OK, what dumba$$ thing have you sent to the troops...to get back on topic.8^)
I sent them a copy of your comments to this thread.
I send a lot of care packages. 3 to 4 a week. I send items that I get for free or nearly free. the only thing I think I have gotten that I didn’t send is denture adhesive.
I sent a box full of Dulcolax to soldiers providing aid to locals. That was one of the ones I had a hard time figuring out who was going to get that box. I also sent a box with “good stuff”
I had a bunch of seeds. Sent them to Ethiopia.
I have sent a box full of play-do with instructions on how to make different things.
It was a big hit.
I have sent cake mixes ..yes cake mixes...and frosting.
You can actually cook cake mixes in the microwave and you don’t need eggs or oil.
I have sent ingredients to make a pizza and a pizza pan to soldiers on a mountaintop in Afghanistan.
I was inspired by this guy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By1jnXLR530
I also sent cake mixes to someone who had an open pit grill and told them to experiment.
I have sent toy story, barbie ,dora ,and spongebob bandaids in nooks and crevices of my boxes.
My philosophy is..and I tell them this...if you can’t use it pass it on.
That article makes those soldiers sound ungrateful. Maybe they are.
Better a tube of Sensodyne toothpaste so you can spend your money on something else than no toothpaste at all.
I have seen post after post after post from troops about how they have a hard time affording or even getting just basics.
If they don’t want an item....give it to their chaplain to put in a free area.
I once sent Soy Joy Bars to an outpost on a mountaintop. Okay, they are not the greatest.I can’t stand them. I included a note that if they couldn’t stand to eat them..just use them as Weapons and aim at the head of the Taliban.