Operation USA

{{Short description|American world aid organization founded 1979}}

{{Multiple issues|{{update|part=minuscule updates in past fifteen years, including untouched fifteen-year-old list of #Celebrity affiliates that may or may not still be involved|date=March 2023}}

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{{Infobox organization

| name = Operation USA (aka Operation California, In.)

| founded_date = 1979, with its California incorporation date in May 1980

| logo = Image:Operation-usa.png

| founder = Richard M. Walden

| location = Los Angeles, California

| key_people = Richard M. Walden, President and CEO

Board Members:
Julie Andrews
Jonathan Estrin
Gary Larsen
Skip Whitney
Bob Johnson
Maria Mohiuddin Verjee
Drew Hagen
Dr. Stanley Frileck
Michael Mahdesian(Chairman)
Jeff Franklin
Rosario Dawson
Rick Allen
Peter Greenberg
Julie Yannatta

| area_served = Global

| focus = Disaster relief, Disaster recovery, Health, Education, Youth Programs, Food Security, Long-term rebuilding

| homepage = [http://www.opusa.org/ www.opusa.org]

}}

Operation USA (also known as OpUSA, Operation California, or OpCal) is a non-profit humanitarian organization supporting health, education, and relief programs at home and abroad. The Organization is privately funded, receiving no assistance from the United States federal government. OPUSA had a revenue of over $2.6 million in the fiscal year 2019, and since 1979 has delivered more than $400 million in aid to 100 countries.{{cite web

| url = http://www.opusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/OpUSA_2019_AnnualReportFINAL.pdf

| title = OpUSA Annual Report

| access-date = 2020-01-01

| work = Operation USA

| archive-date = 2021-05-07

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210507061628/https://www.opusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/OpUSA_2019_AnnualReportFINAL.pdf

| url-status = live

}}

{{cite web

| url = http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=4268

| title = Charity Navigator - Operation USA

| access-date = 2020-04-01

| work = Charity Navigator

| archive-date = 2020-04-04

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200404050746/https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=4268

| url-status = live

}}

Awards and affiliations

Operation USA was part of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines in 1997 when it won the Nobel Peace Prize.{{cite news

| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-oct-14-me-42470-story.html

| title = Banning Land Mines Is a No-Brainer; Clinton still has time to find his backbone, follow his instincts and sign the Ottawa treaty.

| access-date = 2008-06-05

| url-access = subscription

| date = 1997-10-14

| author = Robert Scheer

| work = Los Angeles Times

| page = 7

| archive-date = 2012-01-05

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120105152335/http://articles.latimes.com/1997/oct/14/local/me-42470

| url-status = live

}} Operation California was the winner of the 1983 President's Volunteer Action Award. Operation USA has been named one of "America's Best 100 Charities" by Worth Magazine,{{cite web

| url = http://opusa.org/whoweare/affiliations_awards.html

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061002183030/http://www.opusa.org/whoweare/affiliations_awards.html

| url-status = dead

| archive-date = 2006-10-02

| title = Operation USA Affiliations and Awards

| access-date = 2009-02-09

| work = Operation USA

}} and in October 2008, was named the top-rated "exclusively privately funded charity in the U.S." by Charity Navigator.{{cite web|title=10 Highly Rated Charities Relying on Private Contributions|url=http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=topten.detail&listid=17|url-status=dead|access-date=2009-02-17|work=Charity Navigator|archive-date=2009-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207103412/http://charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=topten.detail&listid=17}} Operation USA collaborated with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Los Alamos National Laboratory to develop new approaches to land mine detection. Operation USA is a member of InterAction and Reuters AlertNet as a news partner.{{cite web

| url = http://www.alertnet.org/newspartners/index.htm?v=chap_O&id=14

| title = Reuters AlertNet - News partners

| access-date = 2008-06-07

| agency = Reuters

| archive-date = 2008-06-24

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080624163435/http://www.alertnet.org/newspartners/index.htm?v=chap_O&id=14

| url-status = dead

}} In 2014, Operation USA's CEO Richard M. Walden received the Honeywell Hometown Hero Award from the Honeywell Corp.

