I guess I am stunned. My kids have been to great colleges and would support this idea. One of my sons has been in the service as I have. I / we would like to do this and what I get are cheap shot answers. Ergo I am stunned. I believe there are Freepers out there with more intelligent ideas.
Thanks
George
We all should support this idea. Mine isn't a cheap shot answer, I'm just not sure what our troops need the most. I've seen on some threads that they really need phone cards to call home.
Sorry, George....you should have clarified your post....I did not know they were adult children.....then, by all means......sorry for the lack of intelligence...!
OperationAC.com is worth checking out. They'll help you "adopt" someone or apply your donation to their shipments of boots, heaters (ACs in summer), etc. the men need in Iraq & Afghanistan. They're very legit & low overhead...the woman who runs things has been interviewed on many conservative talk shows & was on about a month ago begging for more people to "adopt". Good luck and THANK YOU and your family for what you're doing!
Ah...the way it was worded, I'm sure many assumed that your children were young. Perhaps mentioning that your family planned to do this, instead of you not giving gifts to your wife and children, would have been a bit clearer. :-) My brother is in the service now, and although he would be touched by a stranger's generosity, he would not want a small child going without gifts to provide that generosity.
One thing...if you live near a military installation, perhaps your family could invite some single servicemembers far from home to share your holiday meal. I know of several people who do this and it means so much to the troops to have a nice meal and friendly people to spend the holiday with when they cannot be at home. I know that different bases have programs like this that allow community members to "adopt" servicemembers for the holidays.
Obviously, there are the usual care package/phone card/etc. programs.
soldiersangels.com is a good place to take a look. I have a marine I recently "adopted".