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Parsons Students Work With Operation Gratitude to Send Care Packages Overseas
Parsons' Green Key Service Club worked with Westchester Orthodontics and Operation Gratitude to Show Support for US Military Servicemen
The Green Key Club at Parsons Memorial School partnered with Westchester Family Orthodontics in Harrison to collect unused and donated Halloween candy.
Supervised by Parsons teachers Christine Gallagher and Emily Almeida, over three hundred pounds of candy was collected by the Green Key Club to donate to Operation Gratitude - which will be sent as care packages to United States military personnel overseas.
According to its website, Operation Gratitude annually sends 200,000+ care packages filled with food, entertainment, hygiene, and handmade items, plus personal letters of appreciation to Veterans, First Responders, New Recruits, Wounded Heroes, their Care Givers, and to individually named U.S. service members deployed overseas and their families waiting at home. Since its inception in 2003, Operation Gratitude volunteers have shipped more than 1.6 million care packages.
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“Our mission is to lift the spirits and meet the evolving needs of the Military and First Responder communities, and provide volunteer opportunities for civilians anywhere in America to express their appreciation to all who serve our nation.”
The Green Club members sorted all of the candy and wrote letters, coinciding with Veterans Day, to soldiers serving their country overseas.
