My Nonprofit Reviews
Helen Hughes
Review for Hugs Project Incorporated, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
I am 71 & my husband is 73 & we have been volunteers since the year it was organized. We can think of no better group to work for than The Hugs Project which focuses on helping our troops in harm's way. Will always remember young lady who wrote that she never got any mail. Had no family. Got a package from Hugs & she cried because someone cared enough to send her a box & a letter of appreciation for her service to the USA. No volunteer is turned away. We need cutters, sewers, ironers, packers, letter writers. Small children draw pictures for the troops & the troops love it. One Sunday school class wrote letters of appreciation & the troops loved that & replied to the kids.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
Letters we receive from the troops thanking us encourage us so much & even more so when returning troops come to Hugs to say "Thank you." Often after the thanks & tour of our work area they stay to help us get more boxes ready for the troops. Fact that Hugs sends pkgs. weekly and 4,000 pkgs. (postage over $40,000) at Christmas time.
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Try to find more ways to obtain funds. The group applies for grants, donations, etc. Karen & Ray Stark (founders) & other dedicated people spend so many hours working on projects and fund raisers. The Hugs groups in Oklahoma City meet on Wednesdays, Thursdays, & Saturdays so sometimes group leaders are not aware of changes that took place earlier in the week, but that is just an occasional occurence.
