BREMERTON — Operation Homefront and Safeway will distribute 300 holiday meals to pre-registered military families from 3-6 p.m. Dec. 5, through the national nonprofit’s annual Holiday Meals for Military program.

Each meal will include non-perishables as well as the rest of the groceries necessary for a full holiday meal. The families are already selected; they reserved a meal for themselves at OperationHomefront.org.

The Safeway store is located at Safeway, 1401 NE McWilliams Road, Bremerton.

The Holiday Meals for Military program began as the result of a chance encounter in a supermarket in Utica, New York, near Fort Drum. A soldier, his wife, and infant had a handful of grocery items they could not afford, so a Beam Inc. employee picked up the cost. Since that time, the program has grown from initially providing 500 meal kits to military families in 2009 to providing more than 8,000 nationally this holiday season.

To find out how you can help Operation Homefront and #GiveStrength to military families and veterans this holiday season, go to www.Operationhomefront.org/givingstrength. You can donate to Operation Homefront through the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) using code #12526.