Operation Homefront and Dollar Tree have teamed up to help military families get their children ready to go back to school by collecting new school supplies for children of all ages.

The more than 3,600 Dollar Tree stores around the country will be collecting school supplies from July 5 through August 9, 2009, with a goal of collecting enough school supplies to fill 15,000 backpacks during that time.

Dollar Tree customers will be given the opportunity to purchase school supplies for military families. Once the items are purchased, they can be placed into a drop box located near the checkout counters.

 “Dollar Tree is proud to be a national sponsor of Operation Homefront,” said Chelle Davis, Dollar Tree spokesperson. “Our military neighbors do so much for us that we are honored to give back in this small way.”

Operation Homefront volunteers will collect and distribute all donated items. In locations where Operation Homefront does not have a chapter, volunteers will provide local Family Readiness Groups with school supplies for their command families.

There are two participating Dollar Tree stores in Dubuque.  They can be found at: 2050 John F Kennedy Road & 220 S Locust St. Hours: Mon – Sat: 9:00am – 9:00pm, Sun: 10:00am – 7:00pm

Robb Beltran of Belstar Financial Services is the Dubuque Chapter representative of Operation Homefront, please visit http://www.operationhomefront.net/Iowa for more information.

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About Operation Homefront & HomefrontOnlineOperation Homefront provides emergency and morale assistance for our troops, the families they leave behind and for wounded warriors when they return home. A nonprofit 501(c)(3), Operation Homefront leads more than 4,500 volunteers in 30 chapters nationwide, and has provided critical assistance to more than 45,000 military families in need. Operation Homefront also hosts the Web community Operation Homefront Online. For more information, please visit www.operationhomefront.net and www.homefrontonline.com.