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 over $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
408.577.2192
   . . . . . . . . .

Red Cross - Silicon Valley 2731 North First Street
San Jose CA 95134

Veteran's Advantage Site of Distinction


Operation: Care and Comfort
Press Releases

November 05, 2008
Adopt a Military Family Campaign - Holiday Season



SAN JOSE, CA — Operation: Care and Comfort's "Adopt a Military Family" campaign starts for the holiday season! With your support, we have been able to help many local military families throughout this past year.

The holidays are a special time for us to make sure that military families who need a little support are taken care of. Civilian families, companies and organizations are welcome to join our stand by list of folks who are willing to anonymously help meet the needs of these military families as the needs arise.

We offer a way to assist with no red tape, just help! We also ask folks to consider making a special monetary donation to help us purchase commissary gift certificates for groceries.

If you would like to be added to the standby list, or wish to make a monetary donation, please email Julie DeMaria at troopsupport@comcast.net. For more information, please call Julie at 408-373-8635 or visit http://www.operationcareandcomfort.org/occadopt/index.html.

Checks should be made payable to:

ARC OCC Adopt a Military Family.

Please mail checks to:

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

You can use your Credit Card to make your donation through our Santa Clara Valley Red Cross web site as follows:

  • Select Operation: Care and Comfort as the recipient.
  • Add "Adopt a Military Family" in the referred by area.

All funds will be used to help local military families.

Thank you!

About Operation: Care and Comfort:
Since April 2003, the all-volunteer Operation Care and Comfort program, unique to the Santa Clara Valley Chapter of American Red Cross, has shipped more than 200 tons of care packages for distribution to Marine, Army, Air Force, and Coast Guard personnel deployed in conflict regions. Adopted military units receive care packages monthly, until they return home. Operation: Care and Comfort is a member of the Department of Defense’s “America Supports You” program. For more information on how you can support this worthy program, please visit www.operationcareandcomfort.org.

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)

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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