Operation Welcome You Home

Operation Welcome You Home (OWYH)® is a 100% volunteer, local organization in Illinois, relying upon the generous donations of time, talent, and resources of our volunteers, supporters and donors. We work hard to minimize our expenses and are able to raise funds thru our Annual Wounded Warrior 5K Run/Walk. We also rely upon donations to help us fund our continued cause assisting/supporting Veterans in need. If you support our work and our important mission, please consider making a contribution to Operation Welcome You Home, NFP, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

OWYH was founded in 2007 with a simple request from a local Mom wanting her son, returning from deployment, to be honored. Two weeks later another Mom had the same request. With that we realized the need to continue honoring, showing support to the men and women serving our Country who put their lives on the line for us daily so we may enjoy our freedom. We started receiving requests from families when a loved one was leaving for deployment. We now gather to show a sea of support to the courageous men and women letting them know they have our support when leaving to defend our Country.