There's also a young clerk at my local supermarket who packs groceries (paper or plastic) and she had made a comment to me once that my family must sure like snacks. I explained to her who those snacks were for and now, whenever she's packing my stuff, she always mentions the troops and asks about our group.
We have a room here that we had made into an "office" of sorts, which has now become a mini warehouse. I too always pick up items with each shopping trip, not to mention the trips I make strictly to pick up goodies for our troops. Wow, that stuff sure does accumulate quickly. At the moment I have two full boxes almost ready to go to Iraq (have to fill out those pesky custom forms) and one for the troops at Walter Reed (no custom form... thank goodness). This leaves me now with only about three bunches of items to sort and package. I have started gathering Valentine's goodies for my next shipment (after this one) and I'm happy they come out early so that I can send them in time for Valentine's Day.
Thank you for the list and the suggestion on the Jerky. I'll have to find a local sporting good store and pick some up.