Causes: Arts & Culture, Children & Youth, Humanities, Military & Veterans Organizations, Support, Veterans, Youth Development Programs

Mission: Operation Interdependence provides a unique and efficient organization sending individual bags, each containing a personal note and some goodies from home to commanders so that no one is left out. For many it's the only communication they receive from home. For the civilians at home OI provides a means to communicate their support to the troops efficiently, working with the military delivery system, so the public has a means to communicate their thoughts and well wishes to those deployed overseas on their behalf.

Results: Over 2 million care packages shipped since 2001

Target demographics: our deployed military around the world

Direct beneficiaries per year: an averagae of 20,000 per month

Geographic areas served: Colorado and Californnnia

Programs: . Providing a means for citizens to support and serve our troops deployed around the world on land and sea, their families, military personnel at home and our veterans without impacting resources . A major part of this support being to coordinate the public, our volunteers, corporations, other organizations and the media in an interdependent effort to create , individual baggies, (care packages) each containing a personal note and some goodies from home that they miss. With OI nothing is wasted, and items that do not meet OI standards are given to military families and our veterans. Our current monthly reach is equivalent to 20,000 care packages