Address for donations and shipping items for use in care packages:
The Hugs Project 4449 NW 50th St. Oklahoma City, OK 73112Phone: 405-651-8359
Later morning, afternoon and evening calls only please.
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We are a small group looking for a place to volunteer. Our company pays us a few hours a quarter to be of service to our community and I’m looking for a place that might be able to use us for a couple of hours one day in the near future. It would be somewhere between 4-8 adult volunteers for 4 hours. Is this something you would be in need of? Thank you’
Please call me Shawna so we can work out details. Tomorrow afternoon would be good for me. 405-651-8359 Karen
We sure enough need more volunteers working between now and mid-Nov, IF we are going to be able to pack enough special Christmas care packages for our troops in Poland, Romania, Honduras, Cuba, Iraq, Kuwait and Syria (yes, you read that right). We also send to ships at sea. Can we welcome your group aboard?
Good morning Karen,
I am a Lifestyle Director in Florida and want to organize a group of the residents of our community to pack boxes. They are eager to volunteer from a distance. Can you help me to organize this? We have items to pack and need help with direction.
Thank you,
Susan
Hi there,
Good afternoon! My name is Evyn and I’m on the marketing team at Velvet Taco. We are so excited to be opening in North Oklahoma City on 5/1 and to be a part of the community! We wanted to reach out to learn more about The Hugs Project and to see if there is a way for us to help support your organization.
I saw on your website that your mission is to help keep American Troops and our allies cool during the summer and warm during the winter, and I would love to chat with you about what opportunities there would be for us to partner in those areas. Are you available for a chat tomorrow or next week on Monday?
All the best,
Please give me a call at 405-651-8359 at your convenience. I even answer on weekends. Sunday or Monday afternoons work best for me this week.
It was so nice talking to you today, Evyn. We look forward to working with Velvet Taco at your new location in OKC on Pennsylvania this week.
If anyone is interested in some free tacos, contact me and I’ll give you more info. 405-651-8359 Karen
No, thank you Chris. We do everything in house and no one collects a salary. This is our labor of love for those who provide freedom.
I enjoyed waking up in freedom today. How about you?
Karen
Hi Charlotte,
We did have a group in Sacramento at one time but their leader has “aged out” and no one else stepped up to run group hugs. If you are interested in picking up the mantle, please contact me 405-651-8359 Karen
A few months ago, I heard you were in need of cup donations. I have some coffee mugs I would like to donate, is there a time I can bring them by on Saturday?
We haven’t worked Saturdays in awhile. But, we’d be happy to come pick up those mugs at your convenience. Just give me a call. 405-651-8359
May 17,23
I picked up a magazine,from last year,in a doctors office and came across mention of your org.
Is it possible to request a package go to a female marine,Air Force,navy,army individual and can I request it go to in the Ukraine??
What’s the least expensive rate a pkg. can be sent to you,what rate do I say it is?
What would be good to send female personnel?
Hope to hear from you soon.
We want to help. Would you call me at: 405-651-8359? Sorry for the delay.
Hi I’m from PA. My church group picks a different organization each month to collect donations for. I saw your list. Could I collect things and mail them to you?
Jenny Hoover
Hi Jennifer. Did we meet you when we were up there a couple of years ago?
Sorry for the delay. I broke my hip, had surgery and a LOOOOOONG recovery. In fact, not close to 100% yet. We would LOVE for your church to pick The Hugs Project and do a collection drive at your church.
I’d be happy to work with you in any way you need. I can provide a list of the most needed items, give you packing ideas to help you save postage, and even call in or zoom to visit with the folks who want to participate so that they get to hear what it will mean to those they will be helping.
My phone number is: 405-651-8359.
I am the Troop Coordinator for American Heritage Girls Troop OK0339. I am looking for service opportunities or our troop. Our girls are ages 5 to 16 years of age and we have about 20-25 girls. Do you have anything that would be age appropriate for this age range. These can be things for any age or number of girls, the whole troop usually does not show up. We would love to partner with you in supporting our troops. Thank you for all you do.
We love working with AHG. Call me and we’ll figure out some fun things they can do. 405-651-8359 Sorry you had to wait so long.
I am trying to donate to you for the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) but #84024 doesn’t show up in the Search for Charities? I also tried “Hugs Project” – still won’t find you. I’ve benefited from your “Hugs Packages” when I was deployed and would like to return the favor to current Deployed US Troops. Please verify your CFC # for this Next 2024 Year is valid.
I emailed you about this. Hugs is not in the CFC this year. I could throw the agency that was supposed to take care of a lot of the forms and ads, etc. under the bus but I’m classier than that. Let’s just say, they didn’t earn what we paid them last year and we didn’t feel good about giving them another chance this year.
For you or anyone who wants to make end-of-year donations, we promise to use your money wisely and that it will do MUCH MORE than buying seconds of an executive’s time. None of us take a salary. Never have.
This project is a labor of love!!
Hello, thank you for all you do for people serving. I know when I was deployed, care packages like these meant the world to our team. I’m reaching out because I was hoping to do a short 5-6 question interview with someone on your team. I am a student at the University here and would like to write about your organization for an upcoming paper.
