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Mission United-providing support to nonprofit agencies that serve our veteran population

MISSION UNITED – United Way of Palm Beach County (unitedwaypbc.org) U.S. military veterans are some of our community’s greatest heroes. With over 80,000 veterans in Palm Beach County, MISSION UNITED is tasked to provide support to nonprofit agencies that...

Mail is Morale

Mail is Morale Why are our care packages so important? A letter or package from home offers comfort and a morale boost to those deployed and far from home. Many military members have no family to send them care...

Going down the rabbit hole….

Today, August 3rd, we had a new recipient registered by his brother.   The brother who registered him started “googling” information about the Air Craft Carrier that his brother was on….well low and behold, as he went down the Rabbit...

USPS INCREASES POSTAGE AGAIN…

When I returned to work on Tuesday, July 12th, I casually walked to our metered postage machine to print the postage for some Save the Date envelopes, receipts, and acknowledgment letters, and was taken back to see that postage...

SPONSOR A “BOX” RATE INCREASE

Forgotten Soldiers Outreach has not had a rate increase for our sponsor a box program in over 15 years, and the time has now come, after years of postage increases, effective June 1st, 2022,  our Sponsor a Box program...

WHAT IS A SPECIAL NEEDED ITEM FOR OUR HOLIDAY “WE CARE” PACKAGES???

CANDY CANES!!!! We will be preparing our Holiday “We Care” packages on November 20th, and shipping them out the first week of December to ensure that our troops receive them prior to the holidays!!! The last two years we...

OUR LATEST NEEDS as SEEN ON THE NEWS: Lake Worth Beach group in need of donations for care packages for troops overseas

Lake Worth Beach group in need of donations for care packages for troops overseas Click Here 8/24/2021  

Did you know that June 12th is Women Veterans Day?

The first Women Veterans Day was held June 12, 2018, marking the 70th anniversary of the groundbreaking Women’s Armed Services Integration Act, signed into law by President Harry S. Truman on June 12, 1948.  This law enabled women to serve as...

APRIL 9TH-NATIONAL FORMER POW RECOGNITION DAY!

April 9th National Former POW Recognition Day ! Honoring one of our own, Bill Arcuri! We are honored to share Bill Arcuri’s story. A supporter of Forgotten Soldiers Outreach since 2006, Bill joined the Board of Directors in 2018....

DID YOU KNOW THAT MARCH IS “WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH”?

Initially in February 1980,  President Jimmy Carter issued the first Presidential Proclamation declaring the Week of March 8th 1980 as National Women’s History Week.    In 1987, Congress passed Public Law 110-9 designating March as Women’s History Month.  Women...