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What You've Been Saying
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Supporting the Troops while you SHOP!
From groceries to gifts, shopping is something we all do! Every now and then, we want to remind those of you who already support the troops and our patriotic cause that many of your purchases can benefit Operation Gratitude! Here … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Army, art, Artful Vision, artists, birth announcements, CafePress, care packages, charity, charm braceletes, community service, deployed, donate, donations, flowers, gifts, groceries, hats, HeroBracelets, Heroes, holiday cards, holidays, Iraq, jewelry, Kabloom, kids' clothing, Libya, magazines, magnets, Marines, Middle East, Military care packages, military families, Military support, morale, Navy, Operation GRatitude, party invitations, party supplies, Patriots, Ralphs Rewards, ReadGive, service members, Stick With Our Troops, t-shirts, teddy bear, The Tiny Soldier, troops, USAF, volunteer, war, Welcome Home
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Scarves for Troops: Fall 2011 Update!
Operation Gratitude’s Holiday Drive and the 2011 Fall/Winter Scarf Project will soon be up and running full speed ahead starting mid-September. We look forward to receiving lovingly handmade items of warmth to send to our troops, and it is our goal to … Continue reading
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Tagged acrylic, Afghanistan, Air Force, Army, care packages, community service, crafts, crochet, deployed, donate, donations, gifts, hand-made, hand-made with love, handmade gifts, hats, holidays, Iraq, knit, Libya, Marines, Middle East, Military care packages, military families, Military support, morale, Navy, Operation GRatitude, Sailors, scarf, scarves, service members, troop support, troops, U.S. military, USAF, USMC, volunteers, war, wool, yarn
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Design a Patriotic T-shirt — Win $500 from Goodjoe.com!
UPDATE — 8/23/11: The submission deadline has now been extended to Friday, 9/2. Voting will take place 9/5 – 9/11. Goodjoe is a “community-based t-shirt company with a passion for doing good.” Elevation Nation is an internet-based network with a mission … Continue reading
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Tagged Americans, apparel, charity, clothing, clothing design, community-based, Contest, design, designers, educate, Elevation Nation, empower, entertain, GoodJoe, military, Military support, non-profit organization, Operation GRatitude, patriotic, patriotism, philanthropies, prizes, social networking, t-shirts, technology, troops, USA, vote, win
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Breaking: Update on Marine Needing Kidney
Thursday, 8/11/11 – More news: Jake continues to recover well from the surgery. Today the name of Jake’s kidney donor — a Marine, 2nd Lt. Patrick Wayland, of Midland, Texas — was made public, along with information regarding the circumstances … Continue reading
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Tagged Armed Forces, blog, Camp Pendleton, care packages, charity, Facebook, Iraq, Iraq War, Iraq War Veteran, kidney donor, kidney transplant, Marine Corps, military families, Military support, National Kidney Foundation, Operation GRatitude, social media, twitter, U.S. military, UCSD, USMC, veterans, Wounded Warriors, YouTube
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UPDATE: Young Marine Needs Kidney Transplant
(NOTE: Jake received a donated kindney — please see: BREAKING UPDATE for all the details.) In March of this year, we posted here about a young man, USMC Sergeant Jake Chadwick. As you’ll recall, Jake needs a kidney transplant as both of … Continue reading
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Tagged blood test, Blood Type O, Camp Pendleton, Center for Transplantation, combat, combat veteran, Department of Defense, deployed, DoD, donor, IAVA, Iraq, Iraq War Veteran, kidney donor, kidney transplant, Kidney Transplant Helpline, KNBC, KNSD, Marine Corps, Marines, Military support, NBC LA, news media, Operation GRatitude, San Diego, UCSD, UCSD Transplant Center, United States Marine Corps, University of California, USMC, veterans, volunteer, war
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Operation Gratitude
