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"Christmas Cards For Our Troops"

Come join Operation Freedom, Inc. at Culver’s in New Lenox on Saturday November 23, 2013 and send a Christmas card to our Troops. We will be there from 12pm to 3pm, and we provide everything! Cards will be given to Operation Care Package and sent with their annual Christmas care packages.

We will have a card making station for the kids, so please bring them too and have them create a card. There is no charge, and we provide the craft materials! Feel free to bring some of your own Christmas cards to fill out at our event and join us in some community spirit and patriotism.

We will also be accepting donations for ‘Wreaths Across America’, so a wreath can be provided for each Veteran resting at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois. You can sponsor a wreath for just $15, but any donation amount is welcome and appreciated. Wreaths will be laid at the cemetery the second Saturday of December. Volunteers needed!

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Also, feel free to drop off your coat donations for The Veteran’s Assistance Commission of Will County at Culver's this Saturday between 12pm and 3pm. They are in need of new or gently used men and women’s winter coats, size large and extra large. New winter hats and gloves are a bonus! For more information regarding the coat drive, please call Lou Vargas at (815) 546-4981.

For more information on how you can help support our Troops, please visit Operation Freedom at www.operationfreedominc.com or visit Operation Care Package at www.operationcarepackages.com.

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Thank You For Supporting Our Troops, Veterans, And The Heroes We Lost.

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