Experienced Veteran Goes the Distance to Lead Operation Homefront’s Efforts in Central Midwest For Darcy Clardy, her need to serve others did not stop when she was medically discharged from the Air Force after seven years of service. For the past 12 years, Darcy has been serving in a different way. As Operation Homefront’s Senior … Continued
Operation Homefront’s Transitional Home Gives Air Force Retiree Stability Air Force Tech. Sgt. Renee Gilliam approached the end of her 21-year military career with uncertainty before she came across Operation Homefront. Now she confidently envisions her 11-year-old daughter establishing herself in school activities while her 18-year-old son comes home from college lugging bags of laundry. … Continued
Operation Homefront to distribute 500,000th backpack through military family program Dollar Tree, Inc. joins Operation Homefront to collect school supplies for military children nationwide Operation Homefront’s annual Back-to-School Brigade® returns to serve military families across the nation with the help of its longtime corporate partner, Dollar Tree. The program provides military children with backpacks and … Continued
Transitional Housing Programs Helps Marine Veteran Get Closer to his Dream Housing costs have risen in cities across the nation, and San Antonio, Texas, is no exception. Housing prices increased 20.5% in one year from 2021 to 2022. For Marine veteran Rudy De Leon Jr. and his young, growing family, the rising costs made … Continued
Marine Veteran Spurred by 9/11 to Serve Country Receives Vehicle Donation Leroy Evans was in his Brooklyn high school, looking out the window, when he saw that one of the Twin Towers was on fire. He remembers his teacher telling him to sit down. “Then I watched the plane hit the second building and all … Continued
Memorial Day Message: Stamped with the Great Seal of Heroic Character For two years, I had the privilege of serving as the commander of the 436th Airlift wing at Dover Air Force Base – home of a national treasure – the Charles C. Carson Center for Mortuary Affairs. One of my most solemn duties was … Continued
Senior Director Leads Operation Homefront’s Volunteer Force with Heart Prior to her current role as senior director of volunteers, Charlotte Merriam had served in several field offices and had firsthand knowledge of the intense amount of coordination needed to bring programs like Holiday Meals for Military, Back-to-School Brigades, and Star-Spangled Babies showers to life. Charlotte, … Continued
Operation Homefront Launches United We Stand Campaign to Secure the Futures of America’s Military Families Operation Homefront, the national nonprofit whose mission is to build strong, stable, and secure military families, announced today, as our country honors all past and present service members during Armed Forces Week, the public launch of their three-year, $100 million … Continued
John Pray, Operation Homefront President and CEO, Named 2022 Georgia Titan 100 San Antonio, Texas — Titan CEO and headline sponsor Wipfli LLP are pleased to announce that Brig. Gen. (ret.) John I. Pray Jr., President, and CEO of Operation Homefront has been named a 2022 Georgia Titan 100. The Titan 100 program recognizes Georgia’s … Continued
United Rentals’ NASCAR drivers Austin Hill and Ryan Preece to raise funds with each lap in sponsored races during the 2022 season San Antonio, Texas — United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI), the largest equipment rental company in the world, and Operation Homefront, a national nonprofit celebrating 20 years of serving America’s military families, announced the … Continued