History

Operation California began in 1979 as "a relief organization created to provide aid to Vietnamese boat people and Cambodian refugees",{{cite news

| url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/657902142.html?dids=657902142:657902142&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Jun+11%2C+1980&author=RENA+FREEMAN&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Human+Kindness&pqatl=google

| title = Human Kindness

| access-date = 2008-06-05

| url-access = subscription

| date = 1980-06-11

| work = Los Angeles Times

| first = Rena

| last = Freeman

| archive-date = 2011-05-24

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110524223323/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/657902142.html?dids=657902142:657902142&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Jun+11,+1980&author=RENA+FREEMAN&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Human+Kindness&pqatl=google

| url-status = dead

}} co-founded by Richard Walden (still active as President & CEO) and Llewellyn Werner (who left in early 1980). The Organization flew "the first international relief airlift to Cambodia since 1975", delivering medicine to Phnom-Penh. Operation California had airlifted more than $3 million ({{Inflation|index=US|value=3000000|start_year=1979|r=0|fmt=eq|cursign=$}}) worth of aid by October 1979.{{cite web

| url = https://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=144802

| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130204061151/http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=144802

| url-status = dead

| archive-date = February 4, 2013

| title = Students Form Group to Aid Cambodia: Plan Lobbying, Petitions, Fast, and Concert

| access-date = 2008-06-05

| date = 1979-10-25

| author = ROBERT J. CAMPBELL

| work = The Harvard Crimson

}}{{cite news

| url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912541,00.html

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101022045317/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912541,00.html

| url-status = dead

| archive-date = October 22, 2010

| title = Operation California Bidding a Benefit

| access-date = 2008-06-05

| url-access=subscription

| date = 1979-12-10

| work = Time Magazine

}}{{cite news

| url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00611FF3E5C12728DDDAF0A94DA415B898BF1D3

| title = Brown Assails 'Neglect' In Relief for Cambodia

| access-date = 2008-06-05

| url-access = subscription

| date = 1979-12-06

| work = The New York Times

| archive-date = 2012-10-10

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121010222459/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00611FF3E5C12728DDDAF0A94DA415B898BF1D3

| url-status = live

}}{{cite news

| url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912555,00.html

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071116193747/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912555,00.html

| url-status = dead

| archive-date = November 16, 2007

| title = There Is Nothing, Monsieur

| access-date = 2008-06-05

| url-access=subscription

| date = 1979-12-10

| work = Time Magazine

}}

In 1982, Operation California sent "the first private airlift from the U.S. to Poland", delivering {{Convert|200000|lb|abbr=on}}. of medical supplies and medicine;{{cite web

| url = http://www.lexisnexis.com.fetch.mhsl.uab.edu/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T3921258634&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T3921258648&cisb=22_T3921258647&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=8054&docNo=1

| title = Operation California Bidding a Benefit

| access-date = 2008-06-05

| date = 1982-02-17

| page = LexisNexis

| work = PR Newswire

}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Dead link|date=April 2020}} that year Operation California also airlifted medical supplies to Lebanon.{{cite news

| title = Airlift to Beirut: Relief and Red Tape. Operation California Finally Manages to Get Medical Supplies to Lebanon

| date = 1982-09-12

| first=Kathleen

|last=Hendrix

|location=Beirut

| work = Los Angeles Times

|id={{ProQuest|153243921}}

}} In 1983, Operation California delivered aid to the children of Vietnam and Cambodia.{{cite news

| title = Operation California Bidding a Benefit

| date = 11 Feb 1983

| first = Jody

|last=Jacobs

| work = Los Angeles Times

|id={{ProQuest|153383334}}

}} Operation California provided aid to the earthquake victims in Mexico City in 1985,{{cite press release

| url = https://reliefweb.int/report/mexico/operation-usa-appeals-public-support-aid-victims-south-mexico-floods

| title = Operation USA Appeals For Public Support To Aid Victims Of South Mexico Floods

| access-date = 18 March 2023

| date = 2 November 2007

|agency=Operation USA

}}{{better source needed|date=March 2023|reason=need non-primary source}} as well as working in cooperation with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee and Oxfam America, to deliver $250,000 ({{Inflation|index=US|value=250000|start_year=1985|r=0|fmt=eq}}) worth of medical aid to Nicaragua.{{cite news

