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Operations Gratitude (continue)

The hundreds of letters we have received from troops (which can be read in the Mail Call section of the website: www.operationgratitude. com) attest to the positive and lasting impact of your kindness. The enclosed Certificate of Appreciation is a small expression of our immense appreciation for your efforts on behalf of OPERATION GRATITUDE and our courageous American troops deployed overseas.

Our reach throughout the military and civilian populations is broad: we have supporters in all 50 states as well as in many foreign countries. The OPERATION GRATITUDE website has an average of 53,000 hits a day, and we receive hundreds of emails every week expressing interest in our program. We have received increased attention from all media sources as a leading Military Support organization. We accept names of new troops daily, including personnel in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Guantanomo Bay, staging bases throughout the Middle East and on battle ships all over the world. We send a package to every service member deployed in a hostile zone whose name we receive; their names are sent to us by loved ones and comrades, but especially by the commanders and leaders in the field who see the positive impact our program has on the morale of their troops.

Our plans for 2007 are ambitious and exciting. We hope to move into our own facility and we will again host two drives: The Patriotic Drive in May-June (during which we will send our Quarter-Millionth package!) and the Holiday Drive in November-December. Our goal is to send at least 50,000 care packages during each campaign. We hope you will continue to support our efforts to ensure that more and more service members receive our expressions of gratitude for their service to our country.

Operation Gratitude is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Unless otherwise stated, no goods or services were provided to you in connection with your donation.

Thank you again for your thoughtfulness and wonderful patriotic spirit. You are an integral force in putting smiles on the faces of tens of thousands of our troops. The brave members of the U.S. Military who receive your generosity will remember your kindness forever. And we will always be appreciative of your support and encouragement as a “Friend of Operation Gratitude.”

With much fondness,

Carolyn Blashek
President/Founder

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