NEWS FROM OPERATION GRATITUDE

OPERATION GRATITUDE CELEBRATES SHIPMENT OF 200,000th CARE PACKAGE

And 50,000th Package of Current Holiday Drive

Encino, California; December 11, 2006
"Following another productive two days with hundreds of volunteers shipping thousands more care packages this past weekend, Operation Gratitude founder, Carolyn Blashek, announced today that the organization will reach two great milestones on Saturday, December 16, 2006: the shipment of its 50,000th package of this Holiday Drive, and the shipment of the 200,000th overall package!

Operation Gratitude Director of Operations, Charlie Othold, expects to hit this milestone moment during the 11am-12 Noon hour on Saturday, December 16th.

About Operation Gratitude

Operation Gratitude ( www.operationgratitude.com ) is the California- based 501 (c) (3) non-profit, all-volunteer organization that sends care packages of snacks, entertainment items and personal letters of appreciation addressed to individually named U.S. Service Members deployed in hostile regions such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay and on military ships at sea. Its mission is to lift morale, bring a smile to a service member's face and to express to all troops the appreciation and support of the American people. For safety and security, all assembling of packages occurs at the Operation Gratitude headquarters in Southern California. Since its inception in March, 2003, Operation Gratitude has shipped more than 190,000 packages to American troops deployed overseas.

Many of the troops who have received the surprise Care Packages express their appreciation through a constant flow of letters, e-mails and pictures, as seen in the Mail Call and Photo Gallery sections of the www.operationgratitude.com website."

The above information, directly quoted, comes from an email sent to me from Operation Gratitude. I do not have any affiliation with them other than donations I have sent. Please consider this a public announcement; and a consideration of a donation from you, dear readers, would be awesome.