Operation Care Package
MISSION
To the men and women who fight for our nation and way of life, there are few choices. They fight for a people and a constitution born from the blood of the sacrifice of so many before them (at a cost few are willing to pay). It is these individuals we honor today - those whose selfless dedication to a greater good inspires us and ensures our way of life. May God watch over them and keep them safe from harm for they are our guardians and our heroes!
Operation Care Package has graciously endorsed the efforts of Homes for Heroes USA and The Charity Splits Company in a joint effort to honor our Nation's military as never before.
Grand Prize
The 2009 Dream Home raffle offers a grand prize of a 3000 square foot all brick ranch home with four bedrooms and three and one half baths. The home was built on an oversized lot in Minooka, Illinois on a beautiful twenty four acre recreational ski lake. The home includes such amenities as fourteen foot vaulted ceilings in the great room, formal dining and living rooms, hard wood floors, and an immense finished look-out basement!
Second place
prize offers the winner their choice of a 2009 Chevy Impala OR twenty thousand dollars. Visit Bill Jacobs Chevrolet, 2001 W. Jefferson St., Joliet to see the Impala or, to purchase tickets.
Third place
prize offers the winner their choice of either a one week Caribbean cruise for two OR a five day family Walt Disney vacation for four.
PROCEEDS Proceeds from the Dream Home Raffle will be used to support the missions of Operation Care Package and Homes for Heroes Inc. Please visit both sites to find ways you can help in the effort to support our military.
Operation Care Package is a volunteer 501 (c)(3) public charity, dedicated to our mission that no Hero serving our Nation should be forgotten.
Our goal is to support our Soldiers, Marines, Sailors and Airmen through care packages and letters of encouragement.
The group was formed in March of 2003, by Debbie Smothers, Debbie Durawa, and Pat Curran.
Debbie Smothers' brother, David Bishop, an Army Green Beret for 19 years, has served in Iraq, Afghanistan and many other countries.
Debbie Durawa's son, Matthew Zwolinski, and Pat Curran's son, Joe Curran, both serve in the Army and were deployed in Iraq.
"Some of the soldiers don't receive anything in the mail, and they exist on little supplies," said Smothers. "I don't think any of them should go without something from mail call."
With the help of so many generous individuals and businesses throughout the country, we have been able to reach thousands of our Heroes throughout the world.
We could not continue this vital work without your help.
Thank you, and please continue to keep all of our Military and their Commanders in your thoughts and prayers.
Charity Website: http://www.operationcarepackages.org/index.html
