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This is such an amazing program! Below are the details from Operation Homefront: Registration is NOW OPEN for the 2020 Back-to-School Brigade events! Operation Homefront is honored to be able to provide school supplies to our military families and help in any way that they can. Please note that this event is for DEERS enrolled military dependent children only who will be in Kindergarten through 12th grade for the 2020-2021 school year. *Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Operation Homefront is taking extra steps to ensure safety for military families. They will be following local, federal and CDC ... read more

We are calling on all of our warriors to consider joining the #GivingTuesdayMilitary movement Tuesday, May 5, 2020. You may have heard of the global day of giving and unity called #GivingTuesday. As an emergency response to the unprecedented need caused by COVID-19, #GivingTuesdayNow & #GivingTuesdayMilitary will take place on May 5, 2020 as well asregularly scheduled, December 1, 2020. In 2019,Jessica Manfre, Samantha Gomolka, and Maria Reedmet in Washington DC for the first time in May of 2019 as all three represented their respective branch at the Armed Forces Insurance (AFI) Military Spou... read more

We're excited to announce the opening of registration forOperation Homefront's1st Holiday Meals for Military event of 2020: Cracker Barrel Heat n ‘Serve Easter Family Meal To-Go and Food Lion Meals for Military! Cracker Barrel Meals for Military Cracker Barrel and Operation Homefront are partnering to celebrate military families this Easter by providing 1000 families complimentary Heat n ’Serve Easter Family Meals To-Go at 38 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store locations. You can find the list of locations here https://www.operationhomefront.org/event/lis t . Note: Meals will be distributed on G... read more

Looking for a great way to show Deployed Military Members & Veterans in VA Hospitals some LOVE this Valentine's Day? Join Soldiers' Angels Valentines for Veterans Initiative, a wonderful way to show Military & Veterans that we are thinking of them. There is nothing better than knowing that someone is thinking of you and a beautiful handmade or store-bought card is the perfect way to show your appreciation. Get the entire family involved in this wonderful mission. Help share the love with deployed service members and veteran patients at VA by sending Valentine’s Day cards + $1 per card to our ... read more

The 2020 program is open! Submit your applicationONLINE (new this year) no later than February 24, 2020. Now entering its 20th year, Fisher House Foundation's program was created to recognize the contributions of military families to the readiness of the fighting force and to celebrate the role of the commissary in the military family community. The Scholarships for Military Children Program for the 2020-21 school year application process is now open! At least one scholarship worth $2,000 will be awarded at every commissary location where qualified applications are received. Who Can Apply for... read more