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Our Programs

# Request Care Packages

Who Qualifies

## Request a Package

To give each request the care and coordination it deserves, we ask that all care package requests be submitted at least **90 days in advance**. Requests submitted with less notice may not be able to be fulfilled.

![Active Duty Service Members](/__l5e/assets-v1/91f38a27-a031-442e-9782-be9fb14fc32f/serve-military.webp)

### Active Duty Service Members

Currently serving in any branch of the U.S. military, including those deployed overseas and stateside.

[Request Now](/programs/request-care-packages/active-duty)

![Veterans](/__l5e/assets-v1/ad65d096-3b7c-4479-b974-2ad29e5ba0f1/serve-veterans.jpg)

### Veterans

Those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces, including those in VA hospitals, transition programs, or stand-down events.

[Request Now](/programs/request-care-packages/veterans)

![Children of Service Members](/__l5e/assets-v1/1f042efd-c3c2-4029-acde-a4d0203af00c/serve-families-battalion.jpg)

### Children of Service Members

Battalion Buddies care packages for the children of service members, because they serve too.

[Request Now](/programs/request-care-packages/battalion-buddies)

![First Responders](/__l5e/assets-v1/0fe3cfed-2176-4abc-bda2-63c876210145/serve-first-responders-golder.jpg)

### First Responders

Firefighters, law enforcement officers, EMTs, and paramedics serving their communities every day.

[Request Now](/programs/request-care-packages/first-responders)

**Notice Regarding Use of Volunteers.** Operation Gratitude may make use of non-employee volunteers to make local deliveries of care packages, and Operation Gratitude may provide such volunteers with information needed to make such deliveries, including requester and recipient names and addresses provided by the care package requester. Your submission of a care package request indicates your consent to such volunteer use and to the provision of such information to volunteers for such delivery purposes.

Simple Steps

## How It Works

1 

Fill out the designated form for your recipient of choice above.

2 

Someone from our team will contact you once we have a shipping timeline.

## You Serve Us. Let Us Serve You.

Request care packages for your unit, station, or department today. It's free, it's easy, and it means more than you know.

[Request Care Packages](#eligibility)[Read Mail Call Stories](/programs/mail-call)

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#### How We Work

-   [Who We Are](/about/who-we-are)
-   [Who We Serve](/about/who-we-serve)
-   [Signature Activations](/programs/signature-activations)
-   [Assembly Days](/programs/assembly-days)
-   [Mail Call](/programs/mail-call)

#### Get Involved

-   [Virtual FOB](/join-virtual-fob)
-   [Become a Volunteer](/volunteer/apply)
-   [Events](/events)
-   [Partner with Us](/partner-with-us)
-   [Matching Gifts](/matching-gifts)
-   [Corporate Partnerships](/corporate-partnerships)
-   [Community Partnerships](/community-partnerships)

#### About

-   [Leadership & Board](/about/leadership)
-   [Financials](/about/financials)
-   [Careers](/about/careers)
-   [Contact Us](/about/contact)
-   [What's Changing](/whats-changing)
-   [FAQ](/faq)

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