Operation Once in a Lifetime : Helping soldiers and their families

Operation Once in a Lifetime's mission is to make the dreams of soldiers and their families come true by providing free financial and morale support.

About Us

Operation Once in a lifetime is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization created to make the dreams of U.S. soldiers come true. The dream of a soldier is to come home alive, unwounded, to train safe, to love his country, his unit and his family. However being a soldier is not easy; it is filled with hardship, not just physically or emotionally, but financially.

Operation Once in a Lifetime was created by a soldier to help other soldiers; a soldier knows what a soldier needs and a soldier knows what a soldier does not need. A soldier does not need to worry about providing beds for his kids, worrying if his electricity will still be on when he goes home or if his house will be foreclosed on when serving his/her country. A soldier needs a program that will provide free financial assistance regardless of his rank, race, branch of service, physical condition or his deployment status. A soldier needs a program that can help make a life altering contribution when he is in his/her greatest need; Operation Once in a Lifetime is that program.

There are many Americans that suffer financial hardship every day but it is a shame that there are soldiers that are considered poor. It is a shame that there are soldiers on W.I.C or food stamps just to provide a meal for their children. It is a shame that a soldier can die for his country while being on the thin line of poverty and give up all that we consider being normal. Nine to five jobs are replaced by year long deployments, a day at the office may result in gun fire and a friend killed in action.

Every contribution will go to helping a soldier and their families, whether paying a soldiers electric bill, car payment or flying a soldier home, we will be there when soldiers need us most, because they are there when we need them most.

Operation Once in a Lifetime is not a war time organization; we are a soldier’s organization. An organization created to last, as long as soldiers are in need. Our promise to our soldiers, is regardless of wartime or peacetime we will be here fighting for you as you fight for us.

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Patrick M. Sowers
Founder, Father and Soldier