Operation: Care and Comfort

NEVER forgotten! Thank you for your service. Come home SOON!

When U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Petaluma contacted us for support of their female Coasties stuck on base in dorms because of Covid-19, we said YES! From home, OCC volunteers packaged hundreds of briefs, female products as well as much needed items like deodorant, cotton swabs, toothbrushes, toothpaste, makeup remove and more! Two baskets full of supplies forTHANK YOU for your service. the head and the dorm, with much more for distribution. We would LOVE photos once this has been delivered!

FREE tutoring is available for Active Duty, Reserve, National Guard, Wounded Warriors and Survivors of those KIA. Please pass this information on! https://military.tutor.com/eligibility

We are starting a NEW ticket drawing starting this month. All care packages we distribute at events will have a gold colored drawing ticket! If you hold one of these winning tickets please take a photo of you holding the ticket, and email it to [email protected] Using subject line WINNING TICKET. Then give me your first and last name, where you are based/live, and your mobile number. WINNERS will be sent a $100 e-gift card. Thanks for following us on Facebook and good luck!

Yesterday, OCC delivered 72 special care/appreciation gifts to the firefighters at Travis Air Force Base. We greatly appreciate their support during the recent fires in Solano County, and wanted to show our appreciation to them. Each bag contained socks, a Lemongrass Spa foot care kit, hand sanitizer and a gift card for dinner at Texas Roadhouse. Oh, and they will be in the new prize drawings which will start here on our Facebook page next week! THANK YOU for your service!

I'm sending this email to say thank you and the organization for sending the care packages, we really appreciate it. Everyone in our unit loves them and are extremely grateful. I also promised pictures in return, so here you go. Sincerely, Thompson, A

Busy making hundreds and hundreds of OCC candy bags ready for a military Halloween event! Making some NO PEANUTS bags, too, for those allergic to them.

Happy 245th US Navy! Glad we don’t still have those ships.....

Yesterday, our key volunteer team met at our storage units and filled 186 boxes to send overseas. The boxes were filled with great goodies, sponsored by the fantastic folks at Frank-Lin Distillers Products in Fairfield! Donations included Zone Bars donated by Abbott Labs, care packages from Saratoga Rotary Club and Hello Angels, adorable candy bags with hand-written notes of thanks from National Charity League, donations from folks who sent them using our goody list on Amazon... Prime, and much much more! Last week, we packed 11 HUGE boxes which were taken to USCG Alameda. They will be transported to the crew of the USCG Waesche, which had a serious fire on board last month. The crew needed some OCC love, care and comfort so we did our best. Boxes included an XBOX system and games, air popper with new movies and TV series, candy, books, hygiene kits, snacks, knit caps, hand and foot warmers, socks and tees and more. Well done, Team OCC! THANK YOU to all who donated!

This story was emailed to us today. It is an account of this Sailor’s journey aboard the Navy destroyer USS Hughes (DD-410.) Julie’s Father also served on this ship and was also a Kamikaze survivor. Interesting historical read. RIP, Mr. MIchelson. www.lenmarkfh.com/obituaries/David-Mickelson-2/elson +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++... https://footstepsresearch.org/david-s-mickelson/

27 yrs ago (Oct 3rd) a little late but NOT FORGOTTEN.

This bike has a new home! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ FREE new, 18 kids bike in Gilroy! I have a new kids bike that I want to give away for free. If you could please post it on Facebook and let them know pick up is in Gilroy. Thank you ... If interested, email [email protected] using subject line BIKE. Then give me your first and last name, mobile number, and where you are traveling from. Thanks for the bike, Oscar!