Cupertino Rotary Operation Care & Comfort packing
- Community packing party to assemble care boxes for deployed troops and support Operation Care & Comfort. - Typically held in spring after tax season; check the Rotary's event schedule for exact date and time. - Join or find location details on the Rotary Club of Cupertino events page: portal.clubrunner.ca.
Cupertino Rotary’s spring packing day for Operation Care & Comfort turns a club meeting into an assembly line for care boxes headed to deployed U.S. troops. (portal.clubrunner.ca) The 2026 event was scheduled for Wednesday, April 15, after tax day, and club announcements said members would assemble 150 care packages. Marcia Elmer and Lisa Chapman were listed among the organizers in club meeting notes. (portal.clubrunner.ca 1) (portal.clubrunner.ca 2) Cupertino Rotary has run the project as an annual hands-on service program, with past writeups saying volunteers packed “hundreds of packages” and inviting guests from groups including Hope Services, Parents Helping Parents, and Inner Wheel. (portal.clubrunner.ca) Operation: Care and Comfort, the nonprofit partner behind the boxes, is based in San Jose and says its programs include care packages for deployed service members, event tickets, and emergency financial help for veterans. The group was founded in 2003, according to Cupertino Rotary’s account of an earlier program with co-founder Julie DeMaria. (occ-usa.org) (portal.clubrunner.ca) That local partnership has been running for years. A Cupertino Rotary story about an earlier packing event said the club bought products for 250 troops, while another said volunteers packed 200 boxes in one meeting. (portal.clubrunner.ca 1) (portal.clubrunner.ca 2) The format is simple: volunteers gather donated or purchased items, pack them into shipping boxes, and send them to service members overseas. Cupertino Rotary’s event notices describe it as a post-tax-season packing party, and Operation: Care and Comfort says sending care packages remains one of its core programs. (portal.clubrunner.ca) (occ-usa.org) For residents who want to join, the club’s public events calendar is the place to watch for the next listing and location details. The latest club homepage also says this year’s effort boxed up hundreds of packages with help from Rotary members and outside volunteers. (portal.clubrunner.ca) (portal.clubrunner.ca)
