 Operation Santa USMC
Holiday outreach for deployed US Marines and other troops
The holidays can be a difficult time for deployed Marines, Soldiers and other troops. For many of these young men and women, this will be their first Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday away from home and family. Others have spent multiple holidays away from home.
Operation Santa USMC began in late 2004 when Marine Corps moms, Deb Conrad and Connie Riecke set out to send packages to a platoon of 32 deployed Marines. Within a few short weeks, troop supporters from all over the country had joined the effort by sewing stockings, shopping for stocking stuffers and gifts, and organizing packing parties. That first year, we sent more than 6,000 filled Christmas stockings to troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. To date more than 50,000 filled holiday stockings have been shipped to deployed Marines and soldiers.
Today Operation Santa USMC continues to be our biggest project. We are constantly working towards the next holiday season in order to meet our goal to send packages to ALL deployed Marines. Our goal is to send holiday packages filled with love and holiday cheer to ALL deployed Marines. This can only be accomplished with volunteers like you.
We need church groups, organizations, clubs, schools, youth organizations and employer groups to show their support by volunteering to sponsor platoons, fill holiday boxes, organize packing parties, sew stockings, make and sign holiday cards, and to help raise funds.
Volunteer today! It’s so easy and very rewarding to support our troops.
Volunteer opportunities include :
- Battalion Coordinators
- Platoon Coordinators
- Stocking Sewers
- Packing Party Coordinators
To Become a Corporate Sponsor contact us Today!
Email:Connie Riecke.
Donations are needed & appreciated. MCFF is a non-profit foundation (501(c)3) . All donations are tax deductible.
 Stockings Needed!
Hundreds of handmade holiday stockings are needed each year. Contact our Operation Santa Stocking Coordinator Carrie Pool.
Here is the pattern to make these special stockings, Cilck here. |
Operation Santa coordinators
Oregon
Kendra Parry
Betsy James
Connie Riecke
Arizona
Debi Callies
California
Margaret Sawatzky
Ruby Zunino
California - San Diego
Elizabeth Balmert
Linn County
Anita
Michigan
Bridget Long
Missouri
Mary Lou Webb
Nevada
Terri Dillon
Pennsylvania
Katie Maio
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