| title = Aid for Nicaragua

| access-date = 2008-06-09

| url-access=subscription

| date = 1985-07-06

| page = A14

| newspaper = The Washington Post

}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Dead link|date=April 2020}}{{cite web

| title = No Title

| access-date = 2008-06-09

| date = 1985-07-03

| work = PR Newswire

}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Dead link|date=April 2020}} In 1986, Operation California, in conjunction with Medical Aid to El Salvador, sent "two cargo planes carrying $500,000 ({{Inflation|index=US|value=500000|start_year=1986|r=0|fmt=eq}}) worth of relief supplies to earthquake-stricken El Salvador".{{cite web

| title = Quake Relief Groups Allowed To Land At San Salvador Airport

| access-date = 2008-06-09

| date = 1986-10-18

| work = The Associated Press

}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Dead link|date=April 2020}} In 1988, Operation California began using the name Operation USA because it better described the effort and intent of the organization to represent the entire American people.{{cite web

| url = http://www.opusa.org/whoweare/history.html

| title = Operation USA history

| access-date = 2008-06-05

| work = Operation USA

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080329034142/http://www.opusa.org/whoweare/history.html |archive-date = 2008-03-29}} In 1989, Operation USA facilitated operations on children in Vietnam who had cleft palates by a Los Angeles-based plastic surgeon, Dr Stanley Frileck.{{cite web

| title = U.S. medical team operates on Vietnamese children

| access-date = 2008-06-09

| date = 1989-03-15

| work = United Press International

}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Dead link|date=April 2020}}

Medical aid and rebuilding effort was delivered to Mexico in 1990 by OpUSA.{{cite news

| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-06-01-mn-169-story.html

| access-date = 2008-06-05

| url-access = subscription

| date = 1990-06-01

| page = 14

| work = Los Angeles Times

| first = Don

| last = Shannon

| title = U.S. and Soviet Relief Workers to Join Forces

| id = {{ProQuest|281043486}}

| archive-date = 2023-03-18

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230318193114/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-06-01-mn-169-story.html

| url-status = live

}} In 1991, OpUSA delivered aid to Bangladesh.{{cite news

| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-05-04-mn-955-story.html

| title = Burnout Hits Relief Network Too many catastrophes abroad and too many burdens at home are blamed for the lackluster public response to recent appeals for help.

| access-date = 2008-06-05

| url-access = subscription

| date = 2007-05-04

| page = 1

| work = Los Angeles Times

| first = David

| last = Ferrell

| archive-date = 2010-12-27

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101227172847/http://articles.latimes.com/1991-05-04/news/mn-955_1_relief-network

| url-status = live

}} In 1993, OpUSA did the same thing to war-torn Somali.{{cite news

| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-10-we-1712-story.html

| title = Mission to Somalia Poses Danger for Relief Worker Famine: Operation USA's Neil Frame will take medical supplies gathered by the L.A.-based relief agency to field hospitals in the war-torn African nation.

| access-date = 2008-06-05

| url-access = subscription

| date = 1993-01-10

| page = 1

| work = Los Angeles Times

| first = Kathleen

| last = Kelleher

| archive-date = 2012-10-21

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121021190015/http://articles.latimes.com/1993-01-10/news/we-1712_1_medical-supplies

| url-status = live

}} In 1994, OpUSA provided earthquake relief.{{cite news

| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-02-12-me-22152-story.html

| title = Donations Sought in Quake Relief Effort

| access-date = 2008-06-05

| url-access = subscription

| date = 1994-02-12

| page = 2

| work = Los Angeles Times

| first = Rebecca

| last = Bryant

| id = {{ProQuest|282238529}}

| archive-date = 2023-03-18

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230318193114/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-02-12-me-22152-story.html

| url-status = live

}} In 1999, the Organization provided aid to Hurricane Mitch survivors in Honduras and Nicaragua.{{cite news

| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-nov-17-cl-43501-story.html

| title = Reach Out to Lift Up Hurricane Survivors

| access-date = 2008-06-05

| url-access = subscription

| date = 1998-11-17

| page = 1

| work = Los Angeles Times

| first = Sandy

| last = Banks

| archive-date = 2012-10-21

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121021185923/http://articles.latimes.com/1998/nov/17/news/cl-43501

| url-status = live

}} In that same year, OpUSA gave essential supplies to storm victims in Mexico.{{cite news

| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-oct-19-cl-23774-story.html

| title = Sending a Rainbow of Relief After the Floods; For many Southland Latinos, aiding Mexico's storm victims is a means of honoring homeland ties.

