2 Tons Of Supplies Collected For Local Veterans, Their Families

CRYSTAL LAKE, IL — The McHenry County Department of Health and its participating partners collected more than two tons of supplies for local veterans and their families during Operation Dropbox.

Operation Dropbox, which took place in May, brought in more than 5,466 pounds of donated goods from 28 drop boxes placed at participating locations throughout McHenry County, according to a news release. The donated items were officially delivered today to Veterans Path to Hope, a Crystal Lake-based veterans’ charity that also runs the New Horizons Transitional Living Program in Hebron.

“The Operation Dropbox drive was bigger than ever, and it’s only going to grow larger,” Public
Health Administrator Melissa Adamson said. “Thank you to the people of McHenry County for their generosity, the businesses, civic groups and local governments that came forward to host dropboxes, our Medical Reserve Corps volunteers for sorting all the contributed donations, and of course, the McHenry County Division of Transportation for delivering almost 5,500 pounds of goods to Veterans Path to Hope.”

Now in its fourth year, the Operation Dropbox campaign has steadily grown – last year, the donations collected helped support more than 3,000 McHenry County veterans and their families.

“This year, beyond all others, these resources are needed for the veteran households that Veterans Path to Hope is honored to support,” Executive Director Laura Franz said. “With the cost of groceries and household goods skyrocketing, we know that offering the opportunity for veterans to avail themselves of these items frees up money for other needs. We are so very grateful, again, to the organizations and individuals that are participating in Operation Dropbox. We wish we could share in real-time the expressions of relief and gratitude from the many veteran households that will benefit from this generosity!”

You can learn more from Veterans Path to Hope online.