2009 Backpack Brigade for Military Families

July 22, 2009 - PRLog -- The more than 3,600 Dollar Tree stores around the country will be collecting school supplies from July 5 through July 25, 2009, with a goal of collecting enough school supplies to fill 15,000 backpacks during that time.
Dollar Tree customers will be given the opportunity to purchase school supplies for military families. Once the items are purchased, they can be placed into a drop box located near the checkout counters.
“Dollar Tree is proud to be a national sponsor of Operation Homefront,” said Chelle Davis, Dollar Tree spokesperson. “Our military neighbors do so much for us that we are honored to give back in this small way.”
Operation Homefront volunteers will collect and distribute all donated items. In locations where Operation Homefront does not have a chapter, volunteers will provide local Family Readiness Groups with school supplies for their command families.
To find your local Operation Homefront Chapter, please visit http://www.operationhomefront.net/florida

About Operation Homefront & HomefrontOnline

Operation Homefront provides emergency and morale assistance for our troops, the families they leave behind and for wounded warriors when they return home. A nonprofit 501(c)(3), Operation Homefront leads more than 4,500 volunteers in 30 chapters nationwide, and has provided critical assistance to more than 45,000 military families in need. Operation Homefront also hosts the Web community Operation Homefront Online. For more information, please visit www.operationhomefront.net and www.homefrontonline.com

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Operation Homefront provides emergency assistance to our troops, to the families they leave behind, and to wounded warriors when they return home. www.operationhomefront.net/florida