Operation International Children (OIC) is a grass-roots program founded in 2004 by actor Gary Sinise (CSI: NY, Forrest Gump, Apollo 13) and author Laura Hillenbrand (Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption; Seabiscuit: An American Legend). Sinise and Hillenbrand created OIC to give concerned citizens of the world a way to reach out to children in war-stricken countries and support American troops in their efforts to assist them. Follow Gary Sinise on Twitter and learn more about Laura Hillenbrand's work.
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Featured on CBS Nightly News, ABC News, and MSNBC, and in publications such as The Weekly Standard, O, and Parade, we have been named one of “America's 100 Best” by Reader's Digest. There are many ways to be a part of our critical effort. You can make a simple, tax-deductible monetary donation, 100% of which will go to purchase supplies for children and offset shipping costs. You can build and send school supply kits yourself or start a school supply kit drive in your community. Whatever your involvement, you will be helping our troops foster goodwill in the communities in which they work, and bringing brighter futures to children in desperate need. Click on one of the links to the left to see how you can help. |
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Operation International Children Office:
Phone:816.531.4701 ext. 100; oicinfo@ptpi.org
OIC Warehouse:
1529 Atlantic, North Kansas City, MO 64116
Phone: 816.241.7321; oicwarehouse@ptpi.org
Hours: Tuesday-Friday 9am-12pm | closed the first and third Thursday of each month
"I have seen their smiling faces and their attempts to say 'I love you' in broken English...I saw hope in their eyes and gratitude in their hearts for what was done for them."
- Gary Sinise
Operation International Children is a program administered by People to People International, an NGO with a [501(c) (3)] not-for-profit tax rating.
Site last updated January 30, 2012