Yellow Ribbon America

North Pole South USA: Help support the 2026 Operation Christmas For Our Troops & Their Families now in our 22nd year! Our Troops and thier families need your Holiday support more than ever! With many of our Military Units that are now deployed throughout the globe our Military is working overtime for all us Americans. Help us bring them and their families much needed Christmas Holiday Cheer this year! 

North Pole South USA: Help support the 2026 Operation Christmas For Our Troops & Their Families Christmas Drive this is now our 22st year! Our Troops and thier families need your Christmas Holiday support more than ever! With many of our Military Units that are now deployed throught the globe our Military is working overtime and stretched pretty thin. Help us bring them and their families much needed Holiday Cheer!.

Thank you to everyone that supported our annual heartfelt Christmas Drive last year for our U.S. Military Units and their families. A special “Thank you” to the City, Citizens and Fire & Police Departments of Newport Beach, California, the Huntington Beach Fire Department, the City and Citizens of Irvine, California, our U.S. Military Elves, the Ontario Fire Department, the Hollywood Canteen Foundation, the Southern California Walmart Stores that participated, Fletcher Jones Automative Group of Newport BeachMetro Point at South Coast and the Good Lord who blessed us throughout the year in so many ways. We are so excited for our 2025 Christmas Drive which is now our 21st Year Anniversary! We pray this will be our best year ever! 

Santa Claus, Santa’s Elves, Volunteers, Troops and their Families having fun during a “Operation Christmas For Our Troops & Their Families”. Help Support Americas Military Units and their families Today! Donate at https://wp.yellowribbonamerica.org/donate/ 

Many military families will be separated from their loved serving far away from home this Christmas but Operation Christmas For Our Troops & Their Families with your help CAN help make their Christmas holidays a little brighter. To help ease the holiday blues, we are encouraging all our fellow American’s to financially donate and donate toys and other gift items to help support our local Military Unit’s Christmas Parties with their families and catch up on lost family time, special moments and holidays.

Our Heartfelt Christmas Mission is to mobilize much needed local community help and support for our Nation’s Military Unit’s and especially their families through the Christmas Holiday Season. And to teach & encourage America’s local communities to support them. Operation Christmas For Our Troops & Their Families is a great grassroots community event that was created as a blueprint for the whole Country can participate in. So that all American’s together can help support their local Military Units and their families not just at Christmas time but year-round.

“Operation Christmas For Our Troops & Their Families” is a sponsored community outreach project of Our Nation’s Heroes Foundation and the Yellow Ribbon America News & Campaign for America’s Military members and their families. Our Nation’s Heroes Foundation is a California public benefit nonprofit corporation, with tax-exempt status under Sections 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, EIN: 46-4762128.

To Honor and Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday Yellow Ribbon America has launched a Very Special Project to Support America’s Military Unit’s and their families! We have joined forces with USA 250 OC and FREEDOM 250 to promote Sponsoring and Supporting US Military Units of all 6 Branches with their Military Deployment Events. Familiy Day Events. Welcome Home Events and Unit Christmas Parties in honor of America’s 250th Birthday! Join this great celebration and support today!

The 2026 Selent Auction will benefit our 22th annual Christmas Drive for Operation Christmas For Our Troops & Their Families. We have 2 amazing collectible Metal Shields this year all signed by Our Nations real Heroes!

The First  “Licensed by Marvel Version” Our Nation’s Heroes Captain America Shield took a  3-year journey to complete starting in 2018 at the Scottsdale Arizona Barrett-Jackson Auto Auction and finished at the Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa California USA. And was signed by Members of the United States of America’s Military Representing the US Army, US Navy, US Marine Corps, US Coast Guard, US Air Force and US Space Force.

The Heroes who signed our past Our Nations Heroes Captain America Shield, served to Protect America from WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Grenada, Desert Storm, Somalia, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Ukraine Conflicts and Wars. And Who Are America’s Bravest of the Brave and Fought to Liberate the Oppressed and Enslaved throughout the World while Representing America’s Time Honored Values of God, Freedom, Family and Country.

Purchase is 100% Tax Deductible through Our Nations Heroes Foundation. To benefit 22^th Operation Christmas For Our Troops & Their Families.

The First Licensed by Marvel Version and Second 2026 “Metal Version” Our Nation’s Heroes Punisher Shield took a  epic journey to complete starting in 2026 at the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos, California, USA. Signs by Charlie Company “Commando Company”, 1^st Battalion, 19^th Special Forces Group, California Army National Guard. C Co. 1^st Bn 19^th SFG has been deployed multiple times throughout the globe. These Shields Signed by America’s Elite Special Operations Soldiers each come with an Award Corticated of Authenticity and Command Challenge Coin and s photo opportunity with the Unit!

The 2026 Selent Auction will bennifit our 20th annual Christmas Drive for Operation Christmas For Our Troops & Their Families. We have 2 amazing collectible Shields this year all signed by Our Nations Cobat Veterans and real Heroes!

