Events & Outings

Operation Comfort is committed to excellence in the community. It is our responsibility to provide leadership and give back to the community of soldiers who have sacrificed so much for our country.

Over the past year, Operation Comfort participated in many successful events from dedication of rooms for the wounded soldiers at BAMC to helping wounded servicemen participate in the Endeavor Games in Edmond, Oklahoma.  We are excited to list the following events that Operation Comfort will be participating in over the upcoming year as a support for wounded soldier and marine participation.

For more information regarding the time and place of these events, please see our calendar. If you have any questions or concerns, please visit our Contact Us section to contact an Operation Comfort representative.

• GALVESTON FISHING TRIP AND NASA SPACE CENTER TOUR – APRIL 11-15, 2007
• Thirteen soldiers and Marines and their families, along with Operation Comfort will take a trip to NASA Johnson Space Center for a tour of the facility and to meet some of the astronauts. They will receive a special VIP tour. This trip will also provide these families to participate in an Annual Fishing Tournament in Galveston.
• THE PALLADIUM 19 IMAX AT RIM SHOPPING CENTER – APRIL 20, 2007
• A social outing for our soldiers. At their request, they will watch the movie “300” at the IMAX.
• SKI REUNION PARTY – APRIL 21, 2007
• Just a reunion hosted by friends of Operation Comfort to give the soldiers and a day out to socialize, reminisce and share their ski experiences.
• TEXAS PRIDE BARBECUE FUNDRAISER – APRIL 28, 2007
• Texas Pride Barbecue located at 2980 1604 South, Adkins, Texas (210) 649-3730 will host this weekend event to raise funds for Operation Comfort. This event will begin at 1:00 pm with two live bands, a Bikini Bike Wash, photograph shoots with motorcycles and models so bring out your bikes or come by and check out the ones there and help Texas Pride in their effort to help the wounded men and women served by Operation Comfort. There is a $5 cover charge and photographs will be $10. Come join us for some fun and support this great effort!   
• Hewlett Packard (HP) 10^TH ANNUAL FIESTA GOLF TOURNAMENT – APRIL 30, 2007
• Join HP and their partners at the beautiful Club at Sonterra Golf Course for a fantastic day of golf, lunch and prizes. The Golf Tournament and Buffet will begin with a 7:30 am registration and a 9:00 am shotgun start. The format will be a 4 man scramble with a shotgun start and the cost will be $40 per player. HP will donate the proceeds of the Mulligan and raffle ticket sales to Operation Comfort in support of our wounded military men and women. Help HP support Operation Comfort who serves the injured men and women who have served our country. For more information, please contact The Club at Sonterra Golf Course at 210-491-9900 and for registration, please cut and paste the following link on your browser:
• TOUR DE CURE BIKE RIDE – AUSTIN – MAY 19 - 20, 2007
• On May 19-20, 2007 Operation Comfort and San Antonio Parks and Recreation will be sponsoring wounded Soldiers and Marines in the “Tour de Cure” an approximately 90 mile bike ride from San Antonio to Austin.  Our amputee Soldiers and Marines will be riding on new handcycles that have been generously to Operation Comfort.  This event is an opportunity for Soldiers and Marines to again push themselves to the limit without the hospital overseeing their effort.  This is rehab at its best because they are also helping raise money for a great cause, the fight against Diabetes. Our riders have named their team the “Freedom Fighters” and they will be wearing team jerseys.  We are also proud of the amputees who are not yet ready for a distance trip but they are coming out to support their fellow Soldiers and Marines. For more information visit www.diabetes.org/tour
• CHARLEY’S GUEST RANCH – BRITISH COLUMBIA TBA – June 2007
• Three trips will be coordinated for the wounded to participate in a number of activities which include: boating, fishing/fly fishing, ATV riding, hiking, horseback riding, canoeing, hunting, star gazing, gardening, ballroom dancing, and games. These will be adaptive activities, once again to develop their confidence and strength as well as enhance their rehabilitation. More information to come!
• SURFING USA!!! AMPUTEE SURFING TRIP – PISMO BEACH, CA. – September 2007 – More information to come!
• A group of wounded Soldiers and Marines will take a trip to Pismo Beach “The Amputee Surfing Capitol of the World.” Rodney Roller and amputee himself will team up with Operation Comfort once again to provide a group of wounded Soldiers and Marines and opportunity to learn how to “Amp-Surf.”
• VALERO MS150 “BIKE TO THE BEACH” SAN ANTONIO TO CORPUS CHRISTI, October 20-21, 2007
• On October 20-21, 2007 Operation Comfort and San Antonio Parks and Recreation will be sponsoring wounded Soldiers and Marines in the MS150 “Bike to the Beach” a 150 mile bike ride from San Antonio to Corpus Christi.  Our amputee Soldiers and Marines will be riding on new handcycles that have been generously to Operation Comfort.  This event is an opportunity for Soldiers and Marines to again push themselves to the limit without the hospital overseeing their effort.  This is rehab at its best because their goal is 150 miles in two days.  The added benefit is that while they are rehabbing, they are also helping raise money for a great cause, the fight against Multiple Sclerosis. Our riders have named their team the “Freedom Fighters” and they will be wearing team jerseys.  We are also proud of the amputees who are not yet ready for a distance trip but they are coming out to support their fellow Soldiers and Marines.
• “OPERATION COMFORT SPECIAL DINNERS”
• Hal Koster past owner of Fran O’Brien’s Steak House in the Capitol Hilton Hotel in downtown Washington DC began offering free steak dinners to our wounded Soldiers and Marines who are recovering at Walter Reed in October 2003 and although he no longer owns the restaurant, he still helps provide this service.  
• Operation Comfort has followed in Hal Kosters’s footsteps and offers the same for our wounded Soldiers and Marines who are recovering at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. Mr. David Straus, who is a highly decorated WWII Marine and owner of the Barn Door Restaurant hosts the dinners at the Barn Door Restaurant every Monday.  David was very happy to accommodate our wounded and has graciously offered to subsidize our program “Operation Comfort Special Dinners” by reducing the price to 50%.  We estimate the dinners to cost approximately $25,000 for a year.  Our first dinner was held Feb 13, 2006. If you would like to make a donation to help us continue to provide this service, please click on Contributions and use our PayPal secure service. Your contributions are greatly appreciated.
• SLED ICE HOCKEY
• Operation Comfort’s wounded Soldiers and Marines ice hockey team have been adopted by our own San Antonio Rampage Ice Hockey Team. The Rampage has been instrumental in providing support and instruction to the Soldiers and Marines participating in ice hockey. The wounded Soldiers and Marines have learned how to play ice hockey on sleds and are constantly recruiting new Soldiers and Marines to do the same.  The Ice Center at Northwoods has partnered with Operation Comfort and makes this activity possible as they graciously donate the ice every Monday for practice.
•