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03/20/2003 10:53:37 PM · #1 |
How to send a Care Package to our Troops. I might just do this.
//www.nbc10.com/iraq/2051791/detail.html
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03/20/2003 11:15:26 PM · #2 |
Great idea Tony, I'm going to do this too.
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03/20/2003 11:32:31 PM · #3 |
this is awesome! i'm definitly going to put something together ... thanks tony!
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03/21/2003 12:20:45 AM · #4 |
I would rather bring them home instead of sending them a slim jim or baby wipes..... I was in the Gulf war back in 91 and received a care package from a total stranger....dont get me wrong it was great and all and I really appriciated it, but packages from my family and friends meant more to me. It was much better to be home..... so lets bring em back.....
im the second from the left on the back row....
James
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03/21/2003 01:11:16 AM · #5 |
Some off the wall things that web site doesn't mention to send are 1)Flea collars to put on their ankles to keep the sand fleas away, and 2)panty hose. that sounds really silly, but you get sand in your butt crack and have to walk miles with it wedged up there, and you'll be begging for the extra protection of some control top pantyhose. My best friends husband is spending the night in Iraq tonight, and I KNOW it will be appreciated. Not everyone has much of a home to come back to, or even family to write them a letter.
But remember if you DO send a care package, make sure it's not bigger than a shoe box size package, and be sure to fill out a customs form telling EXACTLY what is in the box. That will ensure that it will get there ok.
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03/21/2003 06:10:34 AM · #6 |
Does anyone know anything similar for Australian and British troops?
I know a woman who is having a terrible time because her ex is in Iraq now, and she doesn't know how to explain to their 5 year old son that he may not come back :(. It's so sad. |
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03/21/2003 09:21:43 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by lisae:
Does anyone know anything similar for Australian and British troops? |
Acorrding to the person who runs this group. 26,000 service members including British and Australians have been "adopted out"
groups.msn.com/hugstokuwaitadoptasoldier
I got this information from this article.
//www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/living/0303/19carepackage.html
I also suggest you contact the public affairs office of military base close by and ask them how you might be able to send stuff specificly to Australian and British troops.
Anything you send from cards, letters boxes are greatly apprecitated. Thanks to everybody for your support.
Message edited by author 2003-03-21 09:22:00. |
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03/21/2003 10:16:43 AM · #8 |
| I posted the URL on another site where I frequent and interest is high to participate in this. |
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03/21/2003 11:17:52 AM · #9 |
Lisae,
Why would anyone even want to worry a child like that? Chances are that the child's father will come home perfectly fine, and then he would have been worried for nothing. My little brother is always worried about "what if". I just think that I have enough problems already and will deal with those if and when they actually happen. |
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