| access-date = 2008-06-05

| url-access = subscription

| date = 1999-10-19

| page = 1

| work = Los Angeles Times

| first = Jose

| last = Cardenas

| archive-date = 2012-10-21

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121021180932/http://articles.latimes.com/1999/oct/19/news/cl-23774

| url-status = live

}}

In 2003, OpUSA delivered aid to Iraq War victims in the Persian Gulf.{{cite news

| url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LB&p_theme=lb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F9E66898257D92C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM

| title = AID GROUPS AMASS RELIEF GEAR

| access-date = 2008-06-05

| date = 2003-03-19

| work = Long Beach Press-Telegram

| archive-date = 2012-10-11

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121011094057/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LB&p_theme=lb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F9E66898257D92C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM

| url-status = dead

}} The tsunami victims in Sri Lanka and Indonesia were aided by OpUSA in 2004,{{cite news

| url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LB&p_theme=lb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10754A5014D3C3F8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM

| title = GROUP READIES AID

| access-date = 2008-06-05

| date = 2004-12-30

| work = Long Beach Press-Telegram

| archive-date = 2012-10-11

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121011094106/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LB&p_theme=lb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10754A5014D3C3F8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM

| url-status = dead

}} as well as the Mexico City flood victims.{{Dead link|date=March 2023}} In 2008, OpUSA has delivered aid to Myanmar cyclone victims{{cite press release

| url = https://reliefweb.int/report/myanmar/los-angeles-based-operation-usa-appeals-funds-aid-burmese-cyclone-diasaster

| title = Los Angeles Based Operation USA Appeals for Funds to Aid in Burmese Cyclone Disaster

| access-date = 18 March 2023

| agency = Operation USA

| archive-date = 18 March 2023

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230318193109/https://reliefweb.int/report/myanmar/los-angeles-based-operation-usa-appeals-funds-aid-burmese-cyclone-diasaster

| url-status = live

}}{{better source needed |date=March 2023 |reason=non-primary source needed}} as well as Chinese earthquake victims{{cite web

| url = http://sev.prnewswire.com/health-care-hospitals/20080514/LAW05214052008-1.html

| title = Operation USA Responded to Earthquake Devastation in Sichuan, China; Agency Appealed for Funds to Rebuild Schools and Clinics, which, as of September 2010, it had rebuilt 2 large primary schools outside Chengdu and 5 village level health clinics outside Chongqing.

| access-date = 2008-06-04

| work = PR Newswire

}}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020}} and flood victims in the Midwest, USA.{{cite press release

| url = http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/opusa/121425922391.htm

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080628040152/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/opusa/121425922391.htm

|archive-date=28 June 2008

| title = Operation USA to Aid Midwest Flood Victims

| access-date = 2008-06-26

|publisher=Operation USA

|url-status=dead

}}{{better source needed|date=March 2023|reason=non-primary source needed}} In 2015, OpUSA partnered with UniversalGiving and United Airlines to raise funds for its Nepal Earthquake recovery project, rebuilding a school in Fyakse, in the Dhading district. In 2017, OpUSA launched relief efforts helping communities impacted by an unprecedented string of disasters, including Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Maria, Hurricane Irma, and the California wildfires. In 2018, OpUSA delivered cash grants and supplies to aid communities impacted by Hurricanes Florence and Michael in the eastern US.