Make your bid or offer today by emailing us Info@YellowRibbonAmerica.org  The 2024 Auction will end by November 1st, 2026 at 12:00 Noon.

“Operation Christmas For Our Troops & Their Families”, Military Family Day Events, Deployment & Welcome Home Event Support Efforts are Community Outreach Projects of Our Nation’s Heroes Foundation and proudly supported by the Yellow Ribbon America News, Campaign & The Store for America’s Military members and their families. Our Nation’s Heroes Foundation is a California public benefit nonprofit corporation, with tax-exempt status under Sections 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, EIN: 46-4762128.

YELLOW RIBBON AMERICA NEWS DESK:

December, 2024 and in 2023 Patrick Space Force Base, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA.

The 45th Space Wing Civil Engineer Squadron Base Operations Unit Christmas Party was a great success! Sponsored by Operation Christmas For Our Troops & Their Families we were able to get wonderful Toys and Gifts. We helped pay for the food and beverage costs for the Guardians, Airmen, their families and military children.

But WE NEED YOUR HELP with sending the Toys and Gifts we collected for their 160 Military Children! We estimate the UPS shipping costs to be between $2200 to $2600. You can help us bring more Christmas cheer and great military family memories for America’s 6^th and newest branch go to https://wp.yellowribbonamerica.org/donate/ and donate today!

Patrick Space Force Base is a United States Space Force installation located between Satellite Beach and Cocoa Beach, Florida. It is home to Space Launch Delta 45 (SLD 45), known as the 45th Space Wing. In addition to its “host wing” responsibilities at Patrick SFB, the 45 SW controls and operates Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Additional tenant activities at Patrick SFB include the 920th Rescue Wing, the U.S. Air Force Technical Applications Center, and the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute, NASA and Space X. Total employment is 10,400. There are 13,099 military, dependents, civilian employees, and contractors on base.[

The 45th Space Wing

The host wing for Patrick SFB is the Space Launch Delta 45, whose personnel manage all launches of uncrewed rockets at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station 12 miles to the north. These rockets include satellites for the Department of Defense, including the National Reconnaissance Office and the National Security Agency, as well as scientific payload launches in support of NASA, weather satellite launches in support of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, payloads in support of international customers such as the European Space Agency, and commercial payloads for various corporate communications entities. Units and individuals from the 45th Space Wing-now-SLD 45 have deployed abroad during wartime, most notably during the War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) and the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

“Operation Christmas For Our Troops & Their Families” is a community outreach projects of Our Nation’s Heroes Foundation and proudly supported by the Yellow Ribbon America News, Campaign & The Store for America’s Military members and their families. Our Nation’s Heroes Foundation is a California public benefit nonprofit corporation, with tax-exempt status under Sections 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, EIN: 46-4762128.

We are picking up our first batch of Christmas Toys and Gifts this Friday! December 8, 2023. Thank you, City and Citizens of Newport Beach, California, USA! You are helping to bring Christmas cheer to our U.S. Military Children and their Families!

Many of our Military families are finically studdling thiss year. Your Help and Support is needed more than ever. Southern California Toy & Gift Donation Locations and Days and Times are below.

Big things are happening this year at Operation Christmas For Our Troops & Their Families… Be part of the fun and Help Support Our Troops and Their Families and Donate Today! https://wp.yellowribbonamerica.org/donate/

“Operation Christmas For Our Troops & Their Families”, Military Family Day Events, Deployment & Welcome Home Event Support Efforts are Community Outreach Projects of Our Nation’s Heroes Foundation and proudly supported by the Yellow Ribbon America News, Campaign & The Store for America’s Military members and their families. Our Nation’s Heroes Foundation is a California public benefit nonprofit corporation, with tax-exempt status under Sections 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, EIN: 46-4762128.

YELLOW RIBBON AMERICA NEWS DESK:

Orange County, California, USA. Chief Elf Brad Reporting.

On December 6, 2022 the Orange County Board Supervisors Unanimously declares the Month of December Operation Christmas For Our Troops & Their Families Month! Chief Elf Brad made an Emergency plea for Toys for local Military Children do to the low amount of Toy Donations this year, The tear-filled speech was so moving that OC Supervisors Andrew Do donated a check for $1,000 dollars and then OC Board of Supervisors Board Chairman Doug Chafee whose Son is a deployed U.S. Navy Submariner asked Supervisor Andrew Do to raise his Donation to $1100 and matched it! A total of $2200 of their own money! OC Supervisor Foley Donated Toys and a  number of people in the audience were so moved with the outpouring of the Christmas Spirit they opened up their wallets and donated an additional $331 dollars!  What a wonderful Christmas moment. 🎅🎄🎁

“Operation Christmas For Our Troops & Their Families” is a community outreach projects of Our Nation’s Heroes Foundation and proudly supported by the Yellow Ribbon America News, Campaign & The Store for America’s Military members and their families. Our Nation’s Heroes Foundation is a California public benefit nonprofit corporation, with tax-exempt status under Sections 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, EIN: 46-4762128.