PHOTO GALLERY: Local Charity Sends Holiday Cheer to Military

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Monday, December 15, 2008

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Delagate Chuck Caputo and Ann Perricone tape care packages shut for Operation Pinecone, a Loudoun-based nonprofit that sends holiday cards, gifts and care packages to service members overseas and at local military hospitals. (Tracy A. Woodward)

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Jessica Belz, from the Dulles area, and Amanda Marvin, from the Herndon area, pack up care packages for members of the military at Moe's Southwest Grill in Chantilly. Volunteers packed up 125 boxes for Operation Pinecone. (Tracy A. Woodward)

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Jessica Belz stacks care packages for the military outside Moe's Southwest Grill, which will then be loaded into car for transport to the post office. (Tracy A. Woodward)

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John, 13, and Mike Nenner, 16, brothers from Oakton, load care packages for the military into the back of a car for Operation Pinecone. (Tracy A. Woodward)

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Volunteers for Operation Pinecone, a Loudoun-based nonprofit, spent their Saturday putting together care packages for military members.

The group sends holiday cards, gifts and care packages to service members overseas and at local military hospitals. This year, working from Moe's Southwest Grill in Chantilly, Operation Pinecone packed and shipped out 125 care packages.

Photos by Tracy Woodward

Tagged: 2008 Holiday Season, Chantilly, holiday, military, Operation Pinecone, veterans, volunteers

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