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 […]
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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
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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
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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
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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
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August 16, 2021–OpUSA is saddened by the developing crisis in Afghanistan, and our thoughts are with all those who are negatively impacted by ongoing violence and upheaval in the country. Sadly, due to myriad factors which make aiding the country difficult, and because we are not a government-funded organization, Operation USA has not had opportunities
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OpUSA is proud to recognize Juneteenth–commemorating the widely-recognized date on which slavery ended in America–as a holiday. Our offices will be closed on 06-18-2021. Learn more about the historical significance of Juneteenth at juneteenth.com. We hope you’ll also consider a donation in support of our wonderful partners working to empower Black communities in the U.S.
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May 11, 2021–Operation USA is continuing to assess opportunities to provide relief and recovery support to India. We have received some funding that will enable us to send materials and make cash grants, but our full capacity to respond remains dependent on the generosity of donors like you. We thank you for your support. Learn
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March 1, 2021–Operation USA continues to assess opportunities to provide additional aid to Texas. Donations in support of our winter storm recovery efforts will allow us to provide grants to community-based organizations in the hardest hit communities and ship material aid where it is needed most. Give now at give.opusa.org. February 23,
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February 15, 2021– committed to relief in Mozambique after Cyclone Idai devastated the country in 2019. Late in 2020, after many logistical road blocks, we were finally able to deploy a shipment of much-needed medical supplies and hospital supplies to hospital partners on the ground in the country. Recently, we received this video of
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