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The 6th Annual Celebration of Love/Soldiers of America outreach was a tremendous success!
300 bikes were given to military children, two cars were given away to veterans and 1500 families received frozen turkeys (and trimmings) and toys for their children! It was the largest COL outreach in the history of our program.
We would like to thank all of the sponsors and volunteers that helped make this possible.
Pictures below provided by Johnny Boyd. To see more click here.
Fort Hood Command Financial Specialists pose for the cameras minutes before 300 bikes were given to military children. |
Mike Hogan congratulates a local Veteran, on being chosen to receive a refurbished car provided by Ellis & Salazar Body & Paint in Austin. |
Round Rock Mayor Pro-Temp, Carlos Salinas, presents a soldier (who recently returned from combat) and his family with a proclaimation and with a Welcome Home Soldier package which included a limo ride to a 5 star hotel provided by Omni Hotel in Austin. |
Walter Mastrangelo from Masters Auto Craft and Misty Abott from Progressive Insurance presents a refurbished car to a Veteran through the Recycled Rides Program. |
A Command Financial Specialist and his children enjoying the event. |
A soldier stands by helping with the flow of traffic. |
Garrison Commanders enjoying the outpouring of love for their soldiers. |
Volunteers pushing shopping carts for Fort Hood families. More than 400 volunteers attended the event. |
Mike Hogan prays for God's blessing and covering over the troops before the event begins. |
John McCambridge prepares his assembly line volunteers for a big day. |
Clowns always light up an event. |
Commanding Officers look on at the opening ceremonies |
 Volunteer preparing to escort families through the toy line
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 Daisy from GTECH providing Texas lottery scratch offs to every recipient.
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Thousands of Santa bags full of toys waiting for the children. |
More clowns |
Tom Ramsey posing with our friends from Sysco |
The line stretched outside the airplane hangar. |
Mike Hogan posing with volunteers from Enterprise Rent-a-Car |
Command Financial Specialist posing with his family |
Tom Ramsey posing with his family |
Showing our Toys For Tots pride in thanks to their generous conribution |
Volunteer soldier placing tukeys into baskets |
Food assembly line |
On October 23rd, 2011, The 1st Annual Tejanos For The Troops kicked off. An amazing display of Love and
support for our soldiers and for the Soliers of America outreach.
On Friday, June 10th, our team loaded up and headed to Joplin, MO to assist in the relief efforts.
Photos below.
Fort Hood COL/Soldiers of America - Dec 4th, 2010
Special thanks to all of the sponsors and volunteers for making this year's outreach the best ever!
Click here to see testimonials from this event.
Click here to see more pictures courtesy of Johnny Boyd. Then scroll to the bottom of the page and select "Fort Hood".
From left - Mike Hogan and Tom Ramsey kickiing off the event |
The Georgetown Fire Department "Pipes & Drums" |
Tom Ramsey showing support for our sponsors |
250 bikes were given away at a special Friday night event |
Click here to see more pictures courtesy of Johnny Boyd. Then scroll to the bottom of the page and select "Fort Hood"
Fort Hood COL Event - December 5th, 2009
The Celebration of Love Team joined forces with Promise Land West of Austin and Army Community Services (ACS) of Fort Hood to provide Christmas gifts to more than 1,700 military families. This was the 4th Annual Celebration of Love Christmas outreach program at Fort Hood. The previous three years have reached a combined total of more than 5,000 families. Each Fort Hood family received a gift box containing a frozen turkey and all of the traditional components equivalent to a Thanksgiving meal. Every child in attendance received a Christmas present and brand new bikes were given to 125 children. An estimated total of 4,500 toys were distributed. Special thanks to all of the wonderful volunteers and sponsors that made this event possible.
Fort Hood COL Event - December 6th, 2008
December 6th, 2008 - 1,375 military families at Fort Hood were blessed by the Celebration of Love outreach. This was the 3rd Annual Celebration of Love event at Fort Hood and it was a tremendous success!!! Special thanks to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and to all of the sponsors and volunteers that made this event possible.
1st picture on the right shows an awesome picture of the gratitude shown for the soldier's families moments before the event began.
Click here to view a video clip of this amazing event!
Pflugerville COL Event - December 13th, 2008
On Saturday, December 13th over 1,200 Central Texas families were blessed at the Celebration of Love Outreach at Snappy Snacks
Mobile Catering in Pflugerville, TX. Santa Clause himself flew in on his North Pole helicopter to greet every child in attendance
(see pictures below). This truly was a Celebration of Love! Special thanks to Round Rock ISD for their help in making this event such a success.
1300 Military Families fed at Fort Hood
On Saturday, December 8th, 2007, 1300 Fort Hood Military families were blessed at the "Celebration of Love" outreach hosted by PromiseLand West of Austin, Army Community Service, and the Fort Hood Installation Chaplain's Office. Each family received a Christmas box that included a turkey, canned vegetables, milk, bread and pie. Also, every child in attendance received a special gift from Santa Clause.
Over 250 volunteers were on hand including a Grammy Award winning Tejano Legend, "Little Joe" as well as Randy Phillips and Dan Dean of the top selling Christian band, "Phillips Craig and Dean". Peggy Joyce Ruth, author of the best selling book "Psalm 91", was on hand to give and autograph a book for each family and Richard Hight was there to paint one of his amazing works of art for the soldiers. Also in attendance were several prominent Fort Hood military officers.
This event was our way of giving back to our soliders and their families who give so much on behalf of our freedom.
We would like to thank everyone that made this event possible. So many of you gave of your time and your resources to make this event a tremendous success! God bless you for what you did for our soldiers!
Please take a moment and read a letter that one of our wonderful volunteers wrote about her personal experience. Click here.
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1600 North Austin Families fed
On Saturday, December 15th, 2007, 1600 families were fed at the "Celebration of Love" outreach hosted by Snappy Snacks Mobile Catering at the Foreman-Phillips Reaching Out Center in Pflugerville, TX. Round Rock ISD stepped up to the plate again this year and distributed vouchers to families in need. Click here to view the 2007 COL North Video |
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