Recently employees from Watertown Savings Bank helped out at Operation American Soldier, and filled backpacks to send to American servicemen and women.
The volunteers went to the Watertown-based non-profit and put together more than 130 backpacks to send to troops, said Wendy Rocca, co-founder of Operation American Soldier. Each pack also included a handwritten note.
“Our deployed troops will be blessed by their efforts,” Rocca said. “Watertown Savings Bank ROCKS!!”
Operation American Soldier started in 2003 when Rocca’s daughter Tracy was serving her country in Iraq. Rocca would often send Tracy care packages and after hearing that some of the other soldiers weren’t receiving any support from home Rocca began sending packages to other soldiers.