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of Northern Ohio
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Welcome to the USO of Northern Ohio
web site. We offer many services to our military
personnel in our service area
Donations -
Monetary donations to the USO, today as always
are greatly appreciated, and are tax deductible.
Show your support for these brave men and women by
supporting the USO of Northern Ohio. A few of the USO of
Northern Ohio's special brand of programs and services
include:
- USO Canteen at the Military
Entrance Processing Station (MEPS)
- Bob Hope/USO Lounge at Cleveland
Hopkins Airport
- USO Care package Program
- Hospitality Support for
Deployments, Welcome Homes, Family Days
and Holiday Parties
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More information on donating is
located on our
Donations page including ability to donate using a
credit card. To learn more about the USO and our
services, visit the links in the side menu.
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Care
Packages
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on-going program to support our troops with
Care
Packages.
A
care package is a box filled with some comfort items that lets
our troops know that we appreciate what they are
doing. This touch of home is tremendous morale boost
for those serving far from home.
Check side menu for links to items needed for Care Packages
and Donation Drop-Off Sites locations.
Volunteers are needed to pick up items at donation
drop-off sites and take them to the Canton or Madison Care
Package facilities. Please contact us if you can help
at (216) 265-3680.
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Upcoming Events |
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Upcoming
events will be listed on our home page. They will be
posted as soon as possible. Past events will be
removed as they expire.
Be sure to print any flyers before expiration date.
Some of these
events provide funding for our organization to support our
troops. You can also make a donation by credit
card. See our
Donations
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USO of Northern Ohio Benefit
Concert
Saturday - July 25 @ 4PM |
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Featuring
Darryl Worley, Lawless, and Derrick &
Derrick
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Quaker Steak &
Lube -
4900 Transportation Dr -
Sheffield Village, OH 44054 |
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Click
Here for Detailed Information & Purchase of Tickets |
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7TH Annual
Poker Run for the Troops
Sunday - August 16 - 11 AM
All Proceeds Benefit the
USO of Northern Ohio
Food - Prizes - Raffle
Live Entertainment by The Burnt River Band
The Handle Bar
24951 Aurora Rd. - Bedford Hts.
Click Here for Information Flyer |
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Northwest Ohio
Air Show
Toledo Express Airport -
August 29 & 30
Sponsored by
The Military Order of the Purple Heart
Past & Present Military FREE with Military
ID!
Click Here for Ticket Information Flyer |
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Monthly
Travel Tour Contest
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Sand Run Travel,
working with the USO of Northern Ohio and Clear Channel,
each month will be offering a promotion on WHLO radio
which will entitle 1 returning Iraq or Afghanistan Vet
and a companion, the opportunity to take a Sand Run
Travel tour.
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The next tour will feature
Wine Tasting at 6 Wineries (Chautauqua & Keuka Lake
Trails in NY). Tour includes 2 nights at Crowne
Plaza in Niagara Falls, Seneca Niagara Casino comps and
Bus Transportation. The dates are June 6, 7 and 8.
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To enter the contest, send an email to
usocleveland@aol.com with "Contest Entry" in the
subject line. In the body of the email, include
your name, contact information, rank, unit and
deployment information summary.
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The tour requires that contestants and their companion be 21
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Drawing will be held
June 3 and the USO of Northern Ohio will notify
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Sand Run Travel is now offering any
Active Duty Military a Buy one get one half off rate for
any of their bus trips at any time provided space is
available. Visit there web site at
www.SandRunTravel.com to view trips and contact
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Our
“CORPORATE ANGELS PROGRAM” allows each and every corporation to
help in ways that are
unique to them. From having a “Sponsor Care Package Events” to
donating much needed
operating supplies, the spectrum of needed support is full of
possibilities.
It is through corporate generosity that our programs survive and
flourish. Join our Angels
program and your business will be listed on our “CORPORATE
ANGELS” web page, appropriate
signage can be on donated items and press releases may result.
We are flexible and open to
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Featured Corporate Angel
Pat Catan’s September 2008
“USO CAMO SCARF” promotion was once again a big
hit for their customers. Catan’s provided free
yarn and knitting instructions, and customers
could take the yarn home, knit scarves, and
return them to the store. Customers knitted over
3,200 scarves during the month, and these
scarves were delivered to the USO in early
October. Catan’s also collected $1 and $2
donations from their customers and matched
dollar-for-dollar, for a total donation of
$3,504.
Pat Catan’s employees who are either serving,
have served, of have a loved one serving in the
military are shown below, making the donation to
Deb Fisher at Pat Catan’s headquarter in
Strongsville on January 27th, 2009.
Click on Photo for Larger View
Visit Pat Catan's Web Site
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Visit our
Corporate Angels page for more information on
becoming an Angel. |
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Newsletters
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Rather than
paying postage sending out the newsletters, we have archived them
for our supporters with internet access. The postage saved will be
used to support our troops.
They can be accessed from our
Newsletter page or from the quick view menu below. |
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Support Us - Proud Supporters
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We need your support to continue our mission. On our
Support Us page, we can continue to use your support to
support our troops. We have recently added Gordon Food
Services to help us in our mission.
A special thanks to 95.5 FM - The Fish
(Web
Site).
They are supporting us through Operation:
Care Package. Operation
Families First is one of our programs also supported by
local media. Find out more about it on our
Programs page.
Click Here to read a thank you letter from the Coast Guard.
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News,
Education
Assistance, Family
Services and Related
Links -
The
News
section has press releases and links to local newspaper
articles when available.
Also, the
bottom of the News page has news pages imported from Military Branch
sites along with the DOD and USO. Our
Education Assistance,
Family
Services and
Related Links pages
contain links to services that help our military families, including free
services for deployed troops. Be sure to visit them if your family has
a loved one in the military. Also, in the side menu, is an image for
"America Supports You".
This site spotlights what Americans are doing in support of the
military, encourages others to thank the troops and allows all to tell
their stories by giving voice and visibility to their efforts.
Click on the text link to visit the site. |
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Site
Design and Navigation -
Navigation menus are
located on the left and bottom of pages.
During your visit, please understand that we do open links to other
sites in new browser windows to better serve you. Although it
shouldn't be necessary, you may have to disable any pop-up blocker you
have depending on your pop-up settings. Also, documents providing
information for you to print or save have been converted to
Adobe format. |
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