This blog is all about showing you little things you can do that can make a BIG IMPACT on someone’s life. And who better to impact than the people fighting for our country.

Operation Gratitude annually sends 100,000 care packages filled with snacks, entertainment items and personal letters of appreciation addressed to individually named U.S. Service Members deployed in hostile regions, to their children left behind and to Wounded Warriors recuperating in Transition Units. Our mission is to lift morale, bring a smile to a service member’s face and express to our Armed Forces the appreciation and support of the American people. Each package contains donated product valued at ~$125 and costs the organization $15 to assemble and ship.  For safety and security, assembling of packages occurs at the Army National Guard armory in Van Nuys, California. Since its inception in 2003, Operation Gratitude volunteers have shipped more than 660,000 packages to American Military deployed overseas.

Our soldiers are strong and brave individuals who wake up every morning to serve our nation. These are men and women who are sometimes thousands of miles away from their loved ones months at a time. This can be very hard for them and their families who are expected to get along without them on a daily basis. We may not be able to do a lot to help ease the strain but we can do something. Operation Gratitude is doing its part by sending letters and care packages to our troops who need them the most.

You can send online donations here or send your donations by mail to this address

Remember every little bit helps!

Want to do something that feels a little more personal? Just check out all the ways you can help down below!

Do you love to knit in your spare time? Why not donate your beautiful hats and scarfs to the troops. You can get all the details about what they need, size color etc. here!

Have a gift with words? Use your gift by telling the troops how much you appreciate them with a personal letter or card! Get as creative as you want! Why not get your entire school involved? Make a bunch of cards and send them all together! And you can send letters to Veterans too! All the information can be found here!

So you can’t knit and aren’t very good with words? That’s okay because you can still help! There’s a list of other things that the troops would love to have sent in a care package! And there’s also a special list for our wounded soldiers to let them know they are not forgotten and we appreciate all they have done! Just click here for all the details.

If you have any questions feel free to contact Operations Gratitude at any of the following:

Emails:   Join Our Mailing List
Twitter: www.twitter.com/OpGratitude
Linked In: www.linkedin.com/companies/operation-gratitude
Facebook: www.facebook.com/OperationGratitude

*CHANGE THE WORLD would like to personally thank Operation Gratitude for impacting the lives of so many people. Thank you for showing us that if we band together we can change the world!