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Corporate Canada donations support Deployed Forces
By Stephanie Webster
CFPSA Shipping Supervisor Roy Conrod, displays quilts from a Vancouver Island Quilting Guild, en route to Padre’s on OP ATHENA.
Photo: Lyndon Goveas |
How far do corporate Canada’s donations go in support of the Canadian Forces (CF)? By land, air, and sea, these donations journey around the world!
On any given day, Canadian fi rms donate items to thousands of CF members preparing for, engaged in, or returning from overseas missions. Thousands of donation packages, holding goodies, join the hustle and bustle around the globe, as they make their way to grateful CF members. Whether on palettes aboard aircraft, in camps, aboard vessels, or on embassy desks, donations are well received and contribute to the maintenance and enhancement of the morale and well-being of deployed Canadian soldiers.
Jim Shaver, Ontario resident, takes on the ‘pens for peacekeepers’ mission, by hand carving wooden pens for deployed troops. Mr. Shaver has sent over 100 pens during the past year.
Photo: Lyndon Goveas |
Shirley Penny, Canadian Forces Personnel Support Agency (CFPSA) Amenities Coordinator, works with corporate Canada, on behalf of the CF, in the delivery of donations, through OPERATION SANTA CLAUS to deployed personnel.
“The support to our deployed military men and women shows that the relationship between military and civilian worlds continues to be strong, and greatly appreciated by both sides,” says Penny.
The Royal Canadian Legion supports small missions, by sending in various items for deployed troops to enjoy.
Photo: Lyndon Goveas |
The CFPSA donations program works with corporate Canada to coordinate donations for OPERATION SANTA CLAUS.
For donation guidelines or more information on our programs, visit our web site at www.cfpsa.com, and follow the link for donations.