Operation Welcome Home at BWI Airport

GREET THE TROOPS LANDING AT BWI
...As they return home on scheduled flights. Just a few hours of your time will show each one that you care as you welcome them back from Iraq and Afghanistan. The men, women and the waiting families are so surprised to see folks and HEAR greetings as they enter the lobby of the International section of BWI.airport.

There are many planes coming in each month, and you can find information on the website OPERATIONWELCOMEHOMEMD.ORG on dates and details about the arrival of the planes, and when you should arrive. The dates for the planes that are landing are printed the first of each month.

Details are given at the Website, but be SURE TO CALL THE HOTLINE at 410-630-1555 the morning of the flight. Plus CALL before you head to the airport as the time of the flight may change.

During the last two months, Operation Welcome Home has greeted over 16,000 returning military personal. The inventory of snack supplies has been greatly reduced, and there is a need for pre-packaged cookies, crackers, chips and water

Operation Welcome Home Maryland

Below are the Times and Dates for October 2010. Remember the times are NOT the flight arrival time but the time for Volunteers to arrive so we can hang posters and make goodie bags. The time CAN change so PLEASE CALL THE HOT LINE AT LEAST TWO HOURS BEFORE LEAVING FOR THE AIRPORT. HOT LINE # 410-630-1555. Also below are some helpful hints.

There could be an UNSCHEDULED FLIGHT that may come in on any day of the week, Check HOT LINE(410-630-1555) after 9 AM on any day and keep checking a couple of times on a day for a flight. In January 2010 the schedule was for 11 Flights but there were 14 UNSCHEDULED FLIGHTS for a total of 25 Flights in January 2010 There was an unscheduled flight on Sunday JULY 4, 2010 at 8AM, 173 passengers were met by 18 OWHMD Leaders and Volunteers.

DATE/TIME TEAM LEADERS E-MAIL
1. Thursday October 7, 2010 at 2:45 pm
glo.w.smile4me@hotmail.com; pat5161@verizon.net
2. Friday October 8, 2010 at 8:15 pm
marlie@verizon.net
3. Wednesday October 13, 2010 at 1:45 pm
edstreet@verizon.net; navyfam6@comcast.net
4. Friday October 15, 2010 at 8:30 pm
baflanagan@verizon.net; pkett@comcast.net
5. Tuesday October 19, 2010 at 1:45 pm
woodduster@comcast.net; glo.w.smile4m3@hotmail.com
6. Friday October 22 , 2010 at 5:30 pm
lisa_funk@verizon.net; kenfunk@verizon.net
7. Tuesday October 26, 2010 at 6:30 pm
evansbetty4@gmail.com; woodduster@comcast.net
8. Wednesday October 27, 2010 at 6:15 pm
Joanncavey@msn.com
9. Friday October 29, 2010 at 6:15 pm
baflanagan@verizon.net; judie4600@comcast.net

When you arrive at BWI-Marshall Airport, park in the Hourly Parking Garage, on Level 3, Section 3H.

Bring your parking ticket in with you, to the International Flight Terminal / Pier E on the Lower Level. This is where we greet the Troops. The parking tickets will be collected for 30 minutes after the Volunteer arrival time stated on the Hotline (410) 630-1555 on the day of the event, and we will make a"final call" for parking tickets during the announcements. The times stated above on this schedule, are preliminary times, and could change on the day of the event.

Use the schedule above to mark your calendar now, for up coming events. If you are coming as a group, please be sure to email the Team Leaders in charge of that particular event.

Operation Welcome Home (MD) thanks you for your donations. We are an all-volunteer organization and, without your generous donations, we would not be able to provide each returning service member with a 'goody bag'.

We look forward to seeing you at BWI-Marshall Airport any flight day as we join together to welcome our service members back home to the USA.Through August 2010: 140 Flights and 30,940 Passengers.

Welcome Home a Hero - Maryland Edition

Are you located within driving distance of BWI airport in Balitmore Maryland?

Are you interested in doing something more than just putting a yellow ribbon magnet on your car? Then how about considering joining....

Operation Welcome Home Maryland (OWHMD)

This organization is dedicated to welcoming our troops home from the war. In 2009 OWHMD greeted 201 flights with 42, 044 personnel. If you would like to be part of this effort to make our troops feel a warm welcome on their return, then see the information below about flight dates and times.

Below are the Times and Dates for March 2010. Remember the times are NOT the flight arrival time but the time for Volunteers to arrive so we can hang posters and make goodie bags. The times CAN change so PLEASE CALL THE HOT LINE AT LEAST TWO HOURS BEFORE LEAVING FOR THE AIRPORT. The HOT LINE # 410-630-1555. Also below are some helpful hints.

There is an UNSCHEDULED FLIGHT that may come in on any day of the week Check HOT LINE (410-630-1555) after 9 AM on on any day and keep checking a couple of times on a day for a flight.


Friday March 5, 2010 at 800 PM

Wednesday March 10, 2010 at 130 PM

Thursday March 11, 2010 at 530 PM

Friday March 12, 2010 at 900 PM

Friday March 19, 2010 at 300 PM

Tuesday March 23, 2010 at 830 PM

Thursday March 25, 2019 at 200 PM


Here are the hints to help:

Please check their Hotline (410.630.1555) about two hours before coming to BWI-Marshall Airport and again just prior to leaving for the airport.. If there are any changes to the arrival schedule, the Hotline message will be updated with the new information.

We ask that you park in the Hourly Parking Garage, Level 3, Section 3H and that you remember to bring your parking ticket with you into the International Terminal for validation.

Operation Welcome Home (MD) thanks you for your donations. We are an all-volunteer organization and, without your generous donations, we would not be able to provide each returning service member with a 'goody bag'.

Operation Welcome Home - Maryland

One of the top google searches to The Thunder Run is in search of information related to the Welcome Home a Hero Program made famous by the interview of Bert Brady in Dallas Fort-Worth.

The problem encountered with these requests is that to date there just isn't a single clearing house to put people in touch with a lcoal program, so as a service, I try tolink and post about local programs. Today, I just found out about such a program in Maryland that welcomes home troops arriving at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshal Airport.

Fittingly enough this program is called Operation Welcome Home - Maryland

Hundreds of our Sailors, Airmen, Soldiers and Marines return from the War on Terror every week though the gates of the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. Since March 2007, Operation Welcome Home volunteers have greeted over 160 flights and more than 33,000 Soldiers, Sailors,
Airmen and Marines.

Volunteers are always needed to give our troops the hero’s welcome that they deserve. Operation Welcome Home (Maryland) averages one welcome home event per week, and YOU could be part of the excitement. Individuals, corporations, youth groups, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, civic organizations, religious organizations, and government agencies have all participated in events since our founding in March 2007.

Volunteers help decorate the lobby with patriotic signs and banners. They also package “goodie bags” for the troops, many of whom are hungry, thirsty, and tired from their travels and will be waiting on a connecting flight. When the troops arrive through the doors of the International Arrival terminal, we shower them with praise, cheering them on, hugging them, offering them a “goodie bag,” and thanking them for their service.

If you are in the Baltimore Washington Metro area and want to take part in one of these events, just click here and join the other patriots honoring our heroes as they return home!