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Kindheartedhugslover
Review for Hugs Project Incorporated, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Karen Stark and everyone at the Hugs Project is selflessly committed to the mission of extending a heartfelt thank you to every soldier serving in today's military, especially those in harm's way. I have spent enough time volunteering and helping pack boxes, write letters, make cool ties, and am constantly amazed at this organization's tireless effort. I have never been so personally motivated and inspired as I have by the Hugs Project and the hearts behind it. I have seen the good it does first hand and have had the joy and honor of realizing the huge emotional impact that one care package and one note means to each and every troop that recieves them. I have come to value more deeply the importance of the human spirit and how it can be changed through The Hugs Project.
I attended a small carnival outside OKC with the Hugs Project where we set up a small booth trying to gain funds to help our soldiers, and to reach out and inspire others to be greatful for their sacrifices. It poured rain and was cold, but we did not pack up, instead Karen and I huddled in the back of her van, continuing to make things we could send to the troops. When the rain cleared a man stopped by and gave us all a heartfelt thank you and told us of how he was deeply discouraged after returning to the states from his time of service and to see minimal gratitude from other citizens and it motivated him to see what we were doing and he had actually recieved our packages overseas and said that they had boosted the morale of his fellow men in arms. I broke down and cried, and hugged this perfect stranger. There is no deeper connection to humanity than that which I have experienced with the Hugs Project. This organization and It's mission deserve all the recognition they can be given. Thank you Hugs!!
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
in My heart and soul. I have seen results in the thank you letters, pictures, and emails we recieved from troops. In the grateful families that came in to visit, and from the soldier's who returned home and sought us out in crossroads mall to say than you. Genuine, selfless, and real, I have witnessed the good in the results of this organization, and am proud to campaign for them and their cause
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Provide them with more hours in the day, more volunteers to help, bigger space to pack boxes. They would never run out of necessities that soldiers need and request. I would give them more time in the public eye because America deserves to see what they do! This all takes money. I would only change this organization by making it easier for them to provide for the troops. I would win the lotto and give it to them
