Operation Supply Drop Founder Hits The Reset Button And Launches Military Charity Stack-Up.Org

PITTSBURGH - Nov. 9, 2015 - PRLog -- After founding military charity Operation Supply Drop in 2010, US Army Captain Stephen “Shanghai Six” Machuga is hitting the proverbial reset button with the official announcement of Stack-Up.org a charitable organization focused on supporting veterans through video gaming and geek culture. Stack-Up’s platform is built around three programs: Stack Up Supply Crates, Air Assaults and the Stacks.

Stack Up Supply Crates are boxes filled with video gaming gear sent to units deployed to combat zones or recovering in military hospitals and rehabilitation facilities. Stack-Up’s Air Assaults program takes deserving combat or service disabled veterans and flies them to various amazing gaming opportunities such as studio tours or game conventions to create life changing experiences. The Stacks program is a local team initiative where both veteran and civilian gamers can come together to do a variety of fun activities together as well as do volunteer work supporting veterans throughout their community.

“Video games saved my life.” Machuga stated, “They helped me transition when I came back home from my deployments overseas. When I got out of the military, I wanted to continue to serve my country by helping veterans on deployment or in military hospitals. That’s originally why I started Operation Supply Drop: I wanted to bring what helped me personally to others in similar situations. And while OSD is a tremendous organization that supports a lot of veterans, I personally wanted to get back to the original mission and values on which I founded the charity. Hence our promise for Stack-Up - ‘Veterans are our mission. Gaming is our passion.”

Machuga will not be starting Stack-Up.org alone. Fellow Army Veteran Specialist Nathan Serefine will be relocating to Pittsburgh, the home base for the new charity, to once again team up with Machuga as they did while serving together side by side in Iraq.

"When we served together in Iraq, I would have followed Machuga to the ends of the earth. That's something that just doesn't change when you leave military service. I'm humbled and honored to be by his side once again so we can carry out this new mission and touch the lives of as many veterans and gamers as possible. We've come a long way since we met and bonded over a couple of Game Boy Advances. I'm thrilled to be doing this with him."

With the launch of Stack-Up.org, Machuga is kicking off the first charitable giving campaign, #NoMoreSocks.

“Folks back home wanted to help us, but they didn’t really know or understand what we needed or wanted. So we would get boxes upon boxes of foot powder and socks along with other knick-knacks. When family members asked what they could send to make our deployment easier, our answer was ‘Just no more socks!’” Machuga said.

The #NoMoreSocks campaign marks the first official fundraiser to start building out “Stack-Up Supply Crates”, filled with the latest and greatest in gaming hardware sent to deserving deployed units abroad and veterans recovering at medical facilities here at home.  Helping to bring deployment support into the 21^st Century.

Visit Stack-Up.org to learn more about #NoMoreSocks and how to support deployed military members and veterans.