Operation Once in a Lifetime helps about 5000 soldiers a year from the Fort Hood area and we have been in contact with many soldiers and family members from the Fort Hood area to find out what could help benefit the United States largest military installation and those stationed there.
Operation Once in a Lifetime was given two requests;
- help the morale of soldiers station at Fort Hood and
- help make ever day life easier for the men and woman stationed at Fort Hood.
Fort Hood has thousands of soldiers returning from war and thousands of soldiers going to war. With so much deployment and redeployment and now this tragedy, anything to help make life a little easier for the men and women stationed at Fort Hood can go a long way.
These are the items being requested to make transition back from Iraq/ Afghanistan easier:
- Twins sheets (any color)
- Pillow/ Pillow cases
- Blankets
- Snacks
- Drinks
- Razors and shaving cream
- Gift cards (to purchase needed items)
Look and see who is helping:
- Head and Shoulder donates 6000 bottles of shampoo and conditioner for returning soldier through Operation Once in a Lifetime.
- Dallas Stars and Brenden Marrow donates thousands of dollars in premium tickets to OOIAL to give to soldiers and their families from the Fort Hood to attend games free of charge. (FANTASTIC morale booster!!)
- American Airlines center donates a luxury suite to OOIAL to give to soldiers from Fort Hood for military appreciation night November 24.
- Pittsburgh Steelers and OOIAL invites 16 soldiers from Fort Hood to Pittsburgh to watch game and be honored during one of the Steelers upcoming games.
- Custer Road United Methodist Church /Womans Sunday School donates hundreds of dollars of sheets, pillows and blankets.
How can you Help?
You can volunteer.
We need help getting donated items to the soldiers at Fort Hood and we also need help at the Support Your Troops Resale Center.
You can donate online by clicking here
You can mail donations to PO Box 797052 Dallas Texas 75379
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