In 2020, OpUSA began responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States by delivering cash and supplies to partners aiding front-line workers.{{cite web| url = http://www.opusa.org/covid-19-coronavirus-response/| title = COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Response| publisher = Operation USA| access-date = 2020-05-22| archive-date = 2020-05-19| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200519135516/http://www.opusa.org/covid-19-coronavirus-response/| url-status = live}}{{better source needed |date=March 2023 |reason=need non-primary source}}

Celebrity affiliates

Operation USA, {{citation needed span|since the early 1980s, has relied on fundraising efforts featuring singers and celebrities.|date=March 2023}} These include {{Citation needed span|concerts, dinners, and other events.|date=March 2023}} These promotions have featured:

Barbra Streisand{{cite news

| id={{ProQuest|1891584633}}

| title = Resourceful man of mercy

| date = 2002-03-31

| first = Russ

|last=Baker

| work = The Philadelphia Inquirer

| page = 16

}}

Bonnie Raitt
Carol Burnett{{Dead link|date=March 2023}}
Crosby, Stills & Nash{{cite web

| url = http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tw/02-29-96/mus.htm

| title = Music: Regaining Consciousness

| access-date = 2008-06-06

| date = 1996-03-06

| first = Jim

| last = Lipson

| work = Tucson Weekly

| archive-date = 2006-11-14

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061114172530/http://tucsonweekly.com/tw/02-29-96/mus.htm

| url-status = live

}}

Don Henley{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}
Ed Asner{{cite news

| url = https://www.csmonitor.com/1982/0126/012635.html

| title = Foreign aid, Hollywood-style: cut red tape, go to the top

| access-date = 2008-06-09

| date = 1982-01-26

| first = Daniel

| last = Southerland

| work = Christian Science Monitor

| id = {{ProQuest|1038443430}}

| archive-date = 2015-09-22

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150922184749/http://www.csmonitor.com/1982/0126/012635.html

| url-status = live

}}

Frank Sinatra{{Dead link|date=March 2023}}
Jack Elliot{{Dead link|date=March 2023}}
Jackson Browne{{cite web

| url = https://wc.arizona.edu/papers/89/114/01_5_m.html

| title = Operation Jackson Browne

| access-date = 2008-06-06

| date = 1996-03-06

| first = Amy

| last = Fredette

| work = Arizona Daily Wildcat

| archive-date = 2019-11-12

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191112172119/https://wc.arizona.edu/papers/89/114/01_5_m.html

| url-status = live

}}

James Garner{{Dead link|date=April 2012}}
John Denver{{Dead link|date=March 2023}}
Julie Andrews{{cite news

| url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LA&p_theme=la&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF50F7FB7A213CF&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM

| title = PLACIDO DOMINGO PUTS HIS VOICE TO WORK

| access-date = 2008-06-07

| date = 1986-08-11

| author = Richard S. Ginell

| work = Daily News of Los Angeles

| page = 13

| archive-date = 2012-05-16

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120516002014/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LA&p_theme=la&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF50F7FB7A213CF&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM

| url-status = dead

}}{{cite news

| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-22-vw-137-story.html

| title = Operation USA Raises $200,000 at Benefit

| access-date = 2008-06-06

| url-access = subscription

| date = 1991-10-22

| author = Bill Higgins

| work = Los Angeles Times

| page = 3

| id = {{ProQuest|281478283}}

| archive-date = 2023-03-18

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230318193109/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-22-vw-137-story.html

| url-status = live

}}{{cite news

| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jan-26-et-andrews26-story.html

| title = Her newest role: Surprised recipient; Julie Andrews will receive the Screen Actors Guild's 43rd Life Achievement Award on Sunday.

| access-date = 2008-06-06

| url-access = subscription

| date = 2007-01-26

| author = Kathy Blumenstock

| work = Los Angeles Times

| page = E15

| id = {{ProQuest|422118963}}

| archive-date = 2023-03-18

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230318193110/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jan-26-et-andrews26-story.html

| url-status = live

}}

Kirk Douglas{{Dead link|date=March 2023}}
Michael Jackson{{Dead link|date=March 2023}}
New American Orchestra{{Dead link|date=March 2023}}
Plácido Domingo{{Dead link|date=March 2023}}
Ricardo Montalbán{{Dead link|date=March 2023}}
Ry Cooder
Sharon Stone{{cite web

