Casey Stegall of Fox News Channel did a heartwarming story on our fabulous knitter-volunteer: Joan Mazzarelli, who has knit almost 500 scarves and hats for us this year.
If you missed the story on TV, catch it here:
http://video.foxnews.com/v/4456330/knitting-a-patriotic-duty/
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Operation Gratitude annually sends 100,000 care packages filled with snacks, toiletries, entertainment items and personal letters of appreciation addressed to individually named U.S. Service Members deployed in harm's way, to their Children left behind, and to Veterans, Wounded Warriors and First responders. Our mission is to lift morale, bring a smile to a service member's face and express to our our Military and their families the appreciation and support of the American people. Operation Gratitude receives the names of Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines from commanders in the field who see the positive impact of care packages on their troops' morale. Each package contains donated product valued at $75-100 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 has shipped more than 900,000 packages to American Military and their families.
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Reblogged this on michellegilstrap and commented:
Joan Mazzarelli has passed away. Her funeral is this week. she will be remembered for her devotion to our troops. She was 99 years young.
Thank you for re-blogging this! One minor correction — Joan’s funeral is next week, on Feb. 21.
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