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Here is the list I just received from Coop in a freepmail of wanted items

 

Here is a partial list of wanted items:
toiletries (toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap...)
calling cards (to call buddies in Iraq and Afghanistan)
dvds, books, cds
current magazines
disposable cameras
t-shirts, clothes
candy, snacks
cigarettes
anything else you think they’d enjoy

 

I posted, lets flood Walter Reed. I am sending as many cards as me and my family can sign, and leaving them un-adressed, so they can just be handed out to all the wounded  there. Coop is gonna get a care package, and Walter Reed is going to get a large envelope with dozens of cards.

[Coop]

FYI

[Borax Queen]

I am sending as many cards as me and my family can sign, and leaving them un-adressed, so they can just be handed out to all the wounded there. Coop is gonna get a care package, and Walter Reed is going to get a large envelope with dozens of cards.

Fabulous idea - will do too!

[TruthNtegrity]

May I also suggest that you visit the Red Cross Office?

They are usually stocked to the gills but depend on friends and family members coming TO the office to pick up things.

We had a FR drive for all the items on your list last year and the year before, and asked that it be sent to the Red Cross office. Then I found out that the Red Cross DOES NOT deliver the items.

Family members and friends must go to the office and request the items. They are gladly handed over but the Red Cross claims that they just do not have the staffing to take the items TO the wards.

Find out what size or what your soldier needs when you visit, and then go to the Red Cross office and pick them up. They usually always have HUNDREDS OF PRE-PAID PHONE CARDS READY FOR YOU TO PICK UP!!!!!

Just a suggestion from somebody who used to visit Walter Reed.