Love’s Travel Stops and Operation Homefront, a national nonprofit whose mission is to build strong, stable, and secure military families, distributed 125 meal kits to preregistered families this past Saturday through Operation Homefront’s Holiday Meals for Military. Representatives from the Oklahoma City Thunder, including Rumble the Bison, joined to hand out the kits that included Thunder tickets.
“This is Love’s second year in a row to have hosted a Holiday Meals for Military event, and we couldn’t have been more excited,” says Jenny Love Meyer, chief culture officer and executive vice president of Love’s. “We love to see how excited the families are when they pick up the kits, and this year’s event was made better by the surprise element of tickets from our friends at the Thunder.”
The event took place at Love’s Corporate Office in Oklahoma City. Meal kits included traditional holiday meal essentials and four ticket vouchers to a Thunder game of the family’s choice. This year’s Holiday Meals for Military will put meals on the tables of more than 15,000 military families nationwide.
Robin Carter, senior director of Operation Homefront, says that military families are often far from loved ones during the holidays. This makes it difficult to fully enjoy the traditions many look forward to. But with support from partners like Love’s, the program provides support to military families so they can enjoy the holidays. “It’s a tangible ‘thank you’ from the communities they have worked so hard to protect,” Carter says.
Find out more, visit www.operationhomefront.org.
