Continuing their efforts in a year of service, the City of Franklin, Johnson County Volunteer Connections and the Franklin College Nonprofit Resource Center are partnering with USO Indiana to provide holiday packages to US troops.
USO Indiana is coordinating sending holiday care packages to over 1,200 Indiana troops who are currently deployed to Afghanistan, Iraq and Kuwait. These troops are members of 12 military units, each ranging in size from 18 to 201 soldiers.
Project partners will provide holiday packages to every Indiana serviceman and woman, and these organizations are asking for help. Johnson County community individuals may compile a care package on their own, or an organization may divide the cost.
Because packages will be sent to individual troops, there are simple instructions USO Indiana will provide you with to facilitate the delivery of the holiday care packages to the individual soldiers. For more information or to participate, please contact Volunteer Connections at (317) 738-8807 or by email at troops@helpjohnsoncounty.org.
Joining a national initiative that promotes community service to address local needs, Franklin College and the City of Franklin will share their commitments to promote volunteerism throughout the next year.
The national initiative, United We Serve, aims to both expand the impact of existing organizations by engaging new volunteers in their work and by encouraging volunteers to develop their own “do-it-yourself” projects. It is being led by the Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency that improves lives and strengthens communities though volunteering and service. For more information on the national initiative, visit www.Serve.gov.
Individuals and groups looking for service opportunities can visit Volunteer Connections’ Web site at HelpJohnsonCounty.org, a resource for Johnson County residents to find local volunteer opportunities, be inspired by stories of volunteerism in our community or find ideas for creating new projects with family, friends and neighbors.
Volunteer Connections is a service of the Nonprofit Resource Center at Franklin College. Support for Volunteer Connections and AmeriCorps at Franklin College is provided by the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Lilly Endowment, Inc., and the Ball Foundation Venture Fund.
