A TIME TO REMEMBER

SERVING OUR MILITARY AND VETERAN COMMUNITIES

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Our Staff & Volunteers Have Been Busy Serving Our Nation’s Heroes

The success of our grassroots mission is due to the strategic design of our programs and services to ensure that all service members, veterans, and their families are treated as our greatest national treasures.

JOIN US FOR OUR ANNUAL PRAYER SERVICE TO REMEMBER ALL THOSE WE LOST TO WAR, SERVICE AND SUICIDE. WE WANT TO THANK THE OUR ORGANIZATION’S CHAPLAIN, FATHER BRIAN VANDER WEL FOR CONDUCTING THE SERVICE.

MEMORIAL DAY MORNING, MONDAY, MAY 29. 2023 AT 10 AM

THE WORLD WAR 1 MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, DC

LET US NEVER FORGET THIER SACRIFICE.

SINCE 2014, EXCEPT FOR THE COVID YEARS, OUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CONDUCTED OUTDOOR BBQ’S ON THE GROUNDS OF WALTER REED MILITARY HOSPITAL FOR OUR ILL AND INJURED HEROES, CLICK THE BUTTON BELOW TO VOLUNTEER OR SPONSOR.

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USASOA FOOD FOR TROOPS PROGRAM

FOOD INSECURITY AMONG OUR MILITARY AND THEIR FAMILIES HARMS UNIT READINESS, RECRUITMENT, AND RETENTION.

SINCE LAST YEAR, OUR ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN COLLECTING AND DISTRIBUTING FOOD TO MILITARY FAMILIES AT JOINT BASE ANDREWS AND FT. BELVOIR ARMY BASE IN VIRGINIA EVERY MONTH. CLICK THE BUTTON BELOW TO VOLUNTEER OR DONATE, THEY DESERVE THE VERY BEST WE HAVE TO OFFER AS A NATION, NOT THE LEAST.

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DOZENS OF OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUCCESS OF OUR ‘FOOD FOR TROOPS’ PROGRAM

WE ARE EXPANDING OUR ‘FOOD FOR TROOPS’ PROGRAM TO SCOTT AIRFORCE BASE AND FT. IRWIN ARMY BASE IN CALIFORNIA. THIS PROGRAM'S SUCCESS DEPENDS ON GRATEFUL AMERICANS DEMANDING THE BEST FOR OUR FREEDOM DEFENDERS.

WE WANT TO THANK SENATOR TAMMY DUCKWORTH AND SENATOR LISA MURKOWSKI FOR THEIR BI-PARTISAN LEADERSHIP IN SHEPHERDING THE ‘MILITARY HUNGER PREVENTION ACT’ THROUGH THE US SENATE. THE USASOA GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS DIRECTOR JAVIER JIMEZ AND TEAM ARE MAKING INCREDIBLE STRIDES TO ENSURE THIS IMPORTANT LEGISLATION BECOMES A REALITY FOR OUR TROOPS.

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THE USASOA HOMELESS AND ELDERLY VETERANS OUTREACH PROGRAMS

OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, OUR ORGANIZATIONS VALUABLE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, THE WHITE HOUSE VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICE, AND OTHER VETERAN AND MILITARY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN, AND CONTINUE TO BE, THE HALLMARK OF OUR SUCCESSFUL MISSION-FOCUSED, GRASSROOTS EFFORTS TO ASSIST HOMELESS AND ELDERLY VETERANS IN VARIOUS JOURNEYS OF THEIR LIVES.

VOLUNTEER OR SUPPORT OUR ‘SANDWICH SATURDAYS’ AS WE GATHER IN THE KITCHEN OF OUR CAPITOL HILL OFFICE ON SATURDAY MONRUINSG TO MAKE SANDWICHES AND CARE PACKAGES FOR HOMELESS AND ELDERLY VETERANS. OUR VOLUNTEER HAND DELIVERS THE SANDWICHES TO HOMELESS VETERANS ON THE STREETS AND ELDERLY VETS LIVING IN TRANSITIONAL HOUSING UNITS.

DURING THE WINTER MONTHS, WE MAKE SOUP AND OUR WINTER SURVIVAL KITS FOR HOMELESS VETERANS. WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE COLLEGES, SCHOOLS, PLACES OF WORSHIP, INDIVIDUALS, AND GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS WHO CONTRIBUTE ITEMS TO THIS IMPORTANT PROGRAM. VIEW A LIST OF OUR MAJOR CORPORATE DONORS

MORE OF OUR TERRIFIC VOLUNTEERS MAKE AND DELIVER HOMEMADE CHICKEN SOUP TO OUR ELDERLY VETERANS IN TRANSITIONAL HOUSING UNITS ON SATURDAYS.

THROUGH OUR MONTHLY ‘BOOTS ON THE GROUND’ COLLECTION DRIVES WITH OUR PARTNERS AT GIANT FOOD STORES, INCLUDING OTHER PARTNERSHIPS WITH FATHER MICHAEL’S MINISTRY, CAPITOL AREA FOOD BANK, FOOD COLLECTION DRIVES AT LOCAL HOUSES OF WORSHIP, AND OUR ONLINE USASOA AMAZON FOOD STORE, WE CAN SUPPLY FOOD TO HOMELESS AND ELDERLY VETERANS AND TO LOW-ICOME MILITARY FAMILIES WITH A FOOD FOR TROOPS PROGRAM. WE ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, ROCK CREEK COUNCIL IN BETHESDA, MARYLAND, FOR THEIR MANY INCREDIBLE YEARS OF SUPPORT FOR OUR MISSION. WE COULD NOT HAVE THIS SUCCESSFUL IMPACT WITHOUT THEM.

SUPPORT OUR MISSION AND LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR OTHER PROGRAMS, INCLUDING OPERATION REBOOT - PEER TO PEER GROUP CARE PACKAGES FOR OUR DEPLOYED TROOPS, CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR OUR TROOPS, DIGNIFIED BURIALS FOR HOMELESS AND ABANDONED VETERANS

VISIT OUR WEBSITE AND CHECK OUR EVENTS PAGE FOR MORE VOLUNTEER AND SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES; WWW.USASOA.ORG

STAY SAFE AND HAVE A WONDERFUL MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, AND DO NOT FORGET THOSE WHO MADE OUR FREEDOMS POSSIBLE. IT IS NOT QUARRELING POLITICIANS; IT’S THE MEN AND WOMEN RESTING IN PEACE ON THE SLOPES OF ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY AND VARIOUS CEMETERIES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD. MAY GOD GRANT THEM ETERNAL REST.