VA Autoshow

In my opinion, President of Operation Homefront DC Metro, Vivian Dietrich did a great job on her speech at the last Operation Homefront DC Metro event. The Reynolds Memorial Baptist Church in Sperryville, VA hosted its second annual Auto Show this past Saturday, April 17th at the Sperryville Volunteer Fire Department, and I thought it was great how there were many of the Board of Directors that showed up! Last year, over 120 unique and antique cars were featured and the event drew nearly 500 spectators. This year certainly exceeded expectations, with funds over $5,000 raised. Volunteers for Operation Homefront were on hand distributing information about the needs of military families and collecting contributions, so if anyone is interested in becoming a volunteer let us know! It is a great help.

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Military Appreciation Family FUN DAY

Operation Homefront is in the process of putting together a benefit walk at Ramapo College called Military Appreciation Family FUN DAY! Hopefully the event will catch on to other schools who would like to get involved nationally!

Household Items Needed

Gas cards, Grocery cards, Nonperishable foods, Washer and dryer, Van for deliveries, Laptops, Twin foam mattress pads for bed for wounded warriors with neck and back problems, Mattresses -- twin and queen, Pillows, Bed and bath linens, Irons, George Foreman-type grills, Body wash, Athletic shorts for men and women, Nail polish, spa items, Shower curtains and hooks, Personal hygiene items

If you would like to assist with this need, please reference client case number: DC0001
This need is current as of 1/15/2010.
Location: Washington DC metro area
http://www.operationhomefront.net/DCMetro/currentneeds.aspx?id=1535

Families Need Cars

We have many military families in need of reliable transportation. Operation Homefront accepts donated vehicles from the community and provides them to military families without personal transportation at no charge. We accept vans and cars. If you would like to assist with this need, please reference client case number: DC0001
This need is current as of 1/15/2010.
Location: Washington DC metro area

http://www.operationhomefront.net/DCMetro/currentneeds.aspx?id=1534

I have provided some links below to show a few of the instances where Operation Homefront as a whole has touched people's lives.

Military Child Award

http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=54017

Toy/Clothing Drive

http://www.army.mil/-news/2009/12/10/31614-operation-homefront-assists-soldiers-families/

You can check out more about Operation Homefront's goals within the media by visiting the Media Center at http://www.operationhomefront.net/mediacenter.aspx

Operation Homefront is devoted to providing assistance for military families in need. We try to provide everything from cars to shampoo to clothing, and so much more in order to ease the minds of those families who are in need. We would love for people to join our DC Metro team. Anyone is able to visit the website below to donate whatever they can and provide us with any help they are able to give. The DC Metro website is: http://www.operationhomefront.net/DCMetro/default.aspx