Silver Crest II Annual Holiday Social

MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho --Diana Hill looks at the many donations displayed during the Silver Crest II Annual Holiday Social in Nampa, Idaho, Dec. 12. Every year Mrs. Hill’s family donates money to Operation Warmheart at this event in memory of her mother. Two members of the retirement community, Rita and Bud Albers, have put together this event for nine years. This year more than $13,000, hundreds of toys and quilts, and 2,000 pounds of food were donated to Operation Warmheart to help military families during the holiday season. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jasmine Reif)

Silver Crest II Annual Holiday Social

MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho --Master Sgt. Michael Vonahnen, 366th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron first sergeant, gets cookies for his children during the Silver Crest II Annual Holiday Social in Nampa, Idaho, Dec. 12. Two members of the retirement community, Rita and Bud Albers, have put together this event for nine years. This year more than $13,000, hundreds of toys and quilts, and 2,000 pounds of food were donated to Operation Warmheart to help military families during the holiday season. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jasmine Reif)

Silver Crest II Annual Holiday Social

MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho --Rita and Bud Albers receive a certificate from Senior Master Sgt. Bobby Bankston, Operation Warmheart president, during the Silver Crest II Annual Holiday Social in Nampa, Idaho, Dec. 12. They have put together this event for the past nine years. This year more than $13,000, hundreds of handmade toys and quilts, and 2,000 pounds of food were donated to Operation Warmheart to help military families during the holiday season. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jasmine Reif)

Silver Crest II Annual Holiday Social

MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho --Ed Eagans, a local artist, presents a Christmas card he painted to Senior Master Sgt. Bobby Bankston and Master Sergeants Mark Muster and Bruce Perkins during the Silver Crest II Annual Holiday Social in Nampa, Idaho, Dec. 12. Two members of the retirement community, Rita and Bud Albers, have put together this event for nine years. This year more than $13,000, hundreds of toys and quilts, and 2,000 pounds of food were donated to Operation Warmheart to help military families during the holiday season. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jasmine Reif)

Silver Crest II Annual Holiday Social

MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho --Col. Pete Lee, 366th Fighter Wing vice commander, hands handmade quilts to Master Sgt. Mark Muster, 366th Civil Engineer Squadron first sergeant, to load into a trailer after the Silver Crest II Annual Holiday Social in Nampa, Idaho, Dec. 12. Two members of the retirement community, Rita and Bud Albers, have put together this event for nine years. This year more than $13,000, hundreds of toys and quilts, and 2,000 pounds of food were donated to Operation Warmheart to help military families during the holiday season. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jasmine Reif)

Silver Crest II Annual Holiday Social

MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho --Members of the Silver Crest II retirement community help pack up toys and food after the Silver Crest II Annual Holiday Social in Nampa, Idaho, Dec. 12. Two members of the retirement community, Rita and Bud Albers, have put together this event for nine years. This year more than $13,000, hundreds of toys and quilts, and 2,000 pounds of food were donated to Operation Warmheart to help military families during the holiday season. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jasmine Reif)

Silver Crest II makes donation to Operation Warmheart

Published Dec. 21, 2009

MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho -- Master Sgt. Michael Vonahnen, 366th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron first sergeant, gets cookies for his children during the Silver Crest II Annual Holiday Social in Nampa, Idaho, Dec. 12. Two members of the retirement community, Rita and Bud Albers, have put together this event for nine years. This year more than $13,000, hundreds of toys and quilts, and 2,000 pounds of food were donated to Operation Warmheart to help military families during the holiday season. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jasmine Reif)