Operation Gratitude

In October 2011, we participating for the second time in the Operation Gratitude project "Treats for the Troops" or what dentists who participate call it "Operation Halloween Candy Buyback".  Here are the stats for the past 2 years:

In 2011, we contributed over 175 pounds of candy for the Troops.

In 2010, we contributed just over 125 pounds of candy for the Troops.

December of 2011 we received a thank you letter from Operation Gratitude, thanking us for our contributions.  With our donation they were able to send 100,000 full care packages to men and women overseas.  We will be sure to participate next year in a partnership with New Era Dental of Indianapolis for this great cause. 

Here are other ways to get involved:
1. Donate money: $15 is the total cost to send each package
2. Write letters
3. Crocheted or Hand-knitted scarves
4. Donate Beanie Babies-for the troops to give to children in the area they patrol
5. Recycle old cell phones & ink cartridges- call 877-744-3601 for more information
6. Send Easter & Halloween Candy or Girl Scout Cookies
7. Donate a vehicle www.carsforustroops.com
8. Buy or sell on ebay: sellers can donate 10-100% of proceeds to troops
9. Shop at www.cafepress.com/opgratitude store, every 3 items purchased sends a package
10. Check our websites: www.operationgratitude.com for more information or follow us on Facebook

Donations can be mailed to: Operation Gratitude, 16444 Refugio Road, Encino, CA 91436

At HNT, we appreciate the troops and what they are able to do for us and our country.  We will do whatever we can to assist Operation Gratitude & you should too!


        

Treat our Troops Update: New Jersey

Wow! Just received notice of the whopping amount of candy that HNT New Jersey sent off to Operation Shoebox New Jersey to Treat our Troops today. They were able to send 295 pounds of candy to the Troops overseas! Here it is, below, ready to be shipped out:

That brings the HNT total to 492 POUNDS OF CANDY that was donated. That is the number to beat for next year!

Treat the Troops Update: Durango, CO

The results are in...For those of you who haven't been around HNT in the last couple weeks to see our giant metal bin fill up-we wanted to let you know that we filled the bin with a hefty 73 pounds of candy to donate to our U.S. Troops!

Thanks to each of you who stopped by, and for spreading the word within our community, and to the dentist across the parking lot who donated dozens of mini toothpastes to go with all that sugar!

We are thankful for those who are serving and who have served.

Treat our Troops- a Huge Success

We want to thank all who participated in our first-time-ever candy drive to Treat our Troops and not WAIST Candy! We teamed up with a local dentist and church in donating the candy to the Troops since the amount of candy we received exceeded our expectations. It was a huge success that we were able to donate

124 pounds of candy!

When we are dealing with toxic environments everywhere it's important to make sure that we are setting up the environments we live in for success. This is exactly what strategy was implemented by the patients this year for Halloween. If Halloween candy is left in the house, we are much more likely to have one or two or ten pieces of candy which are typically ~100 calories per 'fun size'. But, removing the candy from our environments whether its work, home, school, etc. is a great start to making sure we can be successful in the choices we are making each day!

Have a great Holiday Season by setting your environments up for success!

P.S. Take a look at our newly painted LOGO on the wall in our office! It looks great!