10 years, 8 deployments, 2 kids and dinnertime is still the hardest time for my husband and I when he is deployed.
For him on deployment, sitting in a galley full of people makes him miss home even more. “I eat fast, then go back to my room,” he said when I asked him what life was like for him out there. “When we’re on a big base, there is a lot to do. The remote bases are stocked by stuff that families send and what we leave behind for the next guy.”
The USO and Marie Callender’s must have known about this need, because they teamed up to create the #ComfortsFromHome Project to make sure that every service member gets the comforts of home while deployed – no matter where they are.
The Comforts From Home Project
The #ComfortsFromHome Project donates money directly to the USO2GO program. Through their frozen meals they are ensuring that service members get electronics, sports gear, books, games, and more while also giving us spouses at home a super deserved cooking and cleaning break.
Service members at remote bases get to experience the warmth of feelings, flavors, and favorites from home, and families back home get a night off of cooking.
Marie Callender’s understands both sides of a deployment…they know about the servicemember’s intense longing for home and the need to stay connected. They understand the family left behind waiting – whether a spouse and children, parents, relatives and friends.
Here ‘s how it works:
- Buy a Marie Callender’s frozen dinner with a code.
- Enter that code on this website (You can enter up to five codes per day!)
- Marie Callender’s donates to USO2GO*
Comfort for troops. Time and peace of mind for families. All with the purchase of a little box.
View a list of participating products, how to use the code, and more at Comforts From Home Project.
Hero’s Welcome TV Special
To further their support of the military, Marie Callender’s is proud to sponsor an exciting television special with everyone’s favorite military supporter Gary Sinise, creator of the Gary Sinise Foundation. Gary will be hosting a one-hour TV special on Veterans Day, along with Robert Irvine from Restaurant: Impossible, and Genevieve Gorder from HGTV’s Design Star.
The TV special, airing on November 11, 2014 on HGTV, Food Network, Cooking Channel, Travel Channel, DIY Network, and Great American Country will celebrate one service member’s return to the comforts of his own home (cue the tears!).
Mark your calendars and set your DVRs for this tear jerker and watch how Marie Callender’s, the USO, and the “army of experts from food, home, and travel celebrate the comforts of home as only Marie Callender’s can.”
Thank you Marie Callender’s for creating a home away from home, and making life back-home a little easier. Please like and follow Marie Callender’s on Facebook and Twitter and send a warm thank you to them for warming our hearts.
For more information about the Comforts From Home Project, including qualifying products, and where to find the codes visit the official website.
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GEO says
Thank you Maria, I buy your products often. A common joke around here is “I think I’ll have dinner with Maria tonight”.