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Operation Homefront helps veterans for holidays — PHOTOS

Las Vegas Review-Journal
December 16, 2015 - 10:53 pm
 
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bo Stephens, left, receives two bags full of groceries from Walmart employee LaShonda Allen during an Operation Homefront event at VFW Post 10047 Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, in Las Vegas. The national charity provided 300 holiday meal kits to local military families and wounded worriers. Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Kaelia Stankovich, 3, poses for a professional photograph with Santa Claus during an Operation Homefront event at VFW Post 10047 Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, in Las Vegas. The national charity provided 300 holiday meal kits to local military families and wounded worriers. Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bo Stephens loads bags of groceries into his car during an Operation Homefront event at VFW Post 10047 Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, in Las Vegas. The national charity provided 300 holiday meal kits to local military families and wounded worriers. Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal
A poster hangs at the entrance to an Operation Homefront event at VFW Post 10047 Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, in Las Vegas. The national charity provided 300 holiday meal kits to local military families and wounded worriers. Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Linette Burge, front, receives assistance from Walmart employee LaShonda Allen with grocery bags and donated items during an Operation Homefront event at VFW Post 10047 Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, in Las Vegas. The national charity provided 300 holiday meal kits to local military families and wounded worriers. Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal

Operation Homefront, a nationwide volunteer charity, handed out 300 holiday meal kits to military families and wounded warriors Wednesday at VFW Post 10047.

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