[Terp]

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[VOA]

My apologies in advance, if you've been pinged accidentally.

Otherwise, you should know you were pinged because you posted/replied to a thread
on care packages for our military personnel overseas.

Time draws nigh...if you want a package/letter to arrive in time for the
Holiday season!!!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"Point #2: Identify Your Target (Service Person)
You must have a specific service person's address for the mailing of letters or packages; the "any service man" mailing is a thing of the past.... "

A Quick Guide To Care Packages For Miltary Personnel PING

VOA : Great info in your thread!

[VOA]

—
This actually is some sort of HTML typo that stands for a hyphen!

Sorry for the confusion...

[CDHart]

What if you don't know anyone personally, but would like to send something anyway?

Carolyn

[TruthNtegrity]

BTTT

[Plumrodimus]

Point 8: Hide a bible somewhere in the package.

[Valin]

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[BushisTheMan]

Thanks for this posting! I for one am very appreciative of posts of this type. Because of comments by others on this site, I had absolutely zero problems sending my first package to my "adopted soldier" The one item I did not know about was the customs form, but the post office personnel were great in helping me to get it done correctly. I took special note of the words to put on the customs form and will do that next time -- the Christmas package.

I've been running through ideas of what to send that might be special for him for Christmas. I'll take suggestions if you have any -- different than the ones already posted. My daughter suggested putting in a gift for another soldier that my adopted soldier could give to someone else who isn't getting much mail from home. I plan to do that.

Has anyone gotten mail where the soldiers have specifically asked for some specific items? If so, please post.

[VOA]

Luckily, I was able to exchange e-mails with a Chaplin in Baghdad and thus he gave
me a prioritized list of school supplies his unit needs to help their adopted elementary school

Just to update...
I e-mailed the Chaplain (sp!) yesterday that I'd mailed his requested supplies.
He has already sent me a short e-mail thank you and an attached photo of the Iraqi
students standing in front of their school.

Just for the interests of full disclosure, folks know I've been honest (and sometimes
blunt) in expressing my feelings that Islam is a real problem.
But at the same time, the "love your neighbor" and "love your enemy" themes
are great themes of this country, regardless of where you stand on "church and state".

Anyway, I just wanted to mention this so that when fellow freepers see me criticizing
Islam/Muslims on some other thread, you'll know that while I have mixed emotions
on the topic,
I'm not a hypocrite for sending supplies that I truly hope will do good for
children and teachers in a broken, but rebuilding, country.

[Lucy Lake]

Another thing I've been sending my service person is M&M's in the little individual packets, eyedrops, chap-stick, also sent some small stuffed animals, and a soccer ball.

I read our soldiers are teaching the young Iraqi boys to play soccer, thereby giving them something useful and fun to do.

[KineticKitty]

Here is a helpful list of things that soldiers appreciate recieving.

Happy "care package sending".

[cyn]

GREAT -- thanks for posting this. Printing it out to pass along...

[freeangel]

Thanks and bookmarking

[1Old Pro]

Good info, it sounds like many of the troops are being told they'll be there until at least March or April.

[VOA]

bump...
decent instructions on sending care packages overseas to Military personnel
at the top of the thread...

SEND those holiday packages NOW!

[cgk]

bttt

[VOA]

just a bump for anyone who didn't see this last weekend...
and needs help/motivation to send a care-package...

[VOA]

late-night publicity bump...

[VOA]

Saturday bump for publicity...