Our troop care packages (pictures)

[tkyes]

We made our care package effort a company wide project and look what happened!!


We have so much stuff!!

The picture doesn't do it justice really because there is stuff piled upon stuff!

We are doing one round of boxes to our 4 adopted soldiers and then next week we'll do another round!


Thanks to TwinMom7 and Keli who were kind enough to share their soldiers with me!


Tamie

 

[Serena]

Wow!

 

[cgcw]

How wonderful!! Lots of generousity in your picture.

 

[MarkRG]

That looks great!

I do hope you are doing this with a lot of help from military. They have VERY specific guidelines about sending packages. Local radio here had a long interview with a number of military support organizations on Wednesday, the USO among them, outlining a lot of it, and it sounds a bit complicated.

 

[Luckymommyx2]

Wow! That is a lot of stuff! I'm still putting together my care package!

 

[Serena]

Could someone put the information that we need for the care packages together. I know there's been information on several different threads and I don't remember where they are.

 

[figmentvi]

Check out this site for some good information on do's and dont's for care packages.

www.operationmilitarypride.org

Click on the "Care Packages" link.

 

[gobo2]

Awesome.
The post office knows all the rules. They ask a zillion questions about what is in the box when you mail it.

 

[tkyes]

thanks to all the military family members on this site, I think everyone knows the rules by now!

 

[Goofyposter]

WAY-TO-GO!!!!

That looks GREAT Tamie!

 

[Pete's Mom]

Hmmm....are the exercise tapes going too?

 

[Dan Murphy]

You ALWAYS show such a wonderfully sharing spirit, Tamie. That is great.

 

[tkyes]

LOL Pete's Mom!! No, we won't be sending the pilates tapes with!

 

[Jeafl]

LOL Pete'sMom! I thought the same thing too!

Great job, Tamie! I am heading out to the post office this morning to send 2 more packages myself.

 

[sncbird]

Great, Great Job Tamie!! I'll have to study your picture to get some more ideas for our Care Packages!!!

 

[tkyes]

sncbird - I can give you a list of stuff we sent if you are interested. We pretty much stuck to the list of ideas posted here on the DIS and on other websites.

 

[Mermaid02]

Looks good Tamie!

Thanks for the link FigmentVI... for a minute I was afraid my Slim Jims would be banned because of pork, but they are made of chicken and beef! PHEW!

 

[TwinMom7]

OH MY GOSH!!! It looks so AWESOME!!!!

I know that my son and all of the Marines in his unit will be thrilled and touched by your generosity.

That picture brought tears to my eyes!

Thanks so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BounceyOne]

Maybe a silly question, but what about a deck of cards or travel size games? Would these work?

DD's school is putting together a package to send to a students father (Navy) and I wanted something different to donate.

TIA

 

[Mermaid02]

bouncyOne.... go to the website FigmentVI posted and type in the APO zip.... it will tell you what is contraband for that area.