“CARE
PACKAGE” SUGGESTIONS
Please keep our troops in mind at all times... as we celebrate our Christmases, birthdays, Sunday mornings with the
coffee and paper, as we eat our fast food hamburger or delivery pizza, as we run into the gas station for a caffeine
or nicotine fix--- all of these things we take for granted, remember our troops. If you don't have a soldier in your
own family or circle of friends, adopt one who you don't know. You can contact your local support groups or recruitment
offices. Until our troops come back to their own homes, families, children, jobs, etc.--remember them daily until they
all come home.
Please note:
Travel/Single Sizes Requested, No Aerosols, No Pork, and Nothing That Will Melt or Break During Transit
FREE
boxes available at Post Office. Pack everything as if a herd of elephants will
trample on the box!
Custom Forms
are required. Get to know the counter person at your local post office—they
will be glad to help you do it correctly!
FOODS
Snacks:
Applesauce
Cups, Bean And Cheese Dips, Beef
Jerky/Summer Sausage, Breakfast/Granola/Power Bars, Pretzels,
Sardines, Slim Jims, Sunflower Seeds, Trail Mix, Vienna Sausages, Pumpkin Seeds, Raisins,
Crackers, Instant Oatmeal, Microwave Popcorn, Pop Tarts, Peanut Butter, Canned Chips (Pringles etc.), Cans Of Fruit (Pop Top), Tuna (Pop Tops
Or Package), Tuna Snack Kits, Nuts, Dried Fruit, Graham Crackers
Seasonings/Flavorings:
BBQ
Sauce, Hot Sauce, Jelly (think “Hickory Farms" or gift box sizes), Ketchup, Mustard, Pepper, Sugar, Creamer, Salad Dressing,
Tabasco, Season Salt, Salt
Drinks:
POWDERED
MILK, powdered drink mixes, Gatorade, Tang, Kool-Aid, Ovaltine, Single Serve Coffee, Hot Chocolate, Tea Bags, Crystal Light,
Country Time, Smuckers, Capri Sun
Treats
Anything
“Little Debbie”, Gum, Hard Candy, Poppycock, Butter Toffee, Cookies,
Licorice, Lifesavers, Mints, Non-Melting Candy, Pudding (Squeeze Tube Or Snack Packs)
Other:
Ready
To Eat Soups, Bowl Appetite Dinners, Cereal (Individual Boxes Or Plastic Cups), Cup O Noodles, Dinty Moore Meals,
Pasta Anytime Dinners, Plastic Silverware
TOILETRIES
Talcum powder, wet wipes, deodorant, shaving cream IN TUBES, Kleenex, liquid body wash, pain reliever, antacids,
lotion (unscented, tube only), soap (liquid or waterless, antibacterial), mouthwash, Q-Tips, shampoo, hand sanitizer, Pepto
Bismal, Disposable razors, Dr. Scholl's foot pads, Dr. Scholl’s Moleskin, blister pads, toilet paper, Imodium pills,
toothbrush, toothpaste, laundry soap (small single-load packs, trial sizes, or 'tablets'), antibiotic cream, Lotrimin (tube),
Preparation H, emery boards, saline spray/drops, cortisone cream, dryer sheets (i.e. Bounce), room freshener, toothpicks,
wash cloth (dark colors only), eye drops, medicated lip balm (squeeze tube), Chapstick, dental floss, Big bath towel (dark
colors only), black Kiwi cream shoe polish (paste only), boot/foot powder, Tough Actin Tenactin, Sunblock (max strength),
Aloe Vera, Insect Repellent (Deet), sunglasses, Vitamins (multi, C, zinc, B-12, etc), shower shoes, Odor Eaters shoe insoles
FREE
TIME MATERIALS
Pens
(black ink), note pads, writing paper (package), used puzzles (with all pieces), blank post cards (so they can send them to
family/friends), decks of cards (including UNO etc.), greeting cards, paperback books (popular or best sellers), joke books, magazines
(People, sports, fitness, comic books, humor), stationery with envelopes, word puzzle books, board games, puzzles (new), Nerf
toys (small footballs, etc.), disposable Cameras, dice, poker chips, dominos, Yahtzee, chewing tobacco (can), cigarettes (pack),
Walkman radio, DVD’s and videos (movies), travel games (including board games), CDs, Gameboy/Gameboy games, video poker
games
OTHER
(Look through
HUNTING section of department stores for some of these items):
Bed
sheet (single non fitted, dark colors), boot laces, duct tape, standard pillow case (dark colors only), plastic bags (trash
and zip lock), whisk broom for tent, matches, alarm clock (wind up), batteries (package), socks (wool/cotton blend or 100%
cotton, dark solid colors only, men’s size 10-13), standard bed pillow, disposable cameras, underwear, travel mugs,
half gloves (fingerless gloves), cot organizer, MAG Lite (Flashlight) with batteries, battery-powered fan for cot with batteries, new t-shirts
which represent our community/state, wrist watch, leather gloves, repair kit for boots, retractable clothes line, long johns,
neck coolers, inflatable air mattress, hand warmers, solar shower, clear protective glasses/sunglasses (ballistic quality)
HOMEMADE PROJECTS
Neck Coolers INSTRUCTIONS AVAILABLE AT http://www.west-point.org/parent/wpp-grad/Coolers.html
Sand Scarves INSTRUCTIONS AVAILABLE AT http://hometown.aol.com/afmomdeb/OPMALE.html
SPECIAL REQUESTS
Powdered
Milk, Valentine’s Day Cards (if we send them now, they will arrive in Iraq early January,
which gives them time to send them to their wives, etc. before Valentine’s Day).
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
In
addition: www.underarmour.com will ship for free. This stuff is REALLY good, comfortable, and lasts a long time. This stuff
dries in less than an hour. Look at “cold gear”. Also, Woolite or some such thing. It rinses easier, especially in their conditions. Under armour cold wear also available at www.cabelas.com
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