Mount Vernon Chapter members support Operation USO Care Package by volunteering to help stuff care packages for our men and women serving overseas in the fight against terrorism.
We stuff packages at the Operation USO Care Package Warehouse, Building 1415, at 9455 Jackson Loop, Fort Belvoir, VA. The care packages we stuff are distributed via USO affiliates stateside as well as overseas. Some are distributed locally at BWI airport, while others are sent to troops on the ground in areas of conflict.
Due to the threat of anthrax following September 11, the Department of Defense suspended its practice of forwarding correspondence and personal care packages from the American public to "any service member." In its place, the USO created Operation USO Care Package to boost morale and provide a safe and secure way for the public to show their support. The packages only contain items donated by or purchased from manufacturers in bulk.
By the end of 2009 Operation USO Care Package had distributed more than 1 million care packages to deploying or deployed service personnel at embarkation points and other sites and locations served by the USO.
To join us at a Stuffing Party or for more information, click on one of the following links:
What's all the buzz?? Mount Vernon Chapter members gather regularly at the USO warehouse on Fort Belvoir to stuff USO Care Packages for troops deployed in or deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan. A great time has been had by all at each event, as we have helped stuff, box, and shrink-wrap thousands of Care Packages! C'mon and join us at the next stuffing party! Contact Ronee Yasher at ronee@usometro.org to sign up.
At the end of one of the "stuffing parties," a recent returnee from Iraq, SFC Al Baker, thanked the workers and told them how much the Care Packages boosted his morale and the morale of his troops when they received them earlier this year.
For more pictures of Chapter members in action, click here.
For more information on the dates/times of future "stuffing parties" click here or go to the USO Care Package page.
