All month long, News4JAX, Navy Federal Credit Union, and the USO have worked together to collect donations for “Help on the Home Front” to support our local service members.
We want to say thank you to everyone who has chosen to give and share an inside look at how your generous donations are transformed into care packages.
At the USO outside NAS Jax, volunteers combine various donations into snack packs, hygiene kits and more for service members.
Travel kits include a postcard thanking them for their service.
“We have a couple of different options that we can do (for distributing the care packages). A lot of times, I love to take them on a pre-deployment, said Zola Foret, operations manager for USO. ”They’ll put in a request to USO, and they’ll ask for however many they need, and it can be a pre-deployment little pick-me-up or little morale boost.
And it’s not too late if you would like to donate! You still have a few days left.
Visit a local Navy Federal in Jacksonville and drop off some items.
Click here to find locations and a list of what’s needed.