Operation Wounded Warrior

Garden City Volunteer Firefighters, under the direction of Chief John P. Casey, are co-sponsoring Operation Wounded Warrior with area volunteer fire departments. Operation Wounded Warrior will form a "Red Line" of fire vehicles that will travel to deliver Christmas & Holiday Care Package Items to soldiers wounded in combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The care packages will be delivered to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina at the US Marine Wounded Warrior Barracks and the US Navy Medical Center, in Bethesda, MD. Area Volunteer Firefighters will be delivering the items on December 8th and 9th.

Garden City Volunteer Firefighters will be collecting donations of the following items: letters/Christmas cards from home, DVD movies, sweatpants, gym shorts, T-shirts, quilts, blankets, travel size shaving gel, plastic razors, deodorant, toothpaste, patriotic Christmas ornaments, calling cards, chocolate, candy, pretzels, chips and cookies. Also, monetary donations can be made in order to offset the cost of gas, tolls & travel expenses incurred in the journey.

Care Package Items and donations can be delivered or sent to: the Garden City Volunteer Fire Department, Operation Wounded Warrior, 347 Stewart Ave, Garden City, New York, 11530 (Fire Headquarters, West Side Village Hall). Also, Volunteer Firefighters will be accepting Care Package Donations at the Village Tree Lighting Ceremony on Sunday, December 3rd at 3:30 PM. Please come down and take a moment to donate some of the above items to help those soldiers who are surely in need of uplifting support and a bit of cheer this time of year.