Soldiers’ Angels is a tax-exempt 501(C)(3) volunteer group that provides aid and comfort to members of the U.S. military stationed overseas. The group was started by Patti Patton-Bader, whose oldest son served in Iraq 2003-04. Her youngest son has been in Afghanistan since last year.

Patton-Bader started Soldiers’ Angels after receiving a letter from her older son in which he mentioned that some of his buddies never received any kind of mail or packages from back home. She contacted some family members and friends, and one thing led to another, and the Internet-based group was off and running. It now has more than 200,000 volunteers and supports soldiers, sailors and airmen around the globe.