Seeking Sponsors and Participants for Harley RIDE April 11 NPR FL
February 27, 2010 by Thomas Townsend
Filed under Fund Raising, Military Families
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Spring is on the way and OPERATION Hug-A-Hero is starting to plan for events in April celebrating Month of the Military Child. This year Operation Hug-A-Hero will be working with Gulf Coast Harley Davidson of Tampa Bay/New Port Richey, FL, to help Sponsor a unique fund raising event RIDE.
This will be a great event to support our Military Children and Operation Hug-A-Hero. If you own a motorcycle (does not have to be a Harley), come on out and show your support during April - Month of the Military Child! On Sunday, April 11th, cruise on out to Gulf Coast Harley Davidson to join all in support of this great cause! Registration at 10am (early registration on our website or by walking in to GCHD). Just an hour run and come back to enjoy free giveaways, Live Music, Plenty of Vendors, Food and more. A special appearance by a gentleman who lost his son in the war and has turned his son’s bike into a Military Bike in Memory of him. Most importantly, you are supporting our Little Heroes left behind who are proudly waiting for their own Hero to return.
GREAT sponsorship opportunities! Become our MAIN sponsor and your company gets to lead this ride, all the media coverage surrounds YOUR name! Several levels of sponsorship available. T-shirt space, Vendor Booths, Banner space, Donate Raffle Prizes with your name on it, etc.! Contact Lisa Berg for more information!
TWO ways to register for this event :
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Select our On Line Registration Process, and pay by Credit Card or via PayPal
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Or you can Down Load a Registration Form (below) and mail a check to OHAH:
Registration Form: 
Event Flyer:
Vote Operation Hug-A-Hero into CauseWorld!
February 9, 2010 by Thomas Townsend
Filed under Fund Raising, Military Families
Our Military Families need our help more than ever, and now you have a chance to help them by helping OPERATION-Hug-A-Hero, and its’ as simple as a vote.
Vote Operation Hug-A-Hero into CauseWorld!
We are listed as (Support our men in service with: Operation Hug-A-Hero)
CauseWorld is an iPhone and Android phone application that allows users to earn free donations for their favorite non-profits just by walking into any store.
CauseWorld app users earn “karma points” when they walk into stores and check in with their cell phone. No purchase is required at any store, and karma points can be redeemed nine predefined good causes. Big brands like Kraft Foods and Citi (both are on board) then turn the karmas into real dollar donations to those causes. Food for poor families, water in Sudan, trees in the Amazon, etc. are examples of the causes.
Here’s how it works: You open the application on your phone and see local businesses (instead of showing everything around you, CauseWorld only shows businesses that you can check into for karmas). Enter the store, check in, and get the karma points offered to you. Once you’ve collected enough karmas you can donate them to a variety of causes and you get badges for various activities. And of course we would like you to be able to select Operation-Hug-A-Hero from the list of available causes so you can help us continue our mission while enjoying this neat application,
CauseWorld, “the first mobile application that let’s you do good deeds simply for walking into a store.” The application is currently available on the CauseWorld web site for both the iPhone and Adroid based phones.The iPhone version is also available from the appstore and soon the application will become available for more mobile platforms.
In order for Operation-Hug-A-Hero to be listed as one of the causes on this application, we need your help, we need you to VOTE and then tell a friend and a family member to VOTE .
We thank you and our Hug-A-Hero kids will thank you even more.
It’s really a very simple thing to do that can have the net effect of you being able to help our military family’s and their children, if we can get listed on the CauseWorld Application.
15 different organizations have been selected for the public to vote, and the top 3 causes will be invited to join. Voting ends on February 28, 2010 and the winners will be announced shortly afterwards. The voting poll can be accessed on the Cause World blog at http://blog.causeworld.com
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A Call to action: How YOU can help us spread the word
Shop at iGive.com & support OPERATION Hug-A-Hero
November 25, 2009 by stephaniec
Filed under Fund Raising
This holiday season, send a gift that means an automatic donation to OPERATION Hug-A-Hero when you shop at any of over 700 participating online stores through iGive, a portion of each purchase comes back to support our cause in the form of a donation check.
