Only in America Will Rocking a Hot Patriotic T-Shirt Help Send a Care Package to the Troops – CafePress and Operation Gratitude Partner in Support

In Honor of Memorial Day and Fourth of July, T-Shirt Proceeds Help Deliver Care Packages to Service Members Overseas

CafePress, the world’s biggest destination for self-expression through merchandise and the leader in user generated commerce, and Operation Gratitude, a non-profit, volunteer organization that annually sends 100,000+ care packages to U.S. Military overseas, today announce a project aimed to rejuvenate patriotic self-expression and show support for U.S. Service Members deployed in harm’s way. Through the release of chic, designer T-shirts, the CafePress promotion intends to breathe new life into Americana gear and benefit the bi-partisan efforts of Operation Gratitude.

In honor of the summer patriotic season, which includes Memorial Day and the Fourth of July, CafePress unveils two unique designs by Last Alliance Group of New York. The T-shirt designs celebrate the holidays in style. The “Remember” design highlights iconic emblems of freedom such as the U.S. flag, while the “Go 4th” design artistically brings fireworks to life. Both designs are available in sizes for men, women, children and infants on white, gray or navy, 100 percent cotton, T-shirts and spaghetti tanks. The two T-shirt designs are currently offered on CafePress, ranging in price from $15 to $20, with a portion of proceeds from every sale benefiting Operation Gratitude.

“We experienced an incredible outpouring of patriotism on CafePress through the presidential election and the Inauguration. To celebrate this national pride, we wanted to provide a way for Americans to support a cause we all believe in,” comments CafePress Vice President of Marketing Amy Maniatis. “The T-shirts we’ve created express patriotic sentiments while also contributing to Operation Gratitude’s effort to send love from home to our Service Members overseas.”

“Patriotism is a powerful emotion that motivates much of the support and volunteerism Operation Gratitude receives and channels to the troops,” explained the non-profit organization’s founder Carolyn Blashek. “By partnering with CafePress, we’re able to engage American citizens all across the country to tap into their patriotic pride and provide them an avenue to express their appreciation and support to our U.S. heroes serving in harm’s way.”

About CafePress

CafePress is the leader in User-Generated Commerce and offers sellers turnkey e-commerce services to independently create and sell a wide variety of products, and offers buyers unique merchandise across virtually every topic. Launched in 1999, CafePress has empowered individuals, organizations and businesses to create, buy and sell customized merchandise online using the company’s unique print-on-demand and e-commerce services. Today, CafePress is a growing network of over 6.5 million members who have unleashed their creativity to transform their artwork and ideas into unique gifts and new revenue streams.

For more information visit CafePress at www.cafepress.com.

About Operation Gratitude

Operation Gratitude (www.operationgratitude.com) is the California-based 501 (c) (3) non-profit, volunteer organization that annually sends 100,000+ care packages of snacks, entertainment items and personal letters of appreciation addressed to individually named U.S. Service Members deployed in hostile regions such as Iraq and Afghanistan, and on military ships at sea. Its mission is to lift morale, bring a smile to a service member’s face and to express to all our Armed Forces the appreciation and support of the American people. Each package contains donated product valued at ~$100 and costs the organization $11 to assemble and ship. For safety and security, all assembling of packages occurs at the Army National Guard armory in Van Nuys, California. Since its inception in March 2003, Operation Gratitude has shipped more than 430,000 packages to American military deployed overseas. www.operationgratitude.com

Contacts

CafePress
Kimberly Youngstrom, 212-221-1713
Marc Cowlin, 650-655-3039
pr {at} cafepress(.)com
or
Operation Gratitude
Carolyn Blashek, 818-789-0123
opgrat {at} gmail(.)com