Veteran's Day - Operation Gratitude

November 11, 2009

The armistice ending World War I was signed on the 11 day of the 11 month at 11 a.m.. To commemorate this event, the U.S. Government declared November 11 to be "Armistice Day". After World War II, the name was changed to "Veteran's Day" in commemoration of all veterans who fought for our freedom.
It has seemed that some times in our history this day of remembrance has been barely noticed by many citizens. With our present involvement in two wars, it is certainly important to commemorate our armed services and to show our gratitude for their service to our country.

CENTURY 21 Lois Lauer Realty, for the past several years,has participated in "Operation Gratitude". This organization puts together care packages for the troops. The offices of CENTURY 21 Lois Lauer Realty are sites where the public can drop off donations for these care packages. Some items that would be gladly received include:

Warm Scarves - Knit, Crocheted or wool and acrylic

Travel size board games

Hand and Foot warmers

Single serving boxes of cold cereals and individual packets of hot cereals

Commercially wrapped packages of trail mix, Energy bars, Candy

Ready to eat tuna salad or chicken salad kits

Baseball style caps, knit caps and gloves

T-shirts

Socks

Unsealed personal cards and letter paper

Toiletries are only accepted from manufacturers

Ipods, CD players, CDs

This is not an exhaustive list, but is offered as a guide to folks who wish to contribute.

Our offices for drop of are:

Redlands, 1998 Orange tree Lane - 909-748-7000

Yucaipa, 33699 Yucaipa Blvd. Suite B - 909-570-6000

Moreno Valley, 24021 Alessandro Blvd. #B - 909-571-4400