THE PRESS
HONORING OUR
NOVEMBER 7, 2025
Donations sought for military Project brings joy to service members during holidays ISAAC ARRIAGA
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On Christmas Eve, I got a message from Iraq that was a troop saying, ‘I don’t know how you know where I am, I don’t know how you know my name,
I don’t know where Brentwood California is, but you guys made our Christmas and God Bless You.’ ” Linda Wilson is quoting a service member from a previous Operation Creekside, and the co-organizer of the annual event said she wants the program to have that kind of impact again this year. Operation Creekside is requesting donations of prepackaged food items, clothes such as T-shirts or socks, and hand-written ‘thank you’ notes for the 13th annual Holiday Pack For The Troops on Dec. 9 at the Brentwood Veterans Memorial Building at 757 First St. at 6 p.m. so that they can see Creekside page 5B
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