International Paper Supports 10 Schools!!

Thanks to the International Paper Foundation, ten schools throughout the US are receiving the Operation Outreach-USA program. Literacy is a primary focus of the Foundation, so the Operation Outreach-USA program is a good fit with the IP Foundation’s guidelines. Thank you to these IP facilities!

IP Albany Mill (OR), IP Charlotte (NC), IP Lincoln Container (IL), IP Olive Branch Container (MS), IP Pensacola Mill (FL), IP Riegelwood Mill (NC), IP Savannah Mill and Container (GA), IP Springfield Mill (OR), IP St. Paul (MN), and IP Minneapolis (MN).

Carl Gary Taylor Foundation Provides the Program in 24 Vermont Schools!!

Every school in Orleans and Essex Counties in northern Vermont has received books and other educational materials from Operation Outreach-USA, thanks to the generosity of the Carl Gary Taylor Foundation. Located in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, abutting the Canadian border, these are small schools in rural districts, very much appreciative of this enrichment for their children. The Carl Gary Taylor Foundation supports many educational, arts, and other community organizations in Vermont.

Bridgestone Firestone Renews Commitment

For the second year, several Bridgestone Firestone operating facilities have provided funding to Operation Outreach-USA through the Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund. Firestone Building Products sponsored the first and second graders at the Wellford Elementary School in Wellford, SC. The first grade students and teachers at Winnebago School in Bloomingdale, IL received two books each and classroom lessons, thanks to BFS Retail & Commercial Operations. Bridgestone Firestone Diversified Products increased their support to sponsor all kindergarten and first grade students at Nora Elementary School in Indianapolis, IN.

Target Gives Major Support to Operation Outreach-USA

Thanks to the Target Corporation over 8,000 students in 55 schools throughout the country will benefit from the Operation Outreach-USA program! Target’s generosity will supply books and curriculum materials to schools near their store locations in communities in Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia. “With Target’s major focus on education funding, it was a perfect fit with the Operation Outreach program,” said Operation Outreach President, Judy Golden. Headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, the Target Corporation donates over $3 million per week to charitable causes throughout the US.

Foundation for MetroWest (Crossroads Community Foundation) Grant Received

Judy Golden (center), Operation Outreach-USA President, gratefully received a donation check from the Crossroads Community Foundation (now known as the Foundation for MetroWest) of Natick, MA. The Foundation serves as a resource, leader and catalyst for philanthropy in MetroWest Boston by connecting donors with nonprofits, and nonprofits with each other.

The Foundation uses a unique process to determine which applicant organizations will be awarded grants for programs that serve children. The Foundation describes it this way: “Youth development is an important part of Crossroads’ grantmaking activities; we support initiatives that enrich and improve the lives of MetroWest children. What makes our grants unique is that grants are made by local youth, for local youth through our Youth in Philanthropy program. Area high school students receive in-depth philanthropy training, then review grant proposals and make funding decisions in conjunction with foundation staff. Thus Crossroads accomplishes two goals: to provide aid to underserved children in our region, and to enable local youth to participate in the decision-making process.”

Students from the Youth Action Council attended the Crossroads Community Foundation annual meeting, at which they made the check presentations to recipient organizations.

Operation Outreach-USA will use this grant to provide our literacy and character-building program to 125 students at the Avery Elementary School in Dedham, MA.

Operation Outreach–USA Co-Founder Malcolm T. Stamper Dies

We announce with sadness that Mal Stamper passed away. The former President and Vice-Chairman of the Boeing Company and leader of the 747 jumbo jet project, Mr. Stamper co-founded Operation Outreach-USA in 1991 with Judith Golden, the organization’s current President.

“Mal’s passion for children and his drive to help them succeed and become good citizens was unparalleled,” related Ms. Golden. “His dream to put books into the hands of every child in the United States and beyond was contagious. He will be sorely missed. Operation Outreach–USA will honor his memory by seeing that his vision is realized.”

Mr. Stamper made his home in Seattle, WA, where his family-run business, Storytellers Ink, published some of the children's books used in the Operation Outreach program.

Malcolm T. Stamper Legacy Fund

In honor of our founder, Operation Outreach-USA has established the Malcolm T. Stamper Legacy Fund. Mr. Stamper loved children and worked tirelessly to help all children lead happy lives. Giving children the gift of literacy through books that they would own and that taught character and good citizenship was his passion.

Memorial gifts to the Fund will be restricted to providing the OO-USA program to elementary schools with large at-risk populations, starting in Detroit, where Mr. Stamper spent his childhood, and in Seattle, where Mr. Stamper resided with his family.

All contributors will receive annual updates on the use of the fund and the impact that their gifts are having on the lives of young people.

Gifts can be sent to the MTS Legacy Fund, c/o Operation Outreach-USA, 360 Woodland Street, Holliston, MA 01746, or via the web through the Network For Good. Click on the “Donate Now” button on the left. Checks should be made payable to Operation Outreach–USA.  Please indicate that this gift is for the Stamper Legacy Fund.