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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

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