NEWS / EVENTS
3 OEC kids special guest jurors at Giffoni Hollywood Film Festival
- President Bush / CSI NYs' Gary Sinise White House meeting 06/26/06
- OEC Christmas CD featuring 'Voices of the Children' of the Fallen featured on NBC's Today Show
- Operation Ensuring Christmas - Guest of the Pentagon, 12/02/2005 and 1/20/2008
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Annual Memorial Day 'American Heroes' 10K/1Mile Fun Run, '06 & '07
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OEC - Guest of the The 2006 McDonald's Air & Sea Show
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NE Patriots, Larry Izzo hosts 'Benefit for our Troops' 10/24/05, $25,000 to OEC
See '05 Video of Brady, Flutie, and Light singing Karaoke to help the kids of OEC
See '06 Video of Izzo, Bruschi and more of the NE Patriots at Larryoke '06
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OEC - VIP guests of NASCAR Daytona Pepsi 400 for Sponsor a & Media outreach
Special thanks to General Thomas Sadler (Speedway Childrens Charities)
'Mistletoe Magic' Fundraiser - December 21, 2006, The Outing Club - Davenport, Iowa
Ahern Foundation Army/Navy Football Game Luncheon, 12/01/07- Boston Massachusetts.
Orlando Christmas Parade, 12/15/07 - Teri Boardman and Promotions Unlimited made
Operation Christmas the featured charity for the 2007 Orlando Christmas Parade. Country Music
Star Michael Peterson was a very special guest star on the OperationChristmas.org float,
sonsored by Premere Tech. The parade was telecast on WGN Superstation and several Florida
TV stationson 12/23/08 .
COMING EVENTS
NE Patriot LB Larry Izzo's 'Benefit for our Troops', June 4, 2008 - Boston MA
Memorial Day American Heroes 10K/5K and 1 mile kids cadence run, May 26, 2008 - Arlington TX
Memorial Day Weekend Valpo-Fest Motorcycle and Car Show, May 25, 2008 - Valparaiso, IN
For information on organizing your own fundraiser for these very
special children please go to our Fundraiser page.
MEDIA
- OEC child on NBC Nightly News, Christmas Night 2004
- OEC and OEC Christmas CD featured in special segment on NBC Today Show
- OEC featured on MSNBC, Christmas Holidays 2004
- Orlando - Bud Hedinger, News 13, WFTV 9, WESH 2, Orlando Sentinel
- Other - Dallas, Washington, Lafayette and more...