You Can Help:
Donating Money

Our program accepts cash donations to cover the cost of shipping packages overseas.

All donations are tax deductible and will be used specifically for this program.

At $1 a pound, donations to cover shipping costs is our greatest need.

Please make checks payable to:

ARC
Operation: Care and Comfort

Please mail checks to:

Operation: Care and Comfort
2392 Walden Square
San Jose, CA 95124

Credit card donations are accepted online.


CONTACT INFO
Co-Founders

  (Click on the name
  to send an email)


Julie DeMaria
TroopSupport
@comcast.net

408.373.8635
   . . . . . . . . .

Cookie Crissman
Cookie
@piperitesystems.com

408.590.0731
   . . . . . . . . .

Randy Bye
occrjb
@yahoo.com
408.577.2192
   . . . . . . . . .

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Operation: Care and Comfort
Press Releases

May 12, 2008
Bay Area Sports Teams Join America Supports You Program
Largest Contingent of Sporting Teams Comes Together for Military and their Families

April 1, 2008
The Greg Kihn Band To Play TROOPFEST 2008 Aboard USS Hornet to Benefit US Troops
Operation: Care and Comfort to Raise Funds for Shipments To U.S. Troops

March 25, 2008
Bear Hug A U.S. Soldier
Operation: Care and Comfort Prepares to ship 140,000 Bear Hugs to U.S. Troops on April 5th

January 17, 2008
Bear Hug A U.S. Soldier for Memorial Day
Operation: Care and Comfort to ship 140,000 Bear Hugs to U.S. Troops

October 8, 2007
Operation: Persian GOLF Supplies Golf Equipment to our Deployed Troops
150 Tons of Care Packages Shipped by Operation: Care and Comfort

May 1, 2007
May is National Military Appreciation Month
Girl Scouts of Santa Clara County Cookie Share Program

November 20, 2006
100 Tons of Care Packages Shipped by Operation: Care and Comfort


You Can Help:
Donating Goods

Any person or organization who would like to help send care and comfort to our service members can participate by donating needed items (see list) to Operation: Care and Comfort.

Most Requested Items:

Food: 
Beef jerky, microwavable meals, soups (no pork please)

Hygiene
Mach III Razor and cartridges, dental supplies.

Entertainment:
DVDs, CDs

Miscellaneous:
AA and AAA Batteries, AT&T Phone Cards

Items may be shipped to, or dropped off at, either of our two main locations below:

Operation: Care and Comfort
2392 Walden Square
San Jose, CA 95124

Hours: Any

American Red Cross
Operation: Care and Comfort
2731 North First Street
San Jose, CA 95134

Office Hours:
9am-5pm,  Monday through Friday


Or you can drop off items at any of the locations below:

San Jose

98.5 KFOX Radio 1420 Koll Circle
Suite A
San Jose, CA 95112
CLICK HERE FOR A MAP TO KFOX

Dry Clean Plus
4644 Meridian Ave
San Jose, CA 95124
PH: (408) 267-7471
Hours Mon-Sat 9am-4pm
(Blossom Hill / Cambrian Area)

Contact Lens Center
3590 Moorpark Ave
San Jose, CA 95117
PH: (408) 246-5150
Hours: Any
(Near San Tomas Expwy)

Hubcap City
Sean Hamblin, Owner
495 W. San Carlos St
San Jose, CA 95110
PH: (408) 280-6833

Santa Clara

2385 Glendenning Ave
Santa Clara CA 95050
PH: (408) 590-0731
Hours: Any

Morgan Hill

Allstate Insurance
17200 Monterey St #A
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
Hours: 9-4
(Downtown)

Hollister

Family Pet Care Center
38 East St
Hollister, CA 95023
PH: (831) 637-7387

Redwood City

Peninsula Vet Center
2946 Broadway St
Redwood City, CA 94062
PH: (650) 299-0672
Hours: 8am-4:30pm, M-F

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