Announcements 1/8/20

THANK YOU BRATTLEBORO AMERICAN LEGION

POST 5!

Thank you to American Legion Brattleboro Post 5 out of Vermont for their donation of $500 to the programs of OSOT-America!

WAREHOUSE SCHEDULE

We will be sorting and bagging products on

Thursday, January 16th and Saturday, January 18th from 9 am to 1 pm .

See you there!

BOARD MEMBER APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED

If you are interested in applying to become an OSOT-America Board Member, please

CLICK HERE to fill out the application and email it to info@osotamerica.org

or mail it to:

OSOT-America

1807 S. Washington Street

Suite 110, #359

Naperville, IL 60565

Please call 630-971-1150 with any questions.

DISNEY TICKET GIVEAWAY

Thank you to everyone who donated by 12/31 to be entered in our Disney Ticket Giveaway! The winning entry will be pulled on Monday, January 13th!

LETTER OF THE WEEK

ANNUAL MEETING MARCH 8, 2020

Save The Date of Sunday, March 8, 2020 for our Annual Meeting at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Naperville.

WAREHOUSE UPDATE

We would like to thank Kevin Krause, Ron Belanger, and Diane McGovern for all your hard work managing the warehouse, lists of names and receiving incoming products for several years. We wish you all the best in your retirement.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Comfort and Care Package Database List Volunteer:

If you enjoy working with spreadsheets and lists/databases we need your help! We are in need of a volunteer to help manage the lists of Comfort and Care Package requests for deployed service members. If you are interested in volunteering for this role, please CLICK HERE to email us!

Warehouse Volunteers:

Join our Comfort and Care Package Team! We are looking for volunteers that would like to help us out in the warehouse with a range of tasks, from accepting and tracking incoming product donations, preparing for sorting and packing days by setting up and organizing products, and handling the shipping process to get our Comfort and Care Packages to our deployed service members.

If you would like more information and are interested in volunteering for this role, please CLICK HERE to email us!

Presentation Team:

If you love to share our mission and how we help our military community--We Need You! Our Volunteer Presentation Team needs a Team Leader as well. If you are interested in volunteering in this very important role please CLICK HERE to email us!

BILL RICKERT'S CONTACT INFO

If you have a question for Bill Rickert, OSOT-America's Executive Director please email him by CLICKING HERE .

SUICIDE PREVENTION

We have experienced an increased level of interaction with veterans through our Veterans Assistance Program as well as our other programs regarding depression and suicidal thoughts. If you know a veteran that would be in need of help, please see the contact numbers you can share:

Military One Source

1-800-342-9647

National Suicide Prevention Hotline

1-800-273-8255

CHARITY WATCHDOG RATINGS AND AWARDS

OSOT-America is proud to have top ratings from Charity Navigator, Great Nonprofits, and a Guidestar Platinum Award...and our newest award from Chamber 630 for the Best Not-For-Profit Charity.