Day Two; Packing Day Operation Holiday Cheer 2016

Volunteers and Rhode Island Blue Star Moms assisted in packaging Christmas Care Packages for every Service Member not home this Christmas from R.I.

Day One; Operation Holiday Cheer 2016

Rhode Island Blue Star Moms collected stockings and candy for care packages that are going to be sent to all Service Members not home this Christmas.

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WaterFire Providence Salute to Veterans 2016

The WaterFire Salute to Veterans event is a collaborative, community-wide celebration whose mission is to honor and recognize all United States veterans, active and reserve military personnel and families for their service, sacrifice and contributions to this nation, and to organize, exhibit and highlight the wealth of veteran oriented organizations and services available to them.

Christmas holiday opportunities for military families

Christmas Decor – Home decorated for the holidays
www.christmasdecor.net/decorated-family
Is there a military family that you would like to nominate for the Decorated Family program? If you nominate a family Christmas Decor will try to decorate their home for the holidays!

Each holiday season, each Christmas Decor franchisees nationwide donate their products, resources and time to decorate the homes of local military as a part of the Decorated Family Program.

Trees for Troops
www.treesfortroops.org
Trees for Troops, a program of the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation, provides Real Christmas Trees to Armed Forces members and their families in the U.S. and troops deployed in the Middle East. Through contributions, donations of real Christmas trees, the work of many volunteers and the generous in-kind support of our shipping partner FedEx, Trees for Troops has brought the true spirit of Christmas to thousands of deserving service men and women and their families.

Since 2005, more than 103,000 farm-grown Christmas trees have been delivered. The program has touched the lives of military families at more than 60 bases across the U.S. and overseas.

Are you a military family in need of financial support for the Christmas holidays? Be sure to visit our exhaustive listing of organizations who help with Christmas holiday meals and gifts for the military and veteran community – LINK.

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You can help the military spread Christmas cheer:

The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation distributes new toys for needy children in the community.

The Army’s annual Operation Toy Drop is a philanthropic project where Soldiers individually contribute new, unwrapped toys to be distributed to local children’s homes and social service agencies.

http://www.operationwearehere.com/Christmas.html