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		<title>Troops to Troops: Gifts of Caring for Our Military</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To Girl Scout and Brownie Troops Across the U.S.A.: We are grateful for the Girl Scout and Brownie troops that help us send Girl Scout cookies to our courageous deployed troops. We enjoy working with the Girl Scouts during their &#8230; <a href="http://opgrat.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/troops-to-troops-gifts-of-caring-for-our-military/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=opgrat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14402721&amp;post=2413&amp;subd=opgrat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mail Call: Do the Troops Really Say That?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you ever take time to visit the Operation Gratitude website and read the troop letters and emails we post in our Mail Call section? When you do, you&#8217;ll find heartfelt and emotional letters like this one &#8212; explaining that our packages &#8230; <a href="http://opgrat.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/mail-call-do-the-troops-really-say-that/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=opgrat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14402721&amp;post=2364&amp;subd=opgrat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Winter Schedule: Jan. 3 &#8212; Feb. 29, 2012 Weekday Hours: Mondays &#38; Fridays: 9-4 Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays: 12-4 CLOSED: Mon., January 16 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day) Mon., February 20 (Presidents Day) Special Fridays:  Jan. 20 and Feb. 24 &#8211; Labeling All other &#8230; <a href="http://opgrat.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/volunteer-schedule-january-june-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=opgrat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14402721&amp;post=2283&amp;subd=opgrat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our care packages certainly aren&#8217;t meant to annoy the recipients, but somehow we managed to do just that recently: I am writing this a week before Christmas, from &#8216;an undisclosed location in southwest Asia&#8217;. As I’m writing this, I am a bit annoyed &#8230; <a href="http://opgrat.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/email-from-an-annoyed-army-first-sergeant/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=opgrat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14402721&amp;post=2226&amp;subd=opgrat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Operation Gratitude&#8217;s 750,000th Care Package Celebration</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As more than 2000 volunteers, corporate sponsors and other special guests looked on in surprise, founder Carolyn Blashek hand-delivered Operation Gratitude&#8217;s milestone 750,000th Care Package to its special recipient, a decorated combat veteran and wounded warrior, Sgt. Eric Rodriguez. No &#8230; <a href="http://opgrat.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/operation-gratitudes-750000th-care-package-celebration/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=opgrat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14402721&amp;post=2191&amp;subd=opgrat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CBS Sunday Morning Pays a Visit to Operation Gratitude</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A message from Operation Gratitude Founder, Carolyn Blashek: “Thank you to all who have commented so kindly (and even those few not so kindly) on the CBS Sunday Morning segment that aired on December 11. I have been blessed by &#8230; <a href="http://opgrat.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/cbs-sunday-morning-pays-a-visit-to-operation-gratitude/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=opgrat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14402721&amp;post=2141&amp;subd=opgrat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spartan Race to a Million Contest Supports the Troops!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is another way to help Operation Gratitude before the year is over! Join in to support our cause and raise funds to send care packages to deployed  troops by simply &#8220;liking&#8221; the Spartan Race page and entering their &#8220;Race to a &#8230; <a href="http://opgrat.wordpress.com/2011/12/15/spartan-race-to-a-million-contest-supports-the-troops/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=opgrat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14402721&amp;post=2125&amp;subd=opgrat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating Another Operation Gratitude Milestone</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All across the country, we will have cause to celebrate on Saturday, December 17, 2011 as the 750,000th Operation Gratitude Care Package rolls off the assembly line at the National Guard Armory in Van Nuys, California! Up to 1000 volunteers and &#8230; <a href="http://opgrat.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/celebrating-another-operation-gratitude-milestone/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=opgrat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14402721&amp;post=2080&amp;subd=opgrat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>End-of-Year Gifts = Year-Round Smiles</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the time of year when many Americans start thinking about charitable giving. Your generous, tax-deductible gifts to Operation Gratitude enable us to continue supporting brave Americans &#8211; deployed troops, military children and wounded warriors &#8211; with care packages filled with &#8230; <a href="http://opgrat.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/end-of-year-gifts-year-round-smiles/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=opgrat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14402721&amp;post=2015&amp;subd=opgrat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cars for U.S. Troops: Donations Making a Difference!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can help boost the morale of our military troops when you turn that unwanted car into a tax write-off by donating it to Cars for U.S. Troops! You will avoid the hassles of selling a car, skip paying hefty &#8230; <a href="http://opgrat.wordpress.com/2011/11/18/cars-for-u-s-troops-donations-making-a-difference/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=opgrat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14402721&amp;post=1987&amp;subd=opgrat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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