PA organization working to send care packages to veterans during the Holidays

The holiday season can be tough, especially for our military overseas.

So, a local organization is packing up care packages for those deployed overseas during the Holidays.

Operation Troop Support and Hampden Township Veterans Recognition Committee put together around 20 boxes filled with basic necessities, like soap, shampoo, food, and toys.

The items were donated and packed by volunteers.

“Especially for those who can't come back from overseas to see their family, to get a card that's thanking them and expressing how much we appreciate them and a gift that maybe they didn't expect to get, that can brighten their spirits and make them feel not so alone,” said Penelope Brosius, a volunteer with Junior Leadership Cumberland.

The holiday care packages will come with handwritten notes by local students and will be shipped overseas to the Pennsylvania Army National Guard in early December.