Helping Those Who Serve For Us
Duda Owner IONOS • November 28, 2020
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, GBU's Operation Reach
Out program
will look a little different this year.
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.
Here's how you
can help this year:
1) Send a card
:
Download a card to color or send a
note of thanks via the Operation
Reach Out website.
2) Donate
:
Donate top-requested items using
Operation Troop Appreciation's
Amazon wish list, or donate any
amount to the project!
3) Volunteer:
Volunteer to help on one of our
designated, limited volunteer days. These days are limited to just 25
volunteers per day.
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