Operation Showers of Appreciation, Inc.
We have drop off dates scheduled for the remainder of the year. This is an ongoing program and will help us reach our goal of assisting 300 military families this year and surpass that number by hundreds. If you are interested in more information on this program, please contact Patricia Cone at Patricia@operationshowersofappreciation.org
A very special "Thank You" to everyone that had a hand in making this holiday season extra special for these families.
We are proud to announce we will be making this a permanent program with OSOA every Holiday Season. We look forward to your support to these very deserving families in the new year and years to come.
THE FEW..THE PROUD..THE EXPECTING.. We are currently seeking donations for our upcoming Baby Showers in May to assist these military families. Any donation will be a blessing to these families as most of them are far from their families and homes. If
you are interested in sponsoring one of our families or making a
donation, please contact Kimberly Felshaw at (949) 547-7780 or by email
at Kimberly@OperationShowersofAppreciation.org Please view our website for a list of common items needed for our Baby Showers. Thank you for your support. Operation Showers of Appreciation Staff ___________________________
16 May Operation Showers of Appreciation will be hosting a baby shower
aboard MCAGCC 29 Palms for 50 new and expecting families. The shower
will be held at the Protestant Chapel located on the base.
23 May Operation Showers of Appreciation and the Huntington Beach Elk's
Lodge No. 1925 will host a baby shower for 15 expecting military moms
from Southern California.
Many of these families have a spouse that is currently deployed in Iraq
or Afghanistan and will not be home for the birth of their new baby.
Our support is greatly needed for these families.
Operation Showers of Appreciation is a volunteer and donation based
organization working to assist our local military and their families. OSOA
assists military families who have recently had babies and those that
are expecting with the support of our local community.
Essential Baby Planner partners with Operation Showers of Appreciation
More help for expectant mothers whose military husbands have been deployed
San
Diego, CA – March, 18 2009 – Operation Showers of Appreciation, who has
been working hard for years to get essential baby items to military
families, announces today that it is expanding it’s reach by joining
forces with Essential Baby Planner, the county’s first baby planning
service. This is great news for San Diego’s military.
According to statistics, 60% of military families need financial aid. That’s not a comforting thought when starting a family. Operation
Showers of Appreciation focuses on this specific population by throwing
quarterly baby showers for 10 – 15 expecting moms. Always
in need of sponsors and donations, Kimberly Felshaw, founder of
Operation Showers of Appreciation, is great at seeking out
opportunities.
“Our
baby showers are gaining more and more visibility and we really need to
be ahead of the game in order to maximize the help we can give to our
military families,” says Felshaw. “That’s why it’s great to be teaming up with Essential Baby Planner. She knows exactly what we need for our moms-to-be and how to get the most bang for our buck.”
“I’ve
been looking for a great charity that falls into the baby planning
arena as well as helps out those who are near and dear to my heart,”
adds Essential Baby Planner’s owner, Carrie Furet. “My husband was military, my dad was military and my grandfather was military. I know how hard it can be for military families just starting out and maybe not having a good support system.”
Essential Baby Planner is now pledging a portion of its proceeds to Operation Showers of Appreciation. And by joining forces, a new baby shower event has been added to the roster for San Diego! This
new baby shower will be geared towards helping out military in the
southern portion of San Diego like Mira Mar and 32nd Street.
About Operation Showers of Appreciation
Operation
Showers of Appreciation organizes baby showers for expectant wives of
military members who are away from their families and are in need of
items to help take care of their babies. The Operation Showers of
Appreciation mission is to honor our military families in a unique way
by showering them with gifts for their newborn babies, providing
support during difficult times, and letting them know the many
sacrifices of both the families and military members are appreciated.
Learn more about Operation Showers of Appreciation by calling 866-977-OSOA or by visiting www.operationshowersofappreciation.org
About Essential Baby Planner
Getting ready for your bundle of joy is a little less stressful with a bundle of help.
Essential Baby Planner, one of the nation’s few baby planner companies, assists
moms (and dads!) with the details of planning for a baby’s arrival. From shopping
to showers, Essential Baby Planner takes care of the necessary but inconvenient
baby tasks such as creating baby registries, designing nurseries, sending
announcements, and researching new and recalled baby products.
Learn more about Essential Baby Planner by calling 858-405-1913 or by visiting
operation showers of appreciation teams with
scrapbook royalty to raise funds for military families
August 29th
9am - 9pm
Pink Pineapple Scrapbooks
751 Shadowridge Drive
Vista, 92081
Show your support and register for the event today at:
www.ScrapbookRoyalty.org
28 February 2009
The Few.. The Proud.. The Expecting..
OSOA and Fallbrook VFW Post 1924 Ladies Auxiliary hosted our Annual Winter Baby Shower in honor of 12 military moms. One of our families are expecting twins in the next few weeks. On behalf of OSOA and the Fallbrook VFW Post we'd like to thank all our military families for their service and dedication to our country and for allowing us to honor them is such a special way.
A Very special thank you to the Honorary Mayor of Fallbrook who attended the shower in support of our local military and their families. We would also like to thank all of those who made donations for the shower:
Fallbrook VFW Post 1924 and Ladies Auxiliary, Daughters of American Revolution, Walking Shield, Similac, Jovia Handmade Soap, Soapalaya Soaps, I'm A Royal Baby, Jake The Tiger, Girl Scouts Northern Lights Troop, Knit Wits of Fallbrook, Healing Hands, The Angel Society, Susan K Jewelry, Cookie Lee Jewelry, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Unique Ultrasound, El Jardine Restaurant, Cindy Mayers, and more businesses from etsy.com.
Thank you all for the donations and for helping us make this shower a special day for all our military families.
OSOA will be working on their annual Spring and Twenty-nine Palms showers in the next few months honoring more than 60 military families. For more information on how you can help with events like these, contact Kimberly Felshaw at (949) 547-7780 or via email at info@operationshowersofappreciation.org
OneSight, Oakley, Walking Shield, Sons of American Legion, and OSOA with the help of the North Coast Church were able to assist nearly 800 military families in need of prescription eyeglasses at our 2009 Camp Pendleton Clinic.
The event took place February 16-20 at the North Coast Church in Vista. Oakley donated nearly $1million worth of frames for this event to honor our local military and their families and OneSight provided the prescription lenses.
A very special thank you to all those families that were able to participate in the clinic this year. It's because of your service projects like this are done for our military.
All glasses that were not picked up during the clinic will be available Saturday April 4th from 10-2 at the Abbie Reinke Community Center on Camp Pendleton. Please look for the Oakely vehicke in the parking lot.
If you have any questions, please contact Kimberly Felshaw at (949) 547-7780.
http://showersofappreciation.shutterfly.com/
Our past participants can upload photos they would like to share on that site.
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