FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Scott Raab
Director of Operations, Troopathon
(916) 956-3544
Stanley W. Ekstrom Foundation Sponsors 1,000 Veterans Day Care Packages for Deployed Troops, Packed With Help From Local Cub Scouts
Sacramento, Calif. – Nov. 9, 2026 – To honor America's veterans and the sacrifices they have made for our country, the Stanley W. Ekstrom Foundation is sponsoring 1,000 Troopathon care packages this Veterans Day, a thank-you from home for 1,000 U.S. service members deployed overseas and the military families who requested them. On Veterans Day, Cub Scout Pack 53, a longtime Troopathon volunteer partner, will help pack them by hand.
On Wednesday, Nov. 11, from 10 a.m. to noon, at the Troopathon Operation Center, 3105 Fite Circle, Suite 108, Sacramento, CA 95827, the scouts and their families will pack care packages and add the Halloween candy they chose to share with the troops. Every Foundation-sponsored box carries a personal message of thanks from the Stanley W. Ekstrom Foundation to the service member who opens it. Troopathon invites families across the Sacramento region to join them: stop by with your own unopened Halloween candy, and it will go straight into a care package for someone serving far from home.
WHEN: Wednesday, Nov. 11 (Veterans Day)
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
WHERE: Troopathon Operation Center
3105 Fite Circle, Suite 108
Sacramento, CA 95827
“Veterans Day is about honoring everyone who has worn the uniform and the sacrifices they and their families have made for our country,” said Scott Raab, Director of Operations for Troopathon and a Navy veteran. “One of the best ways to honor our veterans is to make sure the men and women serving right now know they are not forgotten. The Stanley W. Ekstrom Foundation is making 1,000 of these care packages possible, and these Cub Scouts are packing them by hand. That is how a community says thank you.”
Each care package is hand-packed, personally addressed, and filled with items service members ask for, from snacks and coffee to hygiene items, along with a handwritten note from home.
Be part of Veterans Day:
Request a free care package for a deployed loved one: troopathon.org/request-care-pack
Sponsor a care package for a service member: troopathon.org/donate
Donate Halloween candy for the troops through Dec. 31: troopathon.org/halloween-candy-buyback
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ABOUT TROOPATHON: Troopathon is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to providing emotional and tangible support to active-duty U.S. troops deployed to combat areas, military families, and veterans. Since its founding, Troopathon has shipped over 1,000 tons of care packages, powered by thousands of pro-troop activists, veterans, and community partners nationwide. Never Forget. Always Support.
ABOUT VETERANS DAY: Observed every year on Nov. 11, Veterans Day honors all who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces, in war and in peace. The date marks the armistice that ended the fighting of World War I on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918. Today, it is a day to thank the millions of Americans who have worn the uniform, and to remember that thousands of service members are deployed far from home this holiday season. Through events like this Veterans Day shipment, Troopathon and its community partners make sure those serving today know they are not forgotten.
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