If it's new on the web site, you'll find it on one of our announcement pages! Different topics will be of interest to you throughout your Marine's career. Chose from the categories of Marine Parents' web sites to the right. The most recent announcements will be at the top.

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This is the summer of drives! We're holding two drives for items to ship to Marines and we're asking YOU to hold a drive in your community as well. Our warehouse is virtually empty and we've got to ship 1100 care packages to Marines in Afghanistan on August 28. We've got the funding well under way with the Dollar Campaign, and now we need the products to send! Join Marine Parents in covering the essentials our troops need. Contribute to one of our care package drives today!
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Click here for August 28 Pack Day Info…

It has been brought to our attention that some folks are soliciting donations door-to-door for a “Care Package Campaign” sponsored by Prize Point. BEWARE! This is NOT our Care Package Project and we do NOT conduct door-to-door fundraising. We suggest you contact your local police department to report door-to-door solicitations for donations.

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Attention Marine families and supporters! WE NEED YOUR HELP!

The Marine Parents outreach program, Purple Heart Family Support, is in the running for a $250,000 Pepsi Refresh Project grant and we need your vote to win the competition!

With the Pepsi Grant, we will be able to turn our 200 meals a year served in 2 hospitals into 20,000 meals served a year in 4 hospitals. There are many great ideas out there, but who could be a more worthy recipient than our Wounded Warriors and their families?

Take one minute a day to vote for our Wounded Warriors!

Click here to watch the You Tube video and learn how to vote!

The folks at Disney have reached their goal of celebrating one million volunteers! All volunteers who already registered to "Give a Day. Get a Disney Day." should proceed as planned. However, we will no longer be able to accept additional Disney volunteers.

We congratulate Disney on their completion of a successful program and thank all the volunteers who gave their time and energy with sincere generosity.

You can help raise funds to ship care packages to Marines in combat zones just by getting a little creative! We have two unique fundraising stories to share with you to help give you an idea of what others have done in the past. One story includes a church in Massachusetts and $1.00 for each of the members in the congregation. Another story involves a dress down day at the office; the price to dress down? A $5.00 donation in support of our Marines in combat zones.
Click here to see what’s especially unique about that office…

On Saturday, October 31st, over 100 volunteers packed and shipped over 1,000 care packages for Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan. An Open House and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the new Marine Parents warehouse and office space was held the same day. KOMU Channel 8 stopped by and reported on the day's events.
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We've set a new goal and will be sending over 12,000 care packages in the next year, starting with our Marine Corps birthday boxes this coming October 31. We want our Marines to have care packages from sponsors in all 50 states! We're challenging each state to come up with monthly sponsors for 20 care packages each month for the coming year. Gather your friends and watch our progress as your state reaches and maintains the goal of 20 care packages per state.
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Team Marine Parents participants are actively preparing for their events and raising donations toward their chosen outreach program and goal. Make your next donation to The Care Package Project in support of a Team Marine Parents participant’s goal and watch their progress as the goal meter updates!
To view participant bio pages and learn how to donate toward a participant’s goal, Click here...

Some of those foods you're putting in care packages to your Marine could be affected by the peanut butter recall. Marine Parents is actively removing all affected items from care packages sent through The Care Package Project™.
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