Gotta have those fringed boots for the season? Order them from shoebuy.com at iGive.com and 7.6% of your purchase will be donated to OPERATION Hug-A-Hero! Sending photocards? Order them through Snapfish at iGive.com and 6.4% of your purchase will be donated to OPERATION Hug-A-Hero!
It’s free for you, free for us, and you pay the same (or less!) than you would by going directly to the store. Shopping online means no wasted gas and no more standing in long lines at the mall. And to all you smart shoppers: don’t miss iGive’s treasure-trove of coupons, sales, and free shipping. Save money, save time, and send gifts that give twice. What could be better than that?
See for yourself here: iGive.com
Be sure to select OPERATION Hug-A-Hero as your cause, Bookmark it and start shopping!
As always, we thank you for your support!
Team OPERATION Hug-A-Hero
2009 Holiday Hugs Drive
November 18, 2009 by Lisa Berg
Filed under Fund Raising, General
OPERATION Hug-A-Hero is inviting retailers, businesses, schools, churches and other interested organizations to adorn a holiday tree with OHAH Holiday Hug “ornaments.” Each ornament represents a Hug-A-Hero doll for a child, for a $25 donation. Donors can write a personal message to the child recipient on the back of the ornament which will be lovingly included in the package that OHAH will send to the child. OHAH will also offer the Holiday Hug drive on its website as well, and will offer donors the same opportunity to craft a personal message to the child recipient.
The Holiday Hugs Drive is made simple for the sponsoring organization as OHAH sends all of the materials – the sponsors simply provide the tree or other display for the ornaments. To obtain your Sponsor Package please contact our Director of Development, Stephanie Crabb at stephanie AT operationhugahero.org. or using our Contact Form select the Request a Holiday Hugs Packet option.
The Holiday Hugs for Our Littlest Heroes Drive will continue through January 31, 2010.
Be sure to check out our Press Release
Our Holiday Hug Angel:
Holiday Hugs Ornament
Ebay Flag Auction to benefit OPERATION Hug-A-Hero
November 6, 2009 by Lisa Berg
Filed under Fund Raising
Veterans Day is only a few days away. Wednesday November 11, 2009. You can help make this day even more memorable for a Special Friend or Loved one who is a Veteran , Patriot or Flag Collector by participating in an EBay auction to support OPERATION Hug-A-Hero.
We have been provided with a very special opportunity to help raise attention to the OPERATION Hug-A-Hero mission while also being able to pay tribute to all of our Veterans all across the globe. We would like to call your attention to the information below regarding an EBay Auction that started this week and will continue until approximately 10:00 PM on Veterans Day.
This is a very Special Flag, and while the specific details of where it is going to be flown are a SECRET, we know that whomever is the wining bidder will be pleased with the historic nature and value of this collectible item of our Military History. On top of that, the proceeds will go to OPERATION Hug-A-Hero. That means that we will be able to help reach-out to many more children in need. We are hoping that the bidding will continue to increase as word spreads of this great item and the great cause that it will support.
Every $30.00 that we can bring in allows us to help (1) child. A $300.00 bid will allow us to help about 10 children, $500.00 would help over 16 and $1000.00 dollars will help over 30 children. No matter the amount of the final bid, know that your thoughtfulness will go to help a very worthwhile cause and every time you look at the Flag and the Certificate in your name, you will be proud to own a piece of history and will know that you helped a lot of Military family’s and put a smile on the face of a young child in the process!
We would be honored if you bid on this SPECIAL Flag as a tribute to our VETERANS. It would be great if you could also pass this article or link on to a friend or relative who might be interested.
