Operation: Care and Comfort - A Military Nonprofit

Last week, Carolyn Dole at the National Charity League, Inc. (NCL), introduced me to Julie DeMaria of Operation: Care and Comfort (OCC). Julie and I spoke briefly about the OCC’s programs. I was so impressed!

Operation: Care and Comfort’s mission is to provide comfort to adopted units of U.S. troops while they are deployed. Thanks to the OCC, thousands of care packages and thank-you letters have been delivered to military personnel in combat zones since 2003. Groups like the National Charity League, Inc. work with the OCC to deliver entertainment bags and thank-you messages; corporations like Old Navy work with OCC to deliver donated clothing to the troops.

The OCC is a non-profit, all volunteer organization that virtually all of its funding on postage – delivering monthly care packages to troops using the U.S. postal service. They also have programs in the Bay Area that support military families while a loved one is deployed.

Tickets for Troops makes it easy for professional sports teams to show their appreciation to military families by giving them tickets to games.

Adopt A Military Family enables individuals, organizations and companies to anonymously “adopt” a military family throughout the year.

In short, Operation Care and Comfort makes it easy for people like you and me to support military personnel and families during deployment. Check out their web site here.