BOB HOPE USO PARTNERS WITH AREA HOTELS TO FEED FIRST RESPONDERS
Traditionally, the Bob Hope USO at LAX partners with local hotels to feed troops finishing basic training. This year, those troops were redirected to San Diego because of the smoke from the Woolsey Fire. But the feast did not go to waste. The Thanksgiving Dinner was delivered to the first Responders fighting the Woolsey Fire at the Lost Hills Sheriff’s station in Agoura. Local airport hotels, including the Hilton Los Angeles Airport, the Hyatt Regency, Sheraton Gateway, the Westin, the Marriott, the Crowne Plaza, the Renaissance, Four Points by Sheraton, and the Gateway L.A., came together to support those who spent their Thanksgiving fighting raging fires in Ventura County. “For many years, our community has come together to give Marines a holiday they can remember,” said Gateway Executive Director Laurie Hughes. “This year, it was our honor to bring Thanksgiving to those who could not be with their families because they were battling the wildfires.”
