(WASHINGTON, D.C.) --For the ninth consecutive year, hundreds of military
families will once again be afforded the opportunity to connect with
loved-ones during the holiday season through Operation Best Wishes, the
popular national program sponsored by the Defense Credit Union Council and
its members.
Operation Best Wishes <http://www.operationbestwishes.com/> gives the
military and their families free access to a mobile, video recording studio
where their personal greetings become animated holiday video greeting cards
for distribution over the Internet. The video recording studio, complete
with cameras, lights and a technician, has the technology to superimpose
families over animated backgrounds, giving their special holiday greetings
an appeal distinct from Skype or other communication platforms used at home.
Loved-ones and relatives then watch the holiday video greeting card on the
Operation Best Wishes website, after entering a password which allows
viewing access only to them.
"The holiday season is an opportunity for all to spend time with family and
loved ones," noted Arty Arteaga, President/CEO of the Washington, D.C.-based
Defense Credit Union Council, "but, for many of our military, it's a time
they'll continue to spend at their post, keeping an ever-vigilant watch as
they safeguard our liberties. Through Operation Best Wishes, our hope is to
help our members, the military and their families, spend a few moments
together during the holidays, in a way they'll remember and cherish for a
lifetime."
This year the national tour of Operation Best Wishes will cover 8 states and
serve the military and their families from Hanscom AFB and Fort Drum in the
east, to Travis AFB and Joint Base Lewis-McChord in the west. The tour is
scheduled to kick-off in Southern California on November 20th and conclude
four weeks later at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
About Operation Best Wishes -
Since its debut in 2004, Operation Best Wishes has traveled the nation each
holiday season, bringing its mobile studio to sponsoring credit unions where
it has seen thousands of military family members and friends video record
messages of love and good cheer. The password-protected messages are hosted
online where the deployed and other loved ones can watch the recordings
on-demand and as often as they wish. Operation Best Wishes is offered as a
free service, sponsored by the Defense Credit Union Council and
participating credit unions. For more information, visit
www.OperationBestWishes.com <http://www.operationbestwishes.com/> .
About The Defense Credit Union Council -
The Defense Credit Union Council is a niche membership association
representing the interests of credit unions operating on military
installations worldwide. By maintaining a close and constant liaison with
the Pentagon, the Council supports its member credit unions and the
Department of Defense (DoD) in coordinating policy, procedures and
legislation impacting morale and welfare, financial readiness, and the
delivery of quality financial products and services to DoD personnel and
their families. The Council is comprised of 235 credit unions serving more
than 14 million members. For more information, visit www.DCUC.org
<http://www.dcuc.org/> .