| url = http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/gossip/1995/10/23/1995-10-23_berth_announcement__these_ba.html

| title = Berth Announcement: These Babies Have It All

| access-date = 2008-06-07

| date = 1995-10-23

| author = GEORGE RUSH AND JOANNA MOLLOY

| work = New York Daily News

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The Buena Vista Social Club{{cite news

| url = https://variety.com/1999/scene/vpage/and-justice-for-all-musicians-1117502645/

| title = And justice for all musicians: 'Club' features Cooder and Havana Musicians

| access-date = 2008-06-07

| date = 1999-01-06

| last = Bill

| first = Higgins

| work = Variety

| archive-date = 2023-03-18

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230318193120/https://variety.com/1999/scene/vpage/and-justice-for-all-musicians-1117502645/

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Tony Adams{{cite web

| url = https://playbill.com/article/tony-adams-film-tv-and-stage-producer-dead-at-52-com-128768

| title = Tony Adams, Film, TV and Stage Producer, Dead at 52

| access-date = 2008-06-07

| date = 2005-10-24

| first = Kenneth

| last = Jones

| work = Playbill News

| archive-date = 2020-11-27

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201127033205/https://www.playbill.com/article/tony-adams-film-tv-and-stage-producer-dead-at-52-com-128768

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Film and theater projects

Operation USA's funds come from television and film including:

Because We Care (CBS Television Special){{cite news

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| date = 1980-03-16

| page = 1

| author = ANDREW EPSTEIN

| work = The Los Angeles Times

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Beyond Borders (Hollywood){{cite web

| url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-108154087.html

| title = USC Annenberg School for Communication to Host Special Screening on USC Campus Of Paramount Pictures' 'Beyond Borders'.

| access-date = 2008-06-07

| date = 2003-09-25

| work = PR Newswire

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{{citation needed span|Fidel (Hollywood for Showtime)|date=March 2023}}{{When|date=March 2023}}{{Clarify|date=March 2023|reason=Was it a special invited guests showing, with guests making donations? Was it a televised or streaming fundraiser? Was it a contribution from the studio/network/cast/sponsors/theatre company/theatre/etc?}}
{{citation needed span|Mary Poppins (London stage)|date=March 2023}}{{When|date=March 2023}}{{Clarify|date=March 2023|reason=Was it a special invited guests showing, with guests making donations? Was it a televised or streaming fundraiser? Was it a contribution from the studio/network/cast/sponsors/theatre company/theatre/etc?}}
{{citation needed span|Miss Saigon (Hollywood)|date=March 2023}}{{When|date=March 2023}}{{Clarify|date=March 2023|reason=Was it a special invited guests showing, with guests making donations? Was it a televised or streaming fundraiser? Was it a contribution from the studio/network/cast/sponsors/theatre company/theatre/etc?}}
Roll Bounce{{cite news

| url = https://www.boston.com/movies/display?display=movie&id=7457

| title = 'Roll Bounce' slides back to the '70s with an earnest, feel-good vibe

| access-date = 2008-06-07

| date = 2005-09-03

| first = Janice

| last = Page

| work = The Boston Globe

| archive-date = 2009-08-02

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090802222701/http://www.boston.com/movies/display?display=movie&id=7457

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The Killing Fields (Hollywood & Cambodia){{cite web

| title = Real-Life Participants Of "The Killing Fields" To Hold Press Conference

| access-date = 2008-06-09

| date = 1984-11-13

| work = PR Newswire

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{{citation needed span|Victor/Victoria (Broadway)|date=March 2023}}{{When|date=March 2023}}{{Clarify|date=March 2023|reason=Was it a special invited guests showing, with guests making donations? Was it a televised or streaming fundraiser? Was it a contribution from the studio/network/cast/sponsors/theatre company/theatre/etc?}}
{{citation needed span|Eloise at The Plaza (Disney TV)|date=March 2023}}{{When|date=March 2023}}{{Clarify|date=March 2023|reason=Was it a special invited guests showing, with guests making donations? Was it a televised or streaming fundraiser? Was it a contribution from the studio/network/cast/sponsors/theatre company/theatre/etc?}}

References

External links

[http://www.opusa.org Official website]

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