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We wish you a happy and prosperous 2024!

Speakers In Order of Appearance:
(1) Mr. Brennan Avants – Region 5 Program Coordinator at Operation Homefront
(2) Ms. Reagan Cassidy – Store Manager at Walmart Supercenter – Lowe’s Blvd.
(3) Ms. Hayley Pernell – Manager at Killeen Rudy’s “Country Store”​ and Bar-B-Q
(4) Mrs. Janie Freed – Girl Scouts of Central Texas Troops 20301 and 6300 Leader

Video by: Kevin Martin of Mountain View Productions
Photographer: Becky Stinehour of Candid Images Photography
Venue: Texas A&M University–Central Texas, Bernie Beck Lecture Hall
Music: Deck the Halls (60s Pop Version, The Shakeabouts)

Thanks to all of our national and local community partners for making this event special for our military families in #centraltexas. Happy holidays!

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Many thanks to our national and local community partners for another successful and fulfilling Central Texas event: Operation Homefront Holiday Meals for Military Families at Texas A&M University–Central Texas on December 9, 2023.

We thank Operation Homefront for hosting this event and Operation Homefront’s Region 5 Program Coordinator, Mr. Brennan Avants, for driving from Boerne, Texas, to join our American Veterans Mission, Kohl’s, Walmart, Rudy’s “Country Store”​ and Bar-B-Q, and Girl Scouts of Central Texas Troops 20301 & 6300 volunteers to serve the military families of Central Texas.

Thanks also to Dollar Tree Stores of Central Texas for facilitating the holiday toy drive, United Through Reading for the books, Candid Images Photography for Santa’s photo station, Mountain View Productions for the motion video, Gel Blaster for the blaster toys, Procter and Gamble (P&G) for the household goods samples, and the Veterans United Foundation and James Avery Forging Hope for your generous contributions. Together, everyone achieves more!

Over a dozen community and nonprofit organizations participated at the Veterans Benefits Expo in time for Veterans Day to share their appreciation for our veterans and raise awareness and access to military-affiliated benefits for students and community partners for the area served by Texas A&M University-Central Texas (TAMUCT).

Among the community participants were the American Veterans Mission with Kohl’s, Taskforce Uplift, & TAMUCT Alumni Association, Lone Star Legal Services, State Farm, T-Mobile, Texas Veterans Commission, TAMUCT Career and Professional Development, Families in Crisis, Heart of Goodwill, Student Veterans of America, Department of Veterans Affairs, Vetcenter, and USO.

The American Veterans Mission, in partnership with Taskforce Uplift and Kohl’s, distributed 50 laptop computers to student veterans or their household members to help provide necessary technological service and aid to student veterans in need.

Ms. Kathleen McDonald, Assistant Director of University Relations, Alumni Service, and Community Engagement, volunteered to vet the student veterans or their household members and to confirm their enrollment. Kohl’s Killeen branch volunteers–Baron Hill, Molly, and Molly’s son–handed out laptops, networked, and actively engaged with the veterans and active-duty military service members who attended the event.

The American Veterans Mission values community partnerships and enjoys working with other nonprofit organizations and for-profit entities to provide services to our veterans in time for Veterans Day 2023. The laptop assistance program was made possible by Taskforce Uplift, Kohl’s, American Veterans Mission, and the Ted and Diane Connel Military and Veterans Service Center at Texas A&M University-Central Texas.

Special thanks go to Heidi Hurda of Kohl’s, Steve Cundy of Taskforce Uplift, and Brennan Avants of Operation Homefront for their hard work in the background to make this program a reality on November 8, 2023. Together, everyone achieves more!

Opening hour of the Veterans Benefits Expo at Texas A&M University–Central Texas on November 8, 2023.

Some participants were State Farm, T-Mobile, American Red Cross, FAMILIES IN CRISIS INCORPORATED, American Veterans Mission/Kohl’s/Taskforce Uplift, Texas A&M University – Central Texas Alumni Association, Texas Veterans Commission, Texas A&M University-Central Texas Career and Professional Development, Lone Star Legal Aid, Student Veterans of America, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Vetcenter, and USO.

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