Back-To-School Brigade 2018

About Operation Homefront Vision: National military nonprofit that helps build strong, stable, and secure military families so they can thrive – not just get by – in the communities that they have worked so hard to protect. Audience: Families of Active Duty (E1-E6), Wounded and Veterans Quick numbers: 92% of all expenditures go toward military family program support 4-Star Charity Navigator Rating for 9 consecutive years Operationhomefront.net

Operation Homefront Strategic Program Areas Relief Resiliency Recurring Family Support Operation Homefront’s programs provide: Relief, Resiliency and Recurring Family Support. OH would like to partner with Ignite RG as a strategic partner to deliver support throughout the year in one of these bucketed areas. Operationhomefront.net

What Operation Homefront Does: Our Programs Operation Homefront addresses the problems of homelessness and financial instability for families of active duty, wounded and veterans, through three core program focus areas: Relief through Short-Term and Critical Assistance Programs Emergency Financial Assistance Rent-free Transitional Housing Villages for wounded warriors Resiliency through Long-Term Stability Programs: Mortgage-Free Homes (Homes on the Homefront) Caregiver Support (Hearts of Valor) Recurring Family Support through ongoing programs like: Holiday Meals for Military Back to School Brigade Holiday Toy Drives Homefront Celebrations Star-Spangled Baby Showers Military Child of the Year WWW.OPERATIONHOMEFRONT.NET

BACK-TO-SCHOOL BRIGADE

Program Overview Operation Homefront is gearing up for its 2018 Back-to-School Brigade™ program to provide backpacks full of school supplies to local military kids in need. Last year, nearly 33,454 backpacks were distributed, along with over $5.6 million school supplies collected at Dollar Tree stores nationwide. $682.13 The average amount spent on back-to-school apparel, school supplies and electronics per family According to https://nrf.com/sites/default/files/Documents/BackToSchool2014%20Final_0.pdf WWW.OPERATIONHOMEFRONT.NET

Program Overview Nationwide, there are 1.2 million children of active duty service members. The number of American children who have experienced a parent’s deployment is estimated to be close to 2 million – from newborns to teens. About 33% of military children are between the ages of 6 and 11, 25% are between the ages of 12 and 18. 33,454 Backpacks distributed across the country through Back-to-School Brigade™ WWW.OPERATIONHOMEFRONT.NET

Program Overview (Items Needed) Backpacks Pocket Dictionary Washable Markers Lined Paper Crayons Plain Paper Pencil Cases Lined Notebooks Scissors Calculators Protractors Highlighters Hand Sanitizer Erasers Notebook paper Binders Pocket Folders Colored Pencils Tissue Thesaurus Pencils Pencil Sharpeners Pens Subject Dividers WWW.OPERATIONHOMEFRONT.NET

How You Can Help Set up a Collection Bin at your business for employees or customers Send a cash gift to purchase book bags Pick up donated supplies Pack supplies into book bags for the kids Distribute book bags to local military children Sponsor Operation Homefront

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Points of Contact Operation Homefront Primary: Teresa Herrera Area Manager Teresa.Herrera@OperationHomefront.org (626)620-0568 OPERATIONHOMEFRONT.NET