Download and/or print a copy of this letter here. October 6, 2021 Dear Friends, 2021 has been another challenging year. Last Fall, I wrote you of our unprecedented disaster response efforts in the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic, ever-worsening disasters and a contentious series of political campaigns. I thank you for your generous response […]
October 1, 2021–Operation USA is continuing to assess opportunities to provide aid to partners in Mexico. Our ability to deliver supplies and make grants is dependent on the generosity of our donors. Please consider a gift today at give.opusa.org. September 8, 2021–Last night, Mexico was rocked by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake, centered near Acapulco. OpUSA […]
August 29, 2021–OpUSA staff are deeply saddened by the loss of Ed Asner, storied actor and respected humanitarian. OpUSA had the pleasure of working with Mr. Asner on many occasions–he both hosted fundraising events and traveled to Cambodia alongside Richard Walden to visit orphanages in the country after the fall of the Khmer Rouge. We […]
October 1, 2021–Operation USA is continuing to assess opportunities to provide aid to partners in Louisiana and along the Gulf Coast. Our ability to deliver supplies and make grants is dependent on the generosity of our donors. Please consider a gift today at give.opusa.org. August 30, 2021–Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana yesterday as one […]
October 13, 2021–This week, we delivered another $15,000 grant to our friends at Fondation L’Athletique D’Haiti (FLADH) to aid in ongoing recovery following the magnitude 7.2 quake that shook Haiti in August. This latest grant will aid ongoing recovery efforts in the village of Aquin, where many students/families and teachers lost their homes and crops […]