Deployments are never easy, whether it’s your first or your fifth and although you get into a routine, it’s something you never get used to. Too often military members miss out on first birthdays, milestones, holidays, and the comfort of being near home and family. Loved ones have to leave for extended periods of time and simple things like getting into your own bed at the end of a busy day, enjoying a family meal, or even cutting your own grass are impossible.
Just this past summer I was ready to be back in the comforts of my home after our two week vacation, I missed my bed and eating meals in our kitchen. I couldn’t imagine having to be away from my family and my house for 6 months to a year.
This fall, the USO and Marie Callender’s are once again participating in the Comforts from Home Project to help bring the comforts of home to deployed U.S. military members.
Marie Callender’s Comforts from Home photo challenge:
Submit a photo in support of the USO capturing what home means to you using #comfortsfromhome. Is it a special recipe, a family tradition or a family activity?
Submitted photos may be featured on air for the following shows:
- Kitchen Crashers on DIYNetwork & HGTV – Airing 11/9 and 11/14
- Hello/Goodbye on Travel Channel – Airing 11/10
- Guy’s Grocery Games on Food Network & Cooking Channel — Airing 12/14 and 12/19
For each photo received, Scripps Network will donate $1 to the USO (up to $10K).
On specially marked packages of Marie Callender’s dinners and desserts you will find an eight digit code can be entered online. Every time you enter a code from specially-marked packages of Marie Callender’s meals or desserts,
Visit ComfortsfromHome.com to learn more about how you can join Marie Callender’s to help boost the moral and bring the comforts of home to our U.S. service men and women overseas.
What are your comforts from home?
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Marie Callender’s. The opinions and text are all mine.
