Spring is on the way and OPERATION Hug-A-Hero is starting to plan for events in April celebrating Month of the Military Child.  This year Operation Hug-A-Hero will be working with Gulf Coast Harley Davidson of Tampa Bay/New Port Richey, FL, to help Sponsor a unique fund raising event RIDE. This will be a great event to [...]

Our Military Families need our help more than ever, and now you have a chance to help them by helping OPERATION-Hug-A-Hero, and its’ as simple as a vote. Vote Operation Hug-A-Hero into CauseWorld! We are listed as (Support our men in service with: Operation Hug-A-Hero) CauseWorld is an iPhone and Android phone application that allows users to earn [...]

15 actions you can do to help us spread the word. It’s been an interesting two weeks with  the news of the earthquake in Haiti and the ensuing calls for support to help their country in their hour of need. The support has been nothing short of phenomenal from all the stories I have [...]

An interesting story published on Thursday January 14th, 2010 in the New England Journal of Medicine entitled “Deployment and the Use of Mental Health Services among U.S. Army Wives” discovered that the wives of soldiers deployed suffered higher mental health issues. This was the largest study ever undertaken. The results are very conclusive and indicate “that [...]

With the recent news of President Obama’s  announcement for troop increases to Afghanistan, we have seen a huge upsurge in family’s requesting our services. We are pleased to be able to support our little hero’s as the Moms and Dads deploy to support us all. This is a recent recipients letter of thanks. From the Castro’s [...]

Operation Hug-A-Hero’s Executive Director Lisa Berg and her family were featured on Tampa Tribunes’s – TBO.com (Tampa Bay  Online) .  The Story by Geoff Foxx of the Tampa Tribune is an inspirational story that details the history of Daddy Dolls as well as how the Dolls have helped Lisa’s children. Also of great importance is [...]

OPERATION Hug-A-Hero’s Executive Director, Lisa Berg was featured on Tampa Bay’s WTSP TV Channel 10 Connects.com on Friday December 18, 2009. You can check out the text of the interview from 10 Connects Web site where you can view the interview. Or you can view it right from the home page of Operation Hug-A-Hero in [...]

At Operation Hug-A-Hero® we know firsthand the negative effects deployments can have on children. After all Hug-A-Hero® Dolls were created by two military wives who struggled with a way for their children to be able to connect with their fathers who were deployed Marines. That was the original basis for Daddy Dolls®. The founders Tricia [...]

Daddy Dolls our parent sponsor, works within the military community on other benefits that sometimes provide parallel relationships that are both supportive of Daddy Dolls business and that also bring awareness  and support to our Non Profit Mission to provide Free Hug A hero Dolls to Those families who meet OHAH eligibility requirements. In that [...]

Here is a great heart felt story about a family whose children are recent recipients of Hug a Hero Dolls. Brendan and Alamae love their daddy dolls. They never want to go anywhere without them.  Brendan has to go to the hospital once a week and he takes it with him each time.  The nurses and [...]