AUGUST 2008 The Women’s Republican Club of New Orleans raised $415 for Operation Homefront Louisiana at their monthly meeting.
The employees of Metairie Bank of Metairie, LA gathered 18 boxes and shipped them to troops in Afghanistan.
Epiphany
Day School in New Iberia, LA gathered up 18 boxes of school
supplies and shipped them to troops in Afghanistan. May 20, 2008. Chalmette High School gathered 10 boxes (150 pounds +) of school supplies during their end of the school year drive (1LT Graham Brian of the LA National Guard headed the drive) May 28, 2008. Shaw High School donated 8 boxes of supplies at the end of this school year (supported by Todd Amick)
40 boxes of supplies were donated by John Trask and were mailed to the troops in Afghanistan.
The Merrill Lynch New Orleans office gathered 5 boxes of supplies and mailed them to troops in Afghanistan.
The Junior League Book Club of New Orleans donated $500 to OHS and collected 6 boxes of school supplies which were sent to troops in Afghanistan.
St.Martin's Episcopal School of Metairie,LA (grades K - 12) gathered 20 boxes of school supplies and they were mailed to troops in Afghanistan. St.Philip Neri Elementary School and Men's Club of Metairie,LA donated $235 and collected 7 boxes of school supplies which were sent to troops in Afghanistan.
The Merrill Lynch New Orleans office collected 12 boxes which were mailed to troops in Afghanistan.
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boxes of supplies were sent by the LSU-Shreveport Student
Affairs Office to troops in Afghanistan. National
Automotive Insurance of Metairie, LA
collected
5 boxes of supplies and sent to troops in Afghanistan.
A Cub Scout Troop in Harahan and the Harahan Police department collected 5 boxes of supplies and mailed them to the troops in Afghanistan.
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Brother Martin High School
of New Orleans,LA collected 3 boxes which were mailed to troops
in Afghanistan
- Archbishop Shaw High School of Marrero,LA collected 9 boxes which were then mailed to troops in Afghanistan
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boxes of supplies were donated by the John Trask family of New Orleans,
LA
The
Sacred Heart Academy Lower School of New Orleans,LA collected and
mailed
Dear Friend, Please take a look at the attached invitation to a lunch on Wednesday, March 14th at Ralph's on the Park. This lunch is a fundraiser for OPERATION HOMEFRONT SUPPORT and will feature guest speaker CPT Michael Levy from New Orleans giving a PowerPoint presentation on his recent experience in Iraq. It is only $50 and will be a worthwhile experience. Please consider attending this worthy event and feel free to forward this e-invite to anyone else interested. |
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FEBRUARY 2007 50 boxes of school supplies were collected by the students of St. Paul's High School of Covington,LA and were mailed to troops in Afghanistan. This has been OPERATION HOMEFRONT SUPPORT's most successful school supply drive to date.
6 boxes of school supplies were collected by Parish National Bank
of Louisiana and mailed to troops in Afghanistan. |
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JANUARY 2007 8 boxes were sent by the Jim Pertuit Family of Louisiana to troops in Afghanistan. |
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DECEMBER 2006 Click here to see some copies of speeches written by the 5th graders at Metairie Park Country Day School in Metairie, LA. The kids gave speeches to the school to initiate a school supply drive that they conducted. They sent 3 boxes to troops in Afghanistan. The 15th Avenue Baptist Church in Meridian, MS sent 3 boxes of supplies to troops in Iraq 16 boxes of supplies were donated by the Evans family of New Orleans, LA and mailed to U.S. troops in Afghanistan. |
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OCTOBER 2006 Students at Jesuit High School in New Orleans, LA gathered 14 boxes of school supplies weighing over 400 pounds and they were mailed to U.S.military troops in Iraq. |
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JULY 2006 Residents of the Lake Vista Property Owners Association in New Orleans,LA sent 30 boxes of supplies to troops in Afghanistan. |
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JUNE 2006 The faculty and students at Schneckenburger Elementary School in Kenner,LA raised money hosting a SOCK-HOP and mailed three boxes of school supplies to U.S. troops in Afghanistan. |
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Thomas Hamill
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12 AUG 2005 Chaplin Henry McEnery and Elizabeth McEnery with the Child Evangelism Fellowship and the Junior League working with disadvantaged inner city children donated 50 boxes of supplies for the effort. |
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23 JUL 2005 Several local members of the pharmaceutical industry gathered up surplus items that can be used in our efforts overseas and donated them to Operation Homefront Support. About 200 pounds of goods were donated, mostly pens and various types of paper. These items are already packaged up and shipped off to help our troops in the Middle East. OHS wishes to thank all of the Representatives and Companies for helping our cause. |
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29 JUN 2005 TEENS SUPPORT IRAQ/AFGAHNI
SCHOOLCHILDREN |
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25 JUN 2005 WWL's Sportstalk
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14 JUN 2005 Lt. Col. Bruce Miller |
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10 JUN 2005 Operation Homefront
Support conducted school supply drives at the following organizations:
DeLaSalle High School, Jesuit High School, Sacred
Heart Academy, Holy Cross, Holy Name, Madisonville
Elementary, Brother Martin High School, St. Scholastica
Academy, and Redeemer
Seton. |
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31 MAY 2005 Operation Homefront Support President Geary Mason was on WWL Radio's Sports Talk Live with Bobby Hebert and Kenny Wilkenson. Sports Talk broadcast live from Veterans Ford on Memorial Day, Monday, May 30th from 5:00 - 8:00 PM. |
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31 MAY 2005 The First Grade Class of Stuart Hall Boys School sent 4 large boxes of school supplies to the Louisiana Army National Guard (LAARNG) troops in Iraq. |
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7 APR 2005 The First Grade Class of Stuart Hall Boys School sent 4 large boxes of school supplies to the Louisiana Army National Guard (LAARNG) troops in Iraq. |
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5 APR 2005 The employees of Whitney Bank sent 10 boxes of supplies to the Louisiana Army National Guard (LAARNG) troops mentioned below in Iraq. |
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11 MAR 2005 The New Orleans employees of Pfizer Corporation sent 3 large boxes (150 pounds) of school supplies to the Louisiana Army National Guard (LAARNG) troops in Iraq. |
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5 FEB 2005 The employees of Liskow and Lewis sent 6 boxes of supplies to the Louisiana Army National Guard (LAARNG) troops mentioned below in Iraq. |
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10 NOV 2004 OPERATION HOMEFRONT SUPPORT's first initiative was started on the eve of Veteran's Day, November 10, 2004 in New Orleans,LA. The grass roots effort involved the patriotic initiative of the employees of Merrill Lynch ; Liskow and Lewis- A Professional Law Corporation; and William B. Reilly Company . The leadership and employees of these companies gathered over 200 boxes of humanitarian aid items to be mailed to Louisiana Army National Guard (LAARNG) troops currently deployed in Iraq and $1800 to help pay the postage. The Louisiana Army troops have requested these items to help establish trust and rapport in their area of operation. The boxes will be shipped the first week of December and should take two to three weeks to arrive in Iraq.
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