The city of Aurora’s annual “Gifts from Home” program is seeking the names and addresses of military servicemen and servicewomen to let them know they are always in the thoughts of friends and family at home, especially around the holidays.

The decades-long Aurora tradition offers city residents serving in the military at home or abroad a one-pound gift box of mixed nuts along with a holiday greeting card from the community.

The city is asking families of Aurora service members to submit the following information:

• Active military member name and rank.
• Complete military address as it should appear line-by-line.
• Branch of service and current station.
• Home address in Aurora.
• Name, relationship and daytime phone of person submitting.

The “Gifts from Home” submission form is available at this page of the city of Aurora website  The information also can be emailed to events@aurora-il.org.

The submission deadline is Friday, Nov. 18.

For more information, contact Aurora’s Special Events Division at 630-256-3370 or events@aurora-il.org.