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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OPERATION YELLOW RIBBON TO WIND DOWN CARE PACKAGE OPERATIONS It is with a heavy heart but yet one filled with utter gratitude that allvolunteer 501c3 nonprofit Operation Yellow Ribbon will bewinding down its morale boosting care package business operations over the months to come. The heavy heart is because we know that our brave US Service Members deployed to the Middle East and fighting the war on terror still needlove and support from home but we are no longer able to keep up with the demand for care packages coupled with the constant rising price of everything including purchasing care package items USPSpostage rent and insurance. Our hearts are filled with total gratitude thanks to the literally thousands of people schools civic organizations places of worshiplocal and national businesses and corporations that have helped us serve those that serve our great country in so many capacities. Whether you helped us with financial donations ran your own carepackage item donation drive helped spread the word of our fundraisers and events or anything and everything in between its impossible to express our gratitude with pen to paper here today.