Mike Rell, son of the late Gov. M. Jodi Rell, delivers remarks during a press conference announcing the launch of the 2025 Operation E.L.F. season at the Gov. William A. O'Neill Armory in Hartford Conn. Nov. 7, 2011. This year, Operation Embracing Lonely Families will be renamed the Governor M. Jodi Rell Operation E.L.F. after the late governor, who started this holiday tradition in 2001.