Donations
Operation Iraq-Afghanistan: The Spirit of Christmas sincerely thanks you for your contribution of time, merchandise and/or dollars for these heartfelt Christmas stockings and toys for our military families here in Washington State.. Our troops on the front lines greatly appreciate your support. We all know that their loved ones on the frontlines this year will appreciate your support. Our goal this year is to send out a minimum of 5,000 Christmas Stockings filled to the brim for the children of our real American Heroes serving our country primarily in Afghanistan.
We do our very best to recognize all of you, our donors, on OperationIraq.org. Donations of goods can be publicly acknowledged or remain private, as your company/organization prefers. Remember your contributions and support to Operation Iraq-Afghanistan are 100% tax deductible. We remain a a non profit organization for the 9th year. Listed is our tax exemption number for your tax purposes- 51-0137442. We remain a 100% donated and 100% volunteer organization with no adminstrative costs.
Items Collected for Christmas Stockings:
- Gift cards of $10 value
- Christmas Stockings
- Onesies, bibs, rattles, teething rings
- Colorbookds, crayons, pens, arts&crafts, note pads, gel pens, colored Sharpies, scratch art
- Chapstick, make up, toothbrushes, hair care products, headbands, hair ties
- Hot Wheels, Legos, sports cards, HexBugs
- Bracelets, Silly Bandz, funky knee socks
- Waterbottles, earbuds, WA sports teams t-shirts, flashlights
- Ornaments, snow globes
- Magazines for children and teens
- Webkinz, stuffed animals
- Slinky, card games, small nerf toys
- Bible
For those of you that continue to make this your families or companies charity of choice, we welcome the following items:
- Kindle
- DS games
- Ipod Nano chip
- MP3 player
- Gift cards
- Camera
- Remote Control airplane/helicopter
- WA Team jerseys
The deadline for donations is Tuesday, November 15, 2011. Deliveries/donations will be accepted beginning Monday, October 17th, at the Totem Commercial Center located at 12700 Ne 124th St, Suite #8 in Kirkland, WA. We will have an Operation Iraq-Afghanistan banner across the front of the building so that you can easily find us. Large deliveries should be delivered to the loading dock behind the building at Door #17. Should someone not be available at the time of delivery, Dan at Tool Town (next door) has generously offered to accept deliveries on our behalf during normal business hours (Monday thru Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.). For delivery questions, please contact Ruth Ann Young at soc@thespiritofchristmasusa.com or Sherra Grasser at sherra@operationiraq.org.
Monetary Donations
Monetary donations are always appreciated as we can buy items in greater need or purchase the above items at the best bulk rates. It is also helps pay for shipping costs which is a very important aspect of this effort. Monetary donations may be made online through PayPal at www.OperationIraq.org or by check or money order payable to “Operation Iraq-Afghanistan: The Spirit of Christmas” via mail to PO Box 646, Kirkland, WA 98083.