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#23 Operation Homefront
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Tel: 800-722-6098
Fax: 714-444-0088
Operation Homefront
1631 Sunflower Ave
Suite C-34
Santa Ana, CA 92704
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Operation Homefront is one of a select few charities privileged to operate under a MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) presented by the Department of Defense. Operation Homefront provides emergency assistance and morale to our troops, to the families they leave behind, and to wounded warriors when they return home. Operation Homefront leads more than 4,000 volunteers in 31 chapters nationwide. Since its inception, Operation Homefront has provided critical assistance to more than 45,000 military families in need. Operation Homefront provides aid to families struggling not only with emergencies, but also the problems of everyday life. Existing programs include: Emergency Aid - Food, baby care items, vehicle donation and repair; Computer Program - Allows children and spouses to stay in touch with their loved one; Financial Assistance Program - Crises such as illness, homelessness and death; Furniture Program - Donated household and baby furniture and working order appliances; Moving - Providing physical labor for families when a service member is deployed; Social Outreach - Adopt-a-family, Thanksgiving/holiday baskets, back-to-school supplies.
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by: Andrea
That sounds cool! I am doing a "forest planting" with some kids in the life sciences class at the local high school where I live. Okay, so it is not a forest (LOL), but it is still cool. What is the charity that you are talking about? Do they have a website?
flag as innappropriate | April 7, 2008
by: SherylR
It's nice to meet you, too Andrea:)
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by: SherylR
I've got another charity site that I give a little money each week to. It's a site where teachers in the US submit projects that they would like to do with their students and people fund them. I've helped fund several. If you end up donating over $100 to a project (doesn't have to be all at the same time) you get a whole package in the mail from the teacher and class. It's great! Photos of them with the project you funded, some of their work and ALL of the kids individual thank you letters. I just LOVE that site.
flag as innappropriate | April 7, 2008
by: Andrea
It is really good to meet both of you :)
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by: SherylR
No, if we were all alike, life would be boring. I was part of the crowd voting for the Bird Convervancy to start with. I literally spent hundreds of dollars on my cat colony that basically eats and lives in my backyard. I know where my animal donation money goes.

It's not that I don't support animal causes, because I do. I've donated money to each one that has won that I felt comfortable doing so with, no matter how ugly people were with us at the time.
flag as innappropriate | April 7, 2008
by: Daveosaur
It's 10pm here.
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by: Andrea
It is 6 here, but I just got up at 4. I hope your headache does not return, and have a good day. :)
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by: Andrea
Thank you Dave & Sheryl. You would not believe how many people are angry with me for being here. I always vote for the Buffalo Field Campaign (or at least start out there), but have helped out other causes too. Yes, until now they have been animal causes that I believed in. But like you Sheryl, I cannot vote for PCRM because of my conscience. Once it became obvious that my votes at BFC were in vain this round, I wanted them to make a difference somewhere. But it really amazes me how many people think that helping families suffering because of a horrible war means I do not really care about animal causes. When in actuality, I care for all that are suffering. And I have friends (? I think?) voting for PCRM, and I am not angry with them.
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by: SherylR
I'm going to need to climb in bed soon, though. It's almost 5 in the morning. I spent most of yesterday in bed with a migraine, but I did feel good enough to go to the movies with my husband, oldest daughter and son in law.
flag as innappropriate | April 7, 2008
by: SherylR
Andrea, thank you for your bravery in coming over here and doing what you think it right. Not only do you find out that we don't have horns and tails, that we actually DO welcome people who have voted for different causes in the past.

I run my own personal cat rescue AND I'm a nurse, but I can't ethically vote for the group in #1.
flag as innappropriate | April 7, 2008
by: Daveosaur
Andrea - Thanks for being here. Your support is appreciated.
flag as innappropriate | April 7, 2008
by: Andrea
Okay - sorry - I am getting off of my soapbox now. Good luck & thanks for having me. People are important too. Especially those who are suffering because Bush has sent their family to war.
flag as innappropriate | April 7, 2008
by: Andrea
And the silly thing about that is that if they were voting for someone not affiliated with PETA, I probably would be voting with them.
flag as innappropriate | April 7, 2008
by: Andrea
Dave and others, I want to say thank you for welcoming me here - you have been nicer than most (not all - but most) of my "animal" friends. It is kind of a shame they are so bent with me, because BFC (who I usually vote for) is going to suffer because I imagine most of them will not come due to me having given you a few votes.
flag as innappropriate | April 7, 2008
by: Andrea
That is what I had to type to vote....strange way to start the day.
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