Boxes to Boots is proud to announce “Operations Cares 2024 - Giving Thanks to Our Troops”. As in past years our objective is to deliver, in November, “Care Packages” to military personnel serving overseas. This year our goal is to delivers over 1200 “Care Packages” to military personnel overseas. If you have a friend our loved one overseas that you would like up to consider sending packages to his/her unit please visit our Nominate a Soldier page and leave us a message.

Boxes to Boots relies on community involvement to meet our goal. Community response in the past has been amazing and we look forward to your support in 2024. This year, on November 16, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. See below for the link to reserve your table. Please come and join this year, as a community, to prepare “Care Packages” getting them ready for transport to the Post Office and ultimately to our Troops overseas.

WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!!!

Ways to help:

Event Day Participants

Please join us on November 16, 2024 at New Britain High School as we honor our Military Men and Women by wrapping gifts and writing cards of encouragement to our troops as we prepare to send off our “Care Packages” packed with love just in time for the holidays.

To reserve a table for your family or group please click on this link: Operation Cares 2025 SignUP - Coming Soon

Donate Items

We will are looking to collect items to fill our “Care Packages”. Please visit our Items Needed page for a list items we need.

Collection Sites for Operation Cares 2024

Giving Thanks to our Troops: ( Donations are very slow right now!! We need your help!)

Donations may be dropped off at any of the following locations:

  • Mia Bella, 883 Farmington Avenue

  •  SIN Fitness, 131 Webster Square Road

  •  Berlin Town Hall (Rotunda), 240 Kensington Road

  •  Berlin-Peck Memorial Library, 234 Kensington Road

  •  Jerome Home / Arbor Rose 975 Corbin Ave, New Britain

  •  Saint Mary Home, 2021 Albany Ave., West Hartford

  •  Evergreen Health Care Center, 205 Chestnut Hill Rd., Stafford Springs

  •  Berlin Polish Political Club, 581 Farmington Avenue, Kensington

  • Spartans Veterans Athletic Club, 191 High Road, Berlin

  • Ryan Family Farm, 64 Terry’s Plain Rd, Simsbury

  • Webster Bank, 708 Hopemeadow St, Simsbury

Comcast Xfinity Stores at the following locations

  • Brandford - 1060 W. Main Street, Suite 16

  • Canton - 81 Albany Turnpike, Suite B

  • Danbury - 15 Backus Ave

  • Derby - 49 Pershing Drive, Suite 6

  • Groton - 220 CT-12

  • Middletown - 814 Washington St

  • North Haven - 300 Universal Drive North

  • Plainville - 248-C New Britain Ave

  • Vernon - 35 Talcottville Rd, Suite 5

  • Waterbury - 920 Wolcott Street

  • West Hartford - 1253 New Britain Ave

American Eagle Financial Credit Union at the following locations

  • Avon- 427 West Avon Road 

  •  Bloomfield -699 Cottage Grove Road 

  •  Cromwell -4 Hammerhead Place  

  •  East Hartford -361 Main Street            

  •  Enfield-201 Elm Street  

  •  Glastonbury - 109 Sycamore Street     

  •  Manchester  -304 Broad Street            

  •  Newington  -3579A Berlin Turnpike  

  •  North Haven  -84 Washington Avenue

  •  Plainville   -378 New Britain Avenue             

  •  South Windsor- 530 Buckland Road        

  •  Southington - 888 Queen Street           

  •  Vernon - 455 Hartford Turnpike  

  •  West Hartford- 1245 New Britain Avenue         

Operation 2021 Cares - As our packages arrived at the various locations many of the recipeints took a moment to send us a picture or write us a thank you note. The gallery below highlights some of the pictures and notes we received

Operation Cares 2021 Day of Activities

Below are some pictures of the day of activities where our volunteers wrapped items and prepared the boxes for shipment overseas.