OPERATION GRATEFUL GIVING
Every year we coordinate the creation and distribution of Holiday Gift Bags for the veterans who are in-patient at Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee, the veterans in-residence at Vets Place Central and Boudicca House, and the families in residence at Fisher House.
We fill over 500 gift bags with lots of fun goodies - playing cards from Potawatomi Casino, puzzle books, pens, pencils, pads of paper, candy canes, chocolate and other edibles, plus free mp3s from Warrior Songs and Liquid Mind, and other items donated by caring civilians and organizations.
Volunteers can help solicit items for the bags, help fill the bags on December 20th or deliver the bags on the morning of 12/23. (Staffing considerations at the VA Medical Center prevent us from delivering on 12/24 this year)
Scroll further down this page to volunteer to fill bags or deliver bags.
Flyer of General Info Flyer for Bag Delivery Info Flyer for Item Donation
For Operation Grateful Giving 2026 we will once again personally deliver 500 gift bags, approx 375 bags to the veterans and nurses stations at the VA. The rest of the bags will be delivered to Boudicca House, Vets Place Central and Fisher House.
We recorded the above video in 2025 after we stuffed the bags. We included it here so you can see our personal holiday greeting and thank you to our veterans.
Many thank you's to the organizations that support this event:
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American Legion Auxiliary Unit 18, Milwaukee
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American Legion Auxiliary Unit 416, Greendale
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Potawatomi
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Rogers Behavioral Health
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Chuck Wild - LiquidMindMusic.com
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Jason Moon - WarriorSongs.org
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WI Veterans Community Foundation
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and all of the individual donors of goodies, time and love!!!
2026 Operation Grateful Giving
If you are interested in filling bags or participating in the delivery on 12/24, please complete the form below.
We will contact you with more details.