It’s coming fast and furious! Veterans Day, that is! And it’s time for our 5th annual Veterans Day Baskets for Vets community service campaign, which runs thru Oct. 29, 2025! 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 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 goal is to hand out a total of 255 goodie bags to recognize Vets for their service. Our monetary donations last year covered the full purchase of the bags and many of the patriotic contents therein. Our monetary goal this year is $3,600! Will you help us get there?
We will be delivering the goodie bags to the Vets prior to Veterans Day, so we would like donations by Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, 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 to Julie Gasper, Vice President of Marketing, here at our Main Branch by Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, or sooner.
Omaha Federal Credit Union
Attn.: Julie Gasper, VP of Marketing
3001 S. 82nd Ave.
Omaha, NE 68124
Our Main Branch at 3001 S. 82nd Ave. in Omaha will also have a decorated Vets donation box inside the lobby door to place any in kind donation items. Any items for elderly Veterans (male and female) are welcome – just ensure they are NEW, unopened with original packaging and unwrapped. NOTE: Please DO NOT put the items in a basket – we will be dividing all the items up fairly to insert them in branded tote bags that we (OFCU) have already purchased.
The following are items that we’ve purchased and included in the bags in past years. Thus, we need your monetary and in-kind donations to help make this amazing and thoughtful cause for our Veterans extra special:
- Playing cards
- Wall calendars
- Toothbrushes
- Toothpaste
- Sugar free mints
- Combs
- Brushes
- Crossword puzzles
- Word searches
- Patriotic socks or plain socks
- Diabetic socks
- Anything patriotic
- Sugar free gum
- Journals
- Tablets
- Puzzles
- Games
- Hand sanitizer
- Hand lotion
- Sunglasses
- Adult coloring books
- Colored pencils
- Picture frames
- Stamps
- Notecards
- Tumblers with lids
- Craft kits
- Books
- Magazines
- Gift cards
- Hygiene items (body wash, deodorant, shaving cream, shampoo, conditioner)
It has been a pure JOY to serve all of these Vets, and I hope they know how special they are to our communities and our country! Again, thanks SO MUCH in advance for your 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
To see past events, click below:
