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Supporting Your Troops with Packages
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By Relative Bliss
Published on 02/8/2010
 
Looking to help support your troops and send them care packages??? Check out this Blog for more information on a platoon of soldiers now serving overseas in Afghanistan and how you can help!

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I know that there are many of you who support your troops and would like ways to give back to them, especially while they are deployed. I have my project going on right now where I am gathering items for care packages and sending them to my husband's platoon, but I wanted to give out some information so that anyone here who would like to donate still can!
Each Squad leader will receive your box and will divvy up the contents among his squad of 9-10 soldiers. Please include a note or any cards your children might could draw, because those are much appreciated as well!



Items they'll need:
Baby Wipes
Eye Drops
Sun Block
Hand Sanitizer
Kleenex (Individual Packs)
Baby Powder, Foot Powder
Disposable Razors
Chapstick, Blistex, Carmex
Toothpaste (Travel Size)
Q-Tips (Travel Packs)
Dental Floss
Writing Paper
Envelopes
Pens
Games/Puzzles
MAG Light (Bulbs and Batteries)
Crackers, Cookies, Power Bars
Cereal (Small Box Packs)
Fruit and Nuts (Dried or Canned)
Soups
Chef Boyardee
Chicken, Turkey, Tuna (7 oz. Easy Open Packs)
Tea, Coffee, Hot Chocolate, Powdered Drinks
Tabasco Sauce
Seasoned Salt
Sugar Packs
Gum Candy
All canned goods need to be pop-tops and all food items need to be individual serving sizes. All items in general should be in travel sizes.

The addresses:
SPC Goodloe, Steven
1st PLT, HHC, 2-503rd
TF MTN Warrior
FOB Joyce
APO, AE 09354
SSG Khan, Fahad
1st PLT, HHC, 2-503rd
TF MTN Warrior
FOB Joyce
APO, AE 09354
SSG Perry, Brett
1st PLT, HHC, 2-503rd
TF MTN Warrior
FOB Joyce
APO, AE 09354
SSG Gallardo, Eric
1st PLT, HHC, 2-503rd
TF MTN Warrior
FOB Joyce
APO, AE 09354


Boxes that are shipped internationally will need a white slip filled out. You can find them at the post office and any post office employee can give you them. It's easier to have them filled out before you take the box to the post office to save time and energy. Also make sure you put the address and your address on the box itself in black marker.
As I said above, include a letter inside! Tell them how you found out about this and tell them how much you appreciate their work! They are not told this enough!!
Thank you to anyone who decides to do this in advance!
Bliss