At our Thanksgiving dinner 2019 we had about 20 vets there -with their spouses and children there were over 70 people there. When you help one vet you’re helping a lot more people than just the veteran. Several weeks ago, the Hawthorne City Council unanimously accepted a motion to donate a city-owned parcel to a qualified developer with experience in …
Operation Santa Claus – Christmas 2019
Christmas 2019- I think the Christmas story this year should be about a Hero. I met Alroy Billiman at his Purple Heart ceremony back in 2007. I like to keep things raw and real, and as you can tell by the videos and photos they are as raw and its real as they get. We’ve had a great Christmas this …
Operation Santa – Day 1
Day 1- Operation Santa officially on the road Sunday, Dec 8th–Rain and more rain didn’t stop our Santas from completing the mission, but this was just the beginning. On our first day delivering we visited 16 families in 13 cities- a total of 49 kids. In addition, we have families in 13 states that Santa needs a little help with …
Operation Santa 2019 Is Underway in Hawthorne
Christmas is a month-long project here at WHOA. Every year we spend most of December purchasing collecting donated toys, wrapping and delivering and /or shipping to the kids of combat wounded veterans- including the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. In 2018 Santa visited over 40 homes in 30 Southland cities including the Navajo reservation. Operation Santa is a program by our …
A Day at the Ranch 2020
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Thanksgiving Dinner With Our Vets
We had our Thanksgiving dinner Thursday night Nov 21st. It was standing room only- a large crowd would be 50 people, we had 72 show up for the Last get-together of the year. When we say “El Cholo” we don’t have to explain much. Everyone knows what we’re talking about. A special thanks again to Ron Salisbury and his staff; …
Veteran’s Day at the Native American Veteran’s Association
This weekend we had the opportunity to attend the 18th annual Native American Veterans Association (NAVA) – Veterans Day POW POW. We at Wounded Heroes of America have a great interest in learning more about the Native American Veterans and their service to our Country. We have some very good friends on the Navajo Reservation and have had post 9/11 …
Mardi Gras Gala 2020
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WHOA 2019 Operation Santa is almost here.
More details to come! Click to see our gallery of Operation Santa 2018! Drop-off or Send a Gift Our Toy Drive is open until December 22! You can stop-by and drop-off your gift; or, mail it to: 14147 Hawthorne Blvd.Hawthorne, CA 90250 Make a donation $5, $10, $15 make a difference when good hearts come together. The funds raised …
Softball With Our Vets
Today was a beautiful day of softball, fellowship and family time with our vets. Marines from San Gabriel Valley and Wounded Heroes of America fought it out on a different kind of sand lot. It had drama, action and even a few guys had to limp home, but everyone had a great time. WHOA made a valiant comeback but came …