December 2024 Newsletter

Quick Quack Car Wash Veterans Day Event

The dapper crew from Quick Quack Car Wash featuring Quackals, the larger than life fuzzy mascot, pitched in to pack care packages bound for our deployed troops. What a way to Change Lives For the Better!

We are busting with pride over our new partnership with sponsor Quick Quack Car Wash who generously came through for our troops with a Silver Level sponsorship to help us cover shipping costs for hundreds of care packages.

Additionally, Quick Quack supplied dozens of dapper-dressed volunteers to Troopathon headquarters to pitch in and pack a mountain of troop care packages just in time for Veterans Day as our way to honor those who have served and to help those troops who are still on the front lines today!

These enthusiastic volunteers certainly exemplified Quick Quack’s charitable mission statement “To Change Lives for the Better!” With mascot Quackals cheering on the team quacking and dancing who couldn’t help but smile?

Quick Quack Car Wash is a major car wash chain with deep community ties specializing in exterior only express car washes.

We’re proud to share our community roots with Quick Quack, established in 2004 in our hometown of Sacramento. Today, Quick Quack Car Wash boasts over 250 Quick Quack locations offering excellent service across Arizona, California, Colorado, Texas, and Utah.

Thank You to the Quick Quack team, you made celebrating Veterans Day so incredible and helping us say “Thank You for Your Service!”

 

Welcome to Our House, Wounded Warrior Project

Wounded Warrior Alumni from all over California joined us for the the annual WWP Thanksgiving event!

Our friends at Wounded Warrior Project joined us on November 20 to help distribute Thanksgiving turkeys for deserving military families and veterans in need. WWP also pitched in at our warehouse for an epic packing party. Thanks to our enthusiastic WWP volunteers, hundreds of holiday care packages were assembled, sealed, and prepped for shipping.

No doubt our Wounded Warrior brothers and sisters know first-hand what service and sacrifice mean. This beneficial partnership offers opportunities for WWP members as they strive to heal from wounds seen and unseen.

By supporting their fellow troops serving today, a strong bridge brings healing, a sense of pride, and the knowledge one can still contribute. We are proud to facilitate this formidable support program and stand arm-in-arm with our brave WWP warriors.

Our veterans often face difficulty once returning from deployment. A multitude of our veterans face challenges we simply cannot understand. Research shows volunteer opportunities for our veterans affords them connection and a sense of value. Thank you, veterans, for pitching in to support our current generation of warriors.

 

See’s for Soldiers — How Sweet it is!

Our See’s for Soldiers program has been going string for a decade

Ho Ho Ho! ‘Tis the Season for See’s for Soldiers! That’s right, as the calendar flips from November to December, we gear up for our big Christmas shipping rush. While we remain extremely busy, we aren’t too busy to make sure our troop receive some extra special treats for the holidays while supplies last.  

Just in time for our special Christmas care packages, we are bringing back a delicious troop favorite. Our See’s for Soldiers program returns for a 10th season offering delicious, decadent, premium See’s candies.

See's Candies in our care packages delight our troops and is sure to bring sweet smiles and sweet dreams to our homesick troops this Christmas season!

Troopathon’s exclusive See's for Soldiers Program is one of special support efforts to bring the joy of See's Candy to our troops serving in the Middle East and around the globe.

Our See's for Soldiers program allows See's locations throughout California to collect candy donations bound for the troops. If you shop at a See's location over the coming weeks and can donate treats for our soldiers, rest assured the donated candy will be carefully packed and included in our care packages.

Since 1921, See's Candy has made the best chocolates and confectioneries for millions of loyal candy lovers. See's makes over twenty-six million pounds of candy a year and now through January, while supplies last and weather permits, our Christmas and New Year's packages will include this extra sweet surprise!

 

In December We Remember

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

December 7 marks the 83rd Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Imperial Japanese forces.

“In a devastating defeat, the United States suffered 3,435 casualties and loss of or severe damage to 188 planes, 8 battleships, 3 light cruisers, and 4 miscellaneous vessels.” — According to https://www.archives.go


National Guard Birthday

“We recognize Dec. 13 as the birthday of the National Guard. On this date in 1636, the first militia regiments in North America organized in Massachusetts… Today, the descendants of these first regiments – the 181st Infantry, the 182nd Infantry, the 101st Field Artillery, and the 101st Engineer Battalion share the distinction of being the oldest units in the U.S. military. ” According to nationalguard.mil

Photo By: Senior Master Sgt. Julie Ave

To Infinity and Beyond! Happy 5th Birthday on December 20th to our Space Force!

Space Force and its Guardians continue to maintain its mission to secure our nation’s interest in, from and to space.

Staff Sgt. Adam R. Shanks, Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs

 Photo courtesy of United States Navy

Merry Christmas to our Troops!

As we gather on December 25th for Christmas with friends and families across the country to celebrate, please take a moment to pray for our troops serving overseas in harm's way. It is for our sake that they are putting their lives on the line in sacrifice.

Happy Hanukkah!

Our Jewish brothers and sisters serving our nation celebrate the Festival of Lights From Sundown December 25, 2024 to the evening of January 2, 2025. Happy Hanukkah! May your candles burn bright this season.

Photo courtesy of United States Army

 

December Photo of the Month

“Receiving a care package from home feels like a warm hug from someone you haven't seen in a long time. It makes the rest of deployment easier, knowing there are people back home waiting for your return.”  — Evan K. — National Guard, deployed to Middle East.

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