Thank you, hope to hear back soon.
Hello! My name is Brandy Rowe. I am an after-school director and coordinator for an elementary school program. We have a club called Community Club, and the students want to donate a box of snacks such as beef jerky, Little Debbies, and other goodies as well as holiday cards. I was curious how exactly this program works. Do we send you the box directly or a way to send it to troops overseas directly?
Hi my name is Dannielle Ewald. I was wondering if you still have any volunteer positions open. My sister who passed away September 2022 was a vet. She had just retired from 20 years in the Air Force and my heart is weighing heavy. I feel like if I could do something to help our Military it would make not only my Sisters heart happy but mine as well because our Military was so important to her and to our entire family.
I am local here in OKC and would love to volunteer if possible. Look forward to hearing from you.
Dannielle, I missed some messages when I was out with a broken hip. Please call me sometime at 405-651-8359. I would love to discuss volunteer opportunities with you. I wish I could hug your sister’s neck and thank her for my freedoms. God bless our troops and keep them safe from harm. Karen
Hello,
I help lead a group of scouts who would like to make some care packages to send to deployed military members this winter for one of their meetings. I am trying to find an organization to do this through. Can you help with this?
Hello! I am with the 138th FAB and I would like to say thank you all the support you have shown us! But sadly we are moving locations and will not be able to recieve any more support, if you could please end support to our unit that would be great.
I do not have service often so I will not be able to respond to emails often.
Thank you to all the volunteers who have sent my unit care packages over the last couple weeks! We are extremely grateful for them! I am reaching out to kindly request to stop receiving care packages at this time, as we have received many and have stocked up a reserve of snacks and supplies 🙂
I’d love to see what types of volunteer opportunities you have available.
Thanks
Hello, my name is Alex Saenger. I am searching for a non-profit for our university, Oklahoma Christian to donate to during Spring Sing. I am hoping to reach out and learn more about your mission as a non-profit.
I clicked on the link to take me to the yahoo groups to look at your free sewing patterns. My Pilot Club is looking for some projects to make as part of our service donations. When I click on the link it takes me to yahoo, but there is not link for your organization. What are the steps I need to take to find the patterns once on the yahoo server?
Thank you ,
Celia Wells
Hello,
My wife and I would like to make a donation this year to your organization. Can you please walk me through the process of donating or direct me to someone who could help me with it? I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Regards.
Ethan Baker
My son has just been deployed to Kuwait, I’m just trying to find people or companies willing to donate for a care package that I can send him. thank you for your time.
Hello, Sorry for the delay in my reply. If your son is still deployed in harm’s way, we would be honored to mail him a package. You can fill out the form online or send it directly to me at TheHugsProject@cox.net Karen Stark
PS
I’ve been mending a broken hip.
We would be honored to send a care package directly to him. PLease fill out the online form. Thank you for raising one so brave.
Hi the Hugs Project, it’s Kyndal. Um hey the Hugs Project, I saw y’all’s post on y’alls group page on facebook that support has be requested by some service members and that y’all want to meet they’re needs. Hey The Hugs Project, I would like to adopt and support those service members that have asked for support
I would like to write and send them letter cards and tell them “Thank you for they’re service” and that I appreciate them and they’re service, and that they are wonderful wonderful Heroes!!! And that they have my total support and my prayers. I like getting to write letters and cards to the service members. I know that just getting something from home can make a service members day.
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Our class is looking for a chance to serve in our community during our class for service learning. We found this organization and would love to serve here. Our class is of 7th and 8th graders and there are 23 of us, but we can separate into smaller groups if that works better for you. If you would allow us to serve at your organization we would love to know when the best time for us to come and volunteer would be. We would be so grateful if you would allow us to come volunteer. Thank you.
(P.S. This is our Service learning teachers email)
Sincerely,
Sarah, Scarlett and Lea from SNU Lab School
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My name is Azra Nasufi and I am a student here at OU. We are doing a research project in my English class about a local organizations , and I am interested in learning more about the Hugs project for this assignment.
Would it be possible for me to interview you sometime in the next week? Also, should you prefer, I am sending some questions your way so that I can still learn about your organization without using so much of your time. I would greatly appreciate it if you could direct me to another student involved who would be able to sit down with me if neither of those options works.
Thank you for your time,
Sincerely,
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Here are some questions:.
What are some warming experiences have you had with The Hugs project? Why have you joined the advisory board? What are your favorite memories with the project? Why did you start with the Hugs project? Do you get new people to join within every year?
I just got my package today and I was utterly surprised at how many goodies and useful items they were so carefully cram-packed in to that box. Every item was useful and there is plenty to go around to share with the guys and girls around me.
Thanks again for all that you do, it’s so sweet and kind for you guys and the donors to think of and take care of us as you do.
You are SO welcome, Zayne. We love living in the freedom you all provide for the rest of us. We’re grateful. Let us know if we can assist in any other way. TheHugsProject@cox.net is the best way to reach back to me. Karen
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