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“YELLOW RIBBON AMERICA CAMPAIGN RAISES OVER 450,000 CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR AMERICA’S LOCAL MILITARY MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES”

Irvine CA, January 1, 2010:
“Operation Christmas for Our Troops & Their Families” in its 6th year exceeds 450,000 Christmas gifts for America’s military members and military families. Yellow Ribbon America and the California State Capital, for the past 6 years have joined forces to bring Christmas Holiday cheer to America’s military members and their families.

We are very happy to report that in the 6 years with the help of thousands of our fellow Californian’s we have collected over 450,000 donated items. Such as food for various Unit Christmas parties, bikes, toys, DVD’s, games, all types of gift cards as well as financial donations for military families in need and for many of Family Readiness programs. This helped and benefitted all braches of service in California’s National Guard, Reserve and Active Duty Components. Operation Christmas for our Troops & Their Families is a non-partisan, statewide effort sponsored by the California State Capital for our deployed National Guard, Reserve and Active Duty and at home military members and their families.

Operation Christmas for Our Troops & Their Families is a statewide & national non-partisan holiday effort to give support to America’s deployed and at home military members and their families of all branches of service that began in November 2004 and has grown every year since. It is not just the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coast Guard members that are affected when they are deployed and away from home but also the families who are left behind. According to the Pentagon this is the largest Christmas Holiday effort for both our Nation’s Military and their Families.

This year we past our statewide goal in delivering Christmas community support to California’s, military members and their families here at home and their loved one’s serving throughout the globe. Through the generous donations from hundreds of America’s communities we were able to give gifts to military members, their families and especially the children of America’s military to help them through the emotional difficulties of the holidays while there loved ones are far from home. Operation Christmas for our Troops & Their Families has given great heartfelt support from their own local communities that helps bring all Americans together to support their local military members and their families. Locals helping Locals - - local businesses, residents, churches and community groups focusing their resources on helping military members and their families in their individual communities. That’s what the Yellow Ribbon America Campaign is all about!

If you would like to help and support the largest Christmas Holiday community outreach effort in the Nation for our military members and their families during wartime or donate visit us today at www.YellowRibbonAmerica.org.  Thank you America for not forgetting your Troops and their Families!

 



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Sacramento, CA Amelia Neufeld, Media Manager, West Public Affairs / Government Relations for Walmart Stores Inc. helps kick off Operation Christmas for Our Troops & Their Families V at the California State Capital in the Governors Press Conference Room..


 

Oceanside, CA Yellow Ribbon America & Southern California Hooters Restaurants Officially launch Operation Christmas for Our Troops & Their Families VI to help give 300,000 of America's Military Members and their Families a Very Merry Christmas and the Happiest of Holidays.  Friday, November 27 through 23, 2009

 


 

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2009 IDX System Technology
Supports Troops and their Families!


MEDIA ADVISORY

 

December, 2009


The California State Legislature & Yellow Ribbon America
Launches 6th Annual
Operation Christmas for Our Troops & Their Families

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Goal is to deliver Christmas support to over 300,000 of California’s, Arizona’s and Nevada’s military members
and their families here and serving throughout the world

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December 3, 2008 - California Secretary of Veteran's Affairs Thomas Johnson
launches Christmas Drive for Troops and Military Families


December 3, 2008 - Brigadier General Mary Kight Assistant Adjutant General for the California National Guard helps launch Christmas Drive for Troops and Military Families


December 2, 2008 - Telemundo T52 Burbank California Army National Guard Soldiers SFC Briceno and SPC Ramos with news anchors Azuena Gomez and Jose Ronstadt






 


 

Our Families are Real Heroes!

In times of war, the entire family of our men and women in our military are heroes.  Many times, the main supporter of the family is quickly shipped off to a foreign land with no return date, very little information about their mission, and certainly not guarantee of their safe return.

 

We say "Bravo" to these everyday heroes who get the kids to school each day, work if and when they can, make the meals, do the laundry, and cry themselves to sleep watching CNN for any bit of information...

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National Guard (Federal Status) and Reserve Mobilized
as of
January
12, 20
10

 

·    Army National Guard and Army Reserve: 112,150

·    Navy Reserve: 6,819

·    Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve: 16,843

·    Marine Corps Reserve: 6,654

·    Coast Guard Reserve: 770

 

Total National Guard and Reserve

personnel mobilized:
143,236

 





The California State Legislature announces
Yellow Ribbon America Week June 29 – July 5, 2009!

 

Yellow Ribbon America & the California State Legislature Present 2009 Outstanding Support for California’s Military Members and Military Families Awards!


 

 

 

 

 


 

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Operation Christmas for our Troops and their Families State Capitol kickoff, CA Democratic Party Chairman Art Torrez & Past California Republican Party Chairman Duf Sundheim


Ralphs Grocery Company Operation Christmas for our Troops and their Families.  Southern California kickoff.


One of Operation Christmas for our Troops and their Families 475 donation drop-off locations.


Filming of the 2007 Operation Christmas for our Troops and their Families PSA Commercial.


August 4, 2007 Welcome Home Purple Heart Event; Former California Governors’ Grey Davis and Pete Wilson, Major General William Wade II, Adjutant General of the California National Guard.



 The Yellow Ribbon America Community Outreach Campaign for America’s Military & their Families is a sponsored project of the America’s Heroes Foundation. The America’s Heroes Foundation is a tax-exempt, not-for-profit; Veterans Organization as defined under Sections 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code Tax ID# 59-3830542.

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