Operation Gratitude - in The Media

In The Media

Nationally broadcast guest appearances on CBS Sunday Morning, Fox News, CNN, NPR’s Morning Edition, Rachael Ray, as well as the Dennis Prager, Larry Elder and Satellite Sisters Radio Shows. Operation Gratitude has been profiled on dozens of national and local TV news and radio broadcasts and in print media, including major newspapers, magazines and blogs. Ms. Blashek was awarded the prestigious “Minerva Award” by California First Lady Maria Shriver on October 26, 2010 in recognition of Operation Gratitude’s impact on Military Support nationwide. First Lady Michelle Obama, Dr. Jill Biden and 25 members of Congress and the Obama Administration joined 12,000 Operation Gratitude volunteers on the National Day of Service, January 19, 2009 to assemble 85,000 care kits for Operation Gratitude care packages. President and Mrs. Bush invited Operation Gratitude founder, Carolyn Blashek, to the White House on March 10, 2006 and on December 18, 2006 to thank her and the organization for their invaluable support of the U.S. Military. Lt. General Hal Moore (Ret.), the legendary Commander made famous by the book and movie “We Were Soldiers” has embraced Operation Gratitude’s mission by participating at the Armory and donating his personal writing: “A General’s Spiritual Journey” for the packages. Several celebrities and sports figures have volunteered at the armory, including Ben Affleck, Ed Asner, Patricia Heaton, Kathy Ireland, Mark Harmon, Madeleine Stowe, Regina Taylor, the casts of Days of Our Lives, NCIS and American Dreams, and Lakers Shannon Brown and Josh Powell.