2026 Veterans Day Basket Drive

It’s coming fast and furious! Veterans Day, that is! And it’s time for our 6th annual Veterans Day Baskets for Vets community service campaign, which runs thru Oct. 30, 2026! Last year’s event was such a resounding success, that we are hopeful this year’s will be as good or better!

But we need YOUR help to do so!

Would you be willing to donate to our Veterans Day Baskets for Vets campaign this year? We are creating fun goodie bags with some inexpensive items to brighten our Vets’ day and tell them we THANK THEM for their service to America! Last year, we sponsored more than 250 Vets in 8 retirement communities in 5 area counties. Personal “thank you for your service” notes were written to each Vet for their bag. The Blair VFW posts donated their time and talents, as well as the Veterans Service Office of Washington County, the Veterans Service Office of Douglas County and the Veterans Service Office of Sarpy County. During last year’s community service campaign, we made so many Vets smile!

This year, we’d like to see if we can continue to expand our reach even more.

Our monetary donations last year covered the full purchase of the bags and many of the patriotic contents therein. Will you please consider providing a monetary donation to help cover these costs?

We will be delivering the goodie bags to the Vets prior to Veterans Day, so we would like donations by Friday, Oct. 30, 2026, or sooner (so we have time to buy items and put all the gift bags together). You would be donating to a great cause and giving back to VETS who’ve given so much to our country and sacrificed so much so that we can enjoy the freedoms and liberty we have today!

Any monetary amount or in-kind donation from you would greatly help! Checks can be made out to Omaha Federal Credit Union and routed/snail mailed to Julie Gasper, Vice President of Marketing, here at our Main Branch by Friday, Oct. 30, 2026, or sooner.

Omaha Federal Credit Union

Attn.: Julie Gasper, VP of Marketing

3001 S. 82^nd Ave.

Omaha, NE 68124

It has been a pure JOY to honor and serve all of these Veterans, and we hope to show them how special they are to our communities and our country!

Again, thanks SO MUCH in advance for your monetary support and generosity, as well as your dedication to serving our community!

Here is a quote from a proud and appreciative Vet from a past event:

“I received the generous bag of goodies today and was very pleased!! I thank all who donated items, lots of snacks, pens and other things that will come in handy. The people were very generous and I appreciate it.” — Pat Hunsche, former U.S. Navy WAVE