OpUSA Blog

Meet the faces of our organization! Our Staff Profile blog series will introduce you to the people behind Operation USA. This month, get to know our new Director of Operations, Sarah!     NAME: Sarah Luck Gossage   HOMETOWN: San Francisco, California   WORKING WITH OPUSA SINCE: 1999   TITLE: Director, Operations   PRIMARY JOB […]

March 7, 2016 — March 8th is International Women’s Day–a worldwide celebration of the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. This year, the movement is all about gender parity. In 2015, the World Economic Forum reported a slowed rate of progress, indicating that true gender equality might not be reached until 2133. In

December 9, 2015 –Did you know that on average charities receive about 40% of their total yearly donations in the last three months of the year? Some groups report receiving almost 30% of their yearly gifts in December alone, with 10% coming in the last two days of the year. At Operation USA, the trends

November 24, 2015 — There’s a day for giving thanks. There’s two days for getting deals. There’s a day for giving back! This year, #GivingTuesday is December 1st. Are you ready?     #GivingTuesday (now in its fourth year) is a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media and collaboration. Observed

  November 17, 2015 –When you think about “disaster relief” around the world, what comes to mind?   Often, when we think about disaster relief, we think about damage and destruction brought on by natural events such as earthquakes, tornadoes, wildfires, hurricanes, typhoons and floods. We think about disease epidemics in countries already weakened by

Meet the faces of our organization! Our Staff Profile blog series will introduce you to the people behind Operation USA. This month, get to know our summer intern, Evelyn!     NAME: Evelyn   HOMETOWN: Los Angeles, CA   WORKING AT OPUSA SINCE: 2015   TITLE: Intern   PRIMARY JOB FUNCTIONS: Helping out around the

April 16, 2015   Earthquakes can happen anywhere, at any time.   California is at especially high risk for earthquakes, and they occur more frequently here than they do elsewhere in the United States, leaving residents vulnerable. April has been designated Earthquake Preparedness Month to remind the public of the importance of being ready for

February 3, 2015 — Early in 1980, Operation USA (then called Operation California) was just finding its footing in the nonprofit sector. Just six months earlier, a friend and I had been inspired to launch our flagship relief effort aimed at providing relief to the Vietnamese “Boat People” refugees in Malaysia. As we gained momentum

Five years ago today, on January 12, 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, affecting as many as three million people. Upwards of 230,000 people were killed in the earthquake, and more than one million people were left homeless in the aftermath.     Operation USA–already working in the country since 2008–responded quickly, sending relief

January 8, 2015 — In November 2013 the largest storm ever to make landfall, Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), devastated the Philippines. More than 16 million people were impacted by the typhoon, with upwards of 6,200 people killed and 4.1 million people displaced–nearly 1.7 million of which were children. Operation USA responded to the disaster quickly,