new soldiers overseas, for which care packages were sent to today.
A constant challenge we face is obtaining new addresses of soldiers deployed overseas as we are unable to obtain their contact information due to strict confidentiality restrictions. Therefore, we rely heavily on the community to provide us with address referrals. In preparation for our next care packaging event on Saturday, April 2nd, we are beginning to collect names and addresses. If you know of a service member to refer, please download the
Soldier Referral Form and return to us. Any new addresses received will not receive a care package until our event in April. This is to prevent an excess of items in the soldiers' limited space, as we have found this to be a problem in the past.
If you are in the North Quabbin area, be sure to see our featured article in the February edition of
Quabbin Valley Voices in the
My Turn column! As always, thank you for your continued support of Operation Touch of Home!!
-Tessa & Jess
