CARE PACKAGES for our Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, 2006

patriciaruth ^ | 1-21-06 | patriciaruth

[angcat]

Hello,

My office is getting together a care package to send. Can anyone give me information on shipping and some address of troops!

[Kitty Mittens]

patriciaruth can Help you with this, and God Bless you for your Care of our Troops! (My Sister, Pinging to #1381.)

[patriciaruth]

Do you want to send a package to Iraq or to Afghanistan?

Mailing information is at posts 31, 32, and 49, in case this is a new experience for you.

Do you have any relatives or friends in the service?

[angcat]

My friend just came home from Iraq his troop 828 out of Wilkes Barre PA!

Thanks for the info!

[patriciaruth]

Do I take your post to mean that you will get an APO from your friend just back from Iraq?

Or did you want one of our APO's for your office to send a care package?

(Confusion is the new norm around here.)

[patriciaruth]

Update on Rangerwife's husband:

He arrived at Walter Reed Friday evening.
He had head injuries, air on the brain, big black blue swollen eye. Shrapnel wounds from a grenade all over, a big hole in his back, and chest wounds, collapsed lung, liver damage, etc.

He is in good spirits and seems OK and is making good progress.

Thanks again and God Bless All for their prayers.

[patriciaruth]

Update on soldier we have been praying for is in prior post.

Mailed October 7, 2006, to C company of Stryker at Baghdad
1 box, value $106.90 (insured $99.95), postage with delivery confirmation $10.90
2 TV series boxed DVD sets:
NYPD Blue, Season 1
NYPD Blue, Season 2
2 DVD movies:
Wedding Crashers (Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn)
Ghostbusters (Bill Murray, Dan Ackroyd, Sigourney Weaver)
1 magazine: Reader’s Digest, October 2006
4 bags Halloween candy:
2 Brach’s 24 oz mellow crème pumpkins (~96 per bag)
1 Reese’s 14.8 oz. peanut butter cup miniatures (~55)
1 Snickers 22.55 oz. fun size (~38)


Mailed October 7, 2006, to HHC of Stryker at Baghdad
1 box, insured $52.73, postage $10.40
2 DVD movies:
Airplane! (Leslie Nielsen, Lloyd Bridges)
The Gods Must Be Crazy
6 bags Halloween candy:
1 Brach’s 24 oz.mellowcreme pumpkins (~96)
1 Reese’s 14.8 oz. peanut butter cup miniatures (~55)
1 Snickers 22.55 oz. fun size (~38)
1 strawberry Twisler’s 60 individual sticks
1 Heath bars 11.5 oz (~24)
1 Hershey’s miniatures 14.8 oz (~50)
8 magazines:
Reader’s Digest, October, 2006
Time magazine, Oct 9, Humans and chimps DNA
Economist, The Heat is On
Sports Illustrated, Lonely Yankee
Imprimis, Islam and Justice
Washington Times Weekly, Sept 25
Decision, October, 2006, special issue on evangelical missions
National Review: Bolton and the UN

[fanfan]

Prayers up.

Lord heal Rangerwife's husband, and hold his family, by your grace.

Amen.

[angcat]

I would like an APO for my office to send a care package to a deployed solider.

My friend that came back will get lots of wine and beer when we finally get to see him!

[patriciaruth]

Any preference as to Iraq or Afghanistan?

[Dinah Lord]

Wonderful packages as always patriciaruth. Sorry I've been MIA for so long. I'd like to send a little treat along to our guys too. Could you FReepmail me when you get a chance?

Thanks, Dinah

[Ros42]

Mailing out Tuesday to Bagram:

3 Flat Rate Boxes ($24.30)
Value--$36.00

23 bags of assorted Halloween Candy
3 boxes (6 pkgs. in each) Nestle's Hot Chocolate w/marshmallows
1-4pk. box of Microwave Popcorn, Extra Butter
1 Halloween Card

[angcat]

Nope no preference :0)

[patriciaruth]

Wow! That was fast!

[patriciaruth]

FReepmailing you APO for our new Stryker unit at Mosul.

:-D

[Freedom is eternally right]

Patty,
Candy for C company in Mosul:
Butterfingers, marshmallow pumpkins, Sweetarts, Tootsie Rolls, Ghoulish jelly beans, autumn candy mix (candy corn), Peanut butter kisses, and M&M's. Will send out tomorrow.

[patriciaruth]

Oh, boy!!

Thanks so much!

[SENClander]

Today I mailed four boxes to A Co. and C Co. Stryker in Baghdad. Contents below:

A Co:
Box 1 (ready post box)
1 2lb can nuts
1 bag Halloween Oreos
1 Box Little Debbie Fall marshmallow treats
1 Box Peeps Pumpkins
1 box Peeps Ghosts
2 boxes Wyler's drink-to-go
1 box Lipton's tea-to-go
1 bag Halloween KitKats (~21)
1 bag HubbaBubba scary shapes Halloween gum (~33)
1 bag mixed Skittles and Starbursts (~90)
1 bag Halloween M&M's (14 oz)
1 Halloween cat stuffed animal

Box 2 (flat rate box)
Runners World magazine
Car&Driver magazine
1 box instant apple cider
1 box sugar free apple cider
1 box Little Debbie Fall marshmallow treats
1 bag candy corn (~75)
3 boxes Lipton tea-to-go

C Co:
Box 3 (same as Box 1 above)
Box 4 (same as Box 2 above except the magazines were Smart Money and Consumer Reports)

I also put a Halloween poem with thanks for serving in each box.

Is there anywhere that needs an extra box? I have a few goodies left over I could send -- maybe a flat rate box. If not, I'll save them for Thanksgiving/Christmas.

One more thing -- when I was talking with the postal clerk about the boxes, a young lady came up and said her husband was in Afghanistan, is home now on leave, and that the troops really appreciated packages from home. She thanked me, but I said her husband deserved the thanks and to tell him we all appreciated his service.

[betsyross60]

Mailed package yesterday to contact in Mosul--C Co.

4.5 pounds of Halloween candy
36 individual packets of apple cider
24 individual packets of hot chocolate
1 bottle of Airborn
2 Word SEarches
1 pkg. shoe laces

[SwatTeam]

I just filled 2 flat boxes for Ramadi and will get them sent out in the morning. I divided the following between the 2 boxes:

400 midget tootsie rolls
80 dum dum pops
2 large sacks trail mix
24 small packages of mixed corn nuts
2 large bags sunflower seeds
24 snack size Reese's pb cups
2 packages of Halloween oreos
2 packages of peanut butter oreos
24 packages peanut butter crackers
48 slim jims

I couldn't get all of the tootsie rolls and dum dum pops in there but am saving them for future boxes. They make real good filler. Much better than ghost poo.