OSOT-America Sending 5,000 Stockings to Troops

Naperville, Ill. - Operation Support Our Troops - America has opened their Santa's Workshop and are busy packing stockings for deployed service members and other veteran support organizations, including: the USO, Hines VA Hospital, Fisher House, House 53, and many others. Many military members will not be home for the holidays, our stockings represent a touch of home to them and to make sure they know they are not forgotten. The stockings are filled with candy and treats, I-tunes gift cards, DVD's, puzzle books, toiletry items, and many other fun holiday items.

Can you help us fill our Christmas Stockings for our Deployed Troops? We are very short on the following items, if you are able to donate any of these, we would be very appreciative:

-Handmade Christmas Stockings

-Homemade Christmas Ornaments

-Hand Warmers-Slim Jims / Beef Jerky

-Cough Drops / Vitamin C Drops

Please email stockings4troops@osotAmerica.org or call 630-971-1150 if you can donate some of these items and drop them off at our warehouse located at 1989 University Lane, Suite A, in Lisle, 60532.

OSOT-America is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization which provides the following programs to active duty military and veterans:

· Comfort and Care Package Program
To date, over 1.8 million pounds of items have been sent to deployed troops. Each box is addressed to an individual service member but is designed to be shared with nine other troops. Our program is ready to respond to specific need requests coming from units in remote areas, Chaplains and field hospitals.
· Leap of Faith Program
The Leap of Faith program is a three day, intensive grief seminar, done in partnership with the U.S. Army Golden Knights or the All Veteran Parachute Team and combines seminar time, peer support, dolphin or equine therapy, and a tandem sky dive as a way to help Gold Star family members move forward in the grieving process.
· Allen J. Lynch Medal of Honor Veteran's Assistance Program
Founded to provide assistance in the recovery or education process for a veteran experiencing financial hardship through no fault of their own. Assistance is provided one time and is voted on by an oversight committee after reviewing the application and documentation. Additionally, job search support and help connecting veterans to jobs is provided.
· G.I. Yoga Program
G.I. Yoga which provides a safe community of fellow veterans and their families to learn yoga to release stress, sleep better, ease aches and pains, lower blood pressure, increase strength, flexibility, balance and focus. Yoga is frequently becoming a "tool in the toolbox" of veterans and their family members seeking physical fitness and alternative ways to manage the symptoms of PTS, TBI and general stress. OSOT- America provides certified G.I. Yoga-trained teachers, mats and yoga blocks and straps at classes throughout the state. These classes are free to active military, veterans and their family.

For More Information / Interviews Contact:
ltuisl@osotamerica.org
630-660-6846
Operation Support Our Troops-America
www.osotAmerica.org