Leveraging partnerships into added PR support, a personal mission morphs into powerful nonprofit
Operation Gratitude (OG) is a nonprofit corporation that sends care packages of food, toiletries, entertainment items, and letters of appreciation to deployed US military service members. It aims solely to lift morale and give civilians an opportunity to tangibly support military individuals.
Carolyn Blashek, president and CEO, began sending care packages to troops on her own in 2003. Unflappable commitment and the power of grassroots PR grew her personal ...