Wal-Mart’s generous donations of toys and gift certificates to make holidays brighter for troops and families

In partnership with the Defense Department’s America Supports You and nonprofit Operation Homefront, the Wal-Mart Holiday Caravan is coming to six military bases, making the holidays brighter for tens of thousands of military families, many with a service member deployed overseas. At each Holiday Caravan stop, Operation Homefront will host a 3 hour event where:

 Wal-Mart gift cards will be distributed to the first 200 families who register for the event at www.operationhomefront.net.

 Santa Claus will greet military children with free toys, supported by a literal caravan of fully-loaded tractor trailers truck brought in by Wal-Mart. Santa will also read stories to children at the top of each hour.

 Tree trimming craft tables will be available for families to decorate their Christmas trees and stockings, courtesy of Wal-Mart

 A Toyland of the latest toys and electronic games will be available for children of all ages to try out.

 Holiday food, music and fun will complete the festivities.

ABC’s “Good Morning America” will cover the “Operation Christmas” and the Holiday Caravan in key markets, providing satellite service whenever possible to connect deployed service members face-to-face with their families at the event.