Thanks from Team OPERATION Hug-A-Hero
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American Flag Tribute
November 5, 2009 – November 11, 2009
EBay Auction Item number: 180426880681
Bid on an American Flag flown proudly over one of the most historically-significant overseas military installations in celebration of all those who have served our nation.
- Flag will be flown on Veterans Day.
- Winning Bidder will have their name inscribed on a Certificate accompanying the Flag stating that the Flag was flown in their Honor.
- Flag will be expertly Folded by US MARINES, and inserted into a Flag Presentation Case.
- Certificate will be accompanied in a matching frame.
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This is not any Flag; but one that will be flown on a US Military Base that is located overseas in a location with significant historical merit. The Flag is a standard 5 x 8 Flag that will be flown on Veterans Day November 11, 2009.
Once the Flag has been flown, a Certificate will be issued identifying the Time, Location and Place that the Flag was flown and Signed by a Commission US Military Officer. We have arranged to have the Certificate held until the 15th, so that we can determine the winner of the Auction. That individuals name will then be put on the Certificate, which will then be Formally Signed and Framed, notifying all that The Flag was flown for this person(s) on behalf of OPERATION Hug-A-Hero.
The Flag will then be Expertly Folded by US MARINES, the procedure photographed and the Flag will then be inserted into a Flag Presentation Case and sealed.
The Flag/Case Framed Certificate and (2) Photos of the Flag Folding Ceremony will then be packed and shipped to the United States office of OPERATION HUG-A-HERO, where it will then be FED-EX Ground to the winner.
Please expect 2-3 weeks delivery at completion of the Auction due to shipping from the overseas location.
OPERATION Hug-A-Hero would like to provide a special thanks to the Team at Goin Postal, in New Port Richey, FL for setting up and running the auction for us. They have kindly donated their services to support the OPERATION Hug-A-Hero cause.
The GAP Gives Back – Fundraising for OHAH – Jacksonville, NC
October 11, 2009 by stephaniec
Filed under Fund Raising
Shop at the GAP store in Jacksonville, North Carolina this entire month of October, 2009 and through your purchases you can help contribute to support the OPERATION-Hug-A-Hero mission:
Stylish and Generous – A winning combination! The GAP store in Jacksonville, NC is responding to our cause through a “donate at the register” campaign that will take place through the month of October. Every GAP shopper will be given an opportunity to donate any amount to Operation Hug-A-Hero (OHAH). For each donation, shoppers will be able to add their OHAH donation card to the “Recognition Window” in the GAP. The GAP, in turn, will match those donations from shoppers, dollar for dollar, up to $25,000! So, when it is all said and done, a total of up to $50,000 could be raised in just 31 days, which would allow OHAH to gift 2,000 Hug-A-Hero dolls to eligible children.
Many supporting organizations in Jacksonville are helping to spread the word and encourage everyone they know to shop The GAP this month. Whitney Jezek-Power, 2nd VP and Lesley Ginder, Fundraising Chair, of the Camp Lejeune Officers’ Wives Club (OWC), have challenged all of the OWC members to not only stop by and make a donation, but to pass the word to everyone that they know as well. The Camp Lejeune OWC was one of the first organizations to donate to OHAH with a $1,000 cash grant in May, 2009 specifically to provide Hug-A-Hero dolls to families of deploying Marines and Sailors from the Camp Lejeune community.
Click on the link to learn more about the GAP’s commitment to community: GAP Embracing Our Responsibility
More OPERATION Hug-A-Hero Fund Raising events for October 2009 :
Operation Hug-A-Hero Harley Ride & Kids Bicycle Rodeo: Jacksonville, NC – October 24, 2009
Motorcycle Ride for OPERATION Hug-A-Hero & Children’s Bicycle Rodeo
October 6, 2009 by Lisa Berg
Filed under Fund Raising, General
Be one of the first 100 to register and receive a FREE t-shirt!
