🇺🇸About Us

Welcome to YELLOW RIBBON AMERICA! Where America Comes Together To Support Our Troops And Their Families.

Our Story Begins Here…

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On the Tuesday morning of September 11, 2001; the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda launched four horrific coordinated attacks against the United States of America… Like many Americans at that time we were shocked, saddened, angry and felt the call to do something to help our Country recover during this critical time in our Nation’s history.

As the year 2003 began America’s Military prepared to invade Iraq and we realized our Country now would be fighting in two countries now both Iraq and Afghanistan. We saw that our United States Military and their families would need long term help and support from what the Pentagon called “The Long War”. We knew now was our time to help our local Military and their families and help all Branches of our U.S. Military here locally in Orange County, California and reach out to our fellow American’s on how they could help.

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The Yellow Ribbon America News, Campaign & The Store for America’s Military Unit’s & Their Families was founded in March 2003 in Orange County California as a non-partisan, grassroots effort to educate & unite all Americans on how to help our Nation’s Military members and their families in their local community. Our approach is simple – locals helping locals – local businesses, residents, churches and community groups focus their resources on helping their local Military Units and their families in their local communities.

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THE YELLOW RIBBON AMERICA NEWS, CAMPAIGN & THE STORE MISSION

To Unite America in giving direct help and support to our Nation’s Military and their Families in their Local Communities

We will help to provide a national community based framework to help teach America’s cities and towns, how to deliver direct support to our deployed, at home and returning home Military Units and, their families.

The Yellow Ribbon symbolizes our commitment to honoring America’s Military who are proudly serving around the globe, their families, those who are missing in action, and those who have fallen.

Goals and Objectives

Yellow Ribbon America’s goals and objectives are to Unite Americans by educating, motivating and assisting America’s communities to help give support to their local Military Unit’s and their families. To that end, the Yellow Ribbon America News, Campaign & The Store provides a inspirational news & information framework to help organize and unite America’s cities and towns to deliver local home-town & on-going community support to America’s deployed, returning Military Units and at home military Unit’s and their families.

When our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, Coast Guardsmen and Guardians are activated and then deployed, a principle concern for them is for their family’s and loved one’s morale and well-being. The Yellow Ribbon America News, Campaign & The Store has helped America’s Communities support their local Military Units and their families by promoting and supporting Military support efforts with…

  • By Educating, Motivating and Activating our fellow American’s on how to help and support their local Military Unit’s and their Families. By doing this we all are doing our part to help keep America’s cherished God given Freedom Alive.
  • Military Unit & Family Thanksgiving & Christmas Holiday Party Support
  • Military Unit Family Day Event Support
  • Deployment & Welcome Home Event Support

At this time Yellow Ribbon America News, Campaign & The Store is helping Our Nation’s Heroes Foundation open the 2022 waiting list for Operation Christmas For Our Troops & Their Families Unit Christmas Party Support!

Just email us your Unit’s Christmas Holiday Party date before October 1, and your Units Branch of Service, please state if you are a Reserve, Active Duty, National Guard, how many Military Members that are in the Military Unit. For Toy support your children’s ages, number of boy’s & girl’s, your Unit’s City, State and your Unit’s Commander, Chaplain, Senior NCO, FRG person contact information and we will contact you if there is Unit Christmas Party support still available. Email us at Info@YellowRibbonAmerica.org.

As you may know you can also contact Military OneSource for help and support in your area at 1 (800) 342-9647 or visit their website at http://www.militaryonesource.mil.

Yellow Ribbon America News & Campaign has made great strides on behalf of America’s military members and their families, earning support and recognition from the California State Capital and Legislature and from both the California Democratic and Republican Parties. This joint effort has given the Yellow Ribbon America News & Campaign a unique ability in helping to establish a Non-Partisan Campaign & Support effort that has helps teach local communities how to come together assist their local Military Units and their families.

  

THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE has recognized & awarded Yellow Ribbon America…

“Yellow Ribbon America has made a significant difference in local California communities and in the lives of its people, and has taken to heart the responsibility to serve our nation’s military men and women and their families, and their efforts are deserving of acknowledgment praise, now, therefore it be…”

Operation Christmas For Our Troops & Their Families is a community outreach project of Our Nation’s Heroes Foundation and proudly supported by 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.

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