SOLDIERS’ ANGELS IN THE NEWS

We love to share the work of our amazing Angel Volunteers and team in the media. Doing so helps increase awareness of our impact, drive fundraising, and generate goodwill toward our mission. 2022 was a historic year as Soldiers’ Angels generated 2.1 billion impressions/reach across traditional, broadcast, and social media channels.

Some of our most memorable features were:

• LIVE with Kelly & Ryan: Good News: Soldiers’ Angels Supports Families of Service Members Over the Holidays

• MSN.com: Remote Volunteers Needed: 53 Easy Ways To Volunteer From Home

• Yahoo! News: 25 Fun Things to Do on the 4th of July for Kids and Adults

• Yahoo! News: Adopt a Family for Christmas - How to Give Back This Holiday Season

• AP News: 200+ Custom Blankets, Stockings for Fort Riley Veterans and Soldiers

• AP News: Books-A-Million Customers Can “Send a Taste of Home” to U.S. Troops During the 18th Coffee for the Troops Campaign

• AP News: Welcome.US and Goldman Sachs Announce Partnership to Mobilize 100,000 Americans to Sponsor Ukrainians Seeking Refuge in the United States

• FOX News: Charity ‘Soldiers’ Angels’ sends Valentines to US troops

• KSAT: Warm Feet for Warriors sock drive to help Veterans, active Military members

• KSAT: Nonprofit hopes to reach goal of giving out 2,022 new blankets to Veterans and deployed Service Members

• WKMG: Soldiers’ Angels teams up with Lockheed Martin to give Veterans free groceries in Orlando

• FOX 26 Houston: Karbach Brewing Co. holds Father’s Day event benefitting US Veterans, Service Members

• PARADE: Struggling With Your Mental Health? Here Are 14 Resources to Take Advantage of Now

• Cool Mom Picks: What to do with leftover Halloween candy: 11 creative ideas besides you know, just eating it.

• Beer Info: Brewery Ommegang Returns to Collaborate on Annual Hops for Heroes Campaign

2022 In Numbers

Financial Growth By Year Program Growth By Year

HIGHLIGHT USAA: OUR HOMETOWN HERO

With their corporate offices less than a 20-minute drive from the Soldiers’ Angels headquarters in San Antonio, Texas, USAA has been supporting our programs, campaigns, and events for several years. But 2022 was a year when this corporation became our very own hometown hero.

When COVID began, many corporations, including USAA, paused their employee volunteer initiatives due to the risk of their staff catching and spreading the virus. In 2022, USAA officially lifted their restrictions on employees volunteering in person and boy did they come back to Soldiers’ Angels with a bang!

Starting in October 2022, USAA invited Soldiers’ Angels to be a part of their in-person leadership event in San Antonio. The group of USAA leaders packed box lunches and hygiene kits, wrote “Thank You” cards for the Veterans who would receive the items, and learned about the important mission behind all that we do at Soldiers’ Angels.

Soon after, USAA teamed up with the Houston Texans and the Lady Texans to host a baby shower for expectant Military and Veteran moms-to-be. With USAA’s help, 20 Military moms were brought together by Soldiers’ Angels and showered with gifts, brunch, and games.

Next up was the holiday season and USAA returned for the third year in a row to provide holiday support in a BIG way. USAA provided a financial contribution to cover most of the expenses for purchasing and shipping 12,000 holiday stockings to deployed Service Members and Veterans. Additionally, they supported through numerous employee volunteer events where USAA employees stuffed and packed the stockings. In addition, they also returned to support the Holiday Adopt-A-Family program by adopting 120 eligible families from six different cities and providing them gifts for their children and a grocery gift card for their holiday meal.

USAA also selected Soldiers’ Angels as their featured nonprofit for their Seasons of Sharing employee citizenship event throughout the entire holiday season. This meant that in just the last two months of the year, hundreds of USAA employee volunteers came through our office to help pack candy for Treats for Troops, stuff holiday stockings, make paracord bracelets and sort and pack other needed items, as needed.

We would not have made it through the immensely busy end of the year without the incredible support of the USAA employee volunteers that flowed through our office.

Last, but not least, Soldiers’ Angels was honored to be a part of USAA and the National Auto Body Council’s Recycled Rides® event in December where they gave away 15 refurbished vehicles to deserving Veterans — seven of which were Veterans supported by and submitted by Soldiers’ Angels.

We could not be more grateful for the incredible relationship between Soldiers’ Angels and USAA. Their employees, support, and funding have made a tremendous impact on the lives of thousands of Service Members, Veterans, and Military Families supported by Soldiers’ Angels. USAA’s commitment to stand by our mission and help us grow is truly proof that they “know what it means to serve.”