October 24th 2009 in Jacksonville, North Carolina there will be (2) great events to support our Military and Operation Hug-A-Hero. These events are for the entire family. The first event is for all the Motorcycle Enthusiasts. This Harley Ride is just for you. For the second event be sure to bring your children along for the Bicycle Rodeo, where the kids get to dress up their bikes with all kinds of free stickers and then a contest for the best dressed and a lot of other categories for them to win prizes with their bikes. Lot’s of fun stuff for children of all ages; there will be Face Painting, a Rock Wall, Giveaways, Live Music, Food and more.
So be sure to set the date (October 24, 2009) on your calendar for these two great fun events at the New River Harley Davidson off Wilmington Highway in Jacksonville, NC.
Event 1 – Harley Ride for Operation Hug-A-Hero
Fall is in the air! Rain or shine, be a part of the first ever ride in our community for our littlest heroes!
Ride for Operation Hug-A-Hero – Jacksonville, NC
October 24, 2009
New River Harley Davidson/Buell
2394 Wilmington Highway
Jacksonville, NC
The Harley Ride is Sponsored by:
$20 Solo Rider (Free Event T-Shirt to first 100 registered riders) 9:00 AM Kickoff and Registration 11:00 AM Kickstands Up After Party – WRNS Your Country 95.1 FM Broadcasting Live – Kids Bicycle Rodeo For more information, contact: Tricia Dyal @ 910-333-1502 or tricia AT operationhugahero.org
Event 2 – Kids Bicycle Rodeo and Family Fun
Kids Bicycle Rodeo and Family Fun – Jacksonville, NC October 24, 2009 New River Harley Davidson/Buell 2394 Wilmington Highway Jacksonville, NCThe Kids Bicycle Rodeo and Family Fun is Sponsored by: Accent Real Estate
Be one of the first 100 to register and receive a FREE t-shirt!
Ride for our Cause!
Sportsman’s Lodge is sponsoring this exciting event! Just $20 gets you in to ride your motorcycle in support of our Littlest Heroes! While the big bikers are off on their great ride, the little bikers will stay behind and enjoy our Children’s Rodeo, sponsored by Accent Real Estate! Lejeune High School Seniors are putting on the Rodeo! Logan’s Food will be there! Vendors will be setup, Hooter’s Girls, a Paintball gun given out from Sportsman’s Lodge in a 50/50 drawing, WRNS Broadcasting Live! Starting at 9:00 and every half hour, a Hug-A-Hero kit will be given away compliments of Daddy Dolls, Inc. The Hug-A-Hero Kit includes a free voucher for the custom made doll of their hero and a voice recorder! There will be a raffle for the chance to win 4 new bikes. Kids bring your bikes and enjoy the following – Extreme Biking, Best in Show, Decorating Contest and a Parade. Bikes will be judged by some of the Motorcycle Riders. Trophies will be awarded at 1:00! Kids can enjoy the Rock Wall and Moon Bounce! Family Fun for everyone. Come on out and show your support for our military and for Operation Hug-A-Hero!
Operation Hug-A-Hero 5k Race in Michigan
October 4, 2009 by Thomas Townsend
Filed under Fund Raising
If you happen to be around or near Walled Lake Michigan on October 10th, please stop by and talk to us. The founders of Operation Hug-A-Hero, Tricia Dyal and Nikki Darnell, will be on hand, as well Operation Hug-A-Hero’s Executive Director, Lisa Berg.
This will be a 5K and 1 Mile Family Fun Run. Proceeds for the event are going to Support our Troops and will go to two very worthy charities.
Please be sure to check out the website for the City of Walled Lake, Michigan for entry requirements and more information. You can also call (248) 926-9004 or email: 5krun@walledlake.com
Walled Lake Support Our Troops – Family Fun Walk
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All proceeds benefit Operation Hug-A-Hero and the Fallen & Wounded Soldiers Fund $25 Entry Fee for 5K Participants /$25 per Family for 1M Family Fun Walk 7:30 Registration 9:00 AM 5K Start 9:10 AM 1M Start Online Registration Form: 5K Entry Form
