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The Ride For Reed

Helping the Servicemen at Walter Reed and Bethesda Military Hospitals

The Ride

The Ride for Reed is a Charity Ride sponsored by the Knights of Columbus in Milford designed to raise money for Operation Gift Cards.

The 2nd Annual Ride will take place July 15, 2012. Register below to ensure your spot and ride souvenir!

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Operation Gift Cards

Operation Gift Cards is a program put on by the Veterans of Connecticut among 34 different chapters of varios organizations.

The American Legion, the Disabled American Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and others have come together to support our troops home from overseas.

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The Knights of Columbus

The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic fraternal organization focused on Charity. Founded in 1882, in New Haven, Connecticut, the Knights has grown toto more than 13,000 councils and 1.7 million members throughout the United States and other countries, including Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Panama, the Bahamas, Cuba, Poland, and the Philippines.

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American Legion

The American Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic, war-time veterans organization, devoted to mutual helpfulness. It is a not-for-profit community-service organization which now numbers nearly 3 million members, men and women, in nearly 15,000 American Legion posts worldwide.

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Operation Gift Cards PDF Print E-mail

Since October 2005, the Operation Gift Cards’ 42 monthly visits have presented 6,360 thank you kits which contained $127,200 in military store gift certificates to our wounded troops. An additional $64,500 in other gift certificates and special group product donations (Girl Scout cookies, corporate gift certificates, etc.) have been delivered to the Soldier Family Assistance Center, the Fisher Houses, the Mologne House, the Navy Lodge, the Red Cross, and the Bethesda Casualty Affairs Office, along with several thousands of dollars worth items on the “wish list” (listed below) for both the wounded troops and their families.

During the typical monthly Operation Gift Cards visit at Walter Reed and Bethesda Military Hospitals in Washington D. C. each of our visited troops, (who were wounded or injured in Iraq or Afghanistan) receive between $60.00 and $120.00 in military store gift certificates enclosed in the thank you kits from 85 representatives of 34 units of 7 Connecticut veterans organizations (American Legion, American Veterans (AMVETS), Disabled American Veterans, Marine Corps League, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Vietnam Veterans of America.

To participate in Operation Gift Cards or for additional information contact either Al Meadows (203) 929-3357 (e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ).  More information is available at http://www.ctveterans.org. 

 
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