This is the second year Operation Homefront and Food Lion have partnered for this program. “This will give them a little bit of relief so they can have that Christmas, have that Hanukkah, have that holiday meal with their family together.” “Most people would be surprised that some of our military families are struggling, especially during COVID time where the spouse is unable to work, unable to have a dual income that many of us depend on,” Scott said. Gordon, there are plenty of military families in the community. Programs edit An Operation Homefront Christmas event Operation Homefront focuses its efforts on relief, resiliency and recurring support 3 for military and veteran families. “We’ll be serving 150 families here in the Augusta area today, and nationally we’ll be serving our 500 thousandth family since this program was started,” Operation Homefront area manager Elizabeth Scott said. For Samsung Gives Month of Service, our month-long employee volunteerism campaign, which kicked off on October 2 nd, we leaned on our employee resource groups (ERG) to recommend a new non-profit organization that our people could support. The program is called Operation Homefront Holiday Meals for Military. Air Force photo by Louis Briscese) SUMMARY Operation Homefront is one of the lesser-known service organizations that’s been quietly helping military families for years. Friday to give 150 Augusta military families gift cards to cover their holiday meals. Mariana Marin Marrero, 10 months, plays with toys that were collected during Operation Homefronts annual holiday toy drive. 2 minute read Volunteers help prepare meals for Operation Homefront. (WJBF) – Operation Homefront partnered with the Food Lion on Windsor Spring Rd.
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