If you have had the chance to volunteer for Operation Reach Out packing day in the past, you know that this event is a fun day of elbow-to-elbow sorting and packing. Although we waited to make our decision in the hopes that Covid-19 would be behind us, the safety of our members and community is still at the front of our minds. This year, to keep everyone safe, we will be managing Operation Reach Out a bit differently than in the past. When we met with Operation Troop Appreciation, the Pittsburgh-based organization that we worked with last year to facilitate Operation Reach Out, we found that it was not receiving the funding it needed this year to fully support our deployed units and veterans in need. This decline in support is due to funding and grants being rerouted to focus on the Covid-19 pandemic. That's why, this year, we've decided to refocus Operation Reach Out to provide support to Operation Troop Appreciation for the next six months. It is expected that we will help nearly 7,000 deployed, active duty service members and returning veterans during this time and provide much-needed and wished for supplies for their safety and comfort.