http://www.anysoldier.us/index.html
http://www.anysoldier.us/WhatToSend.html

Lots of the stuff needed is what you probably took off your boat last fall


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Note: The following are suggested items.
If a unit has specific requests, they are listed on the "Where To Send"
page.

Food:
# Breakfast-type foods and drinks are the most needed.
# Girl Scout cookies. Of course!!!
# Instant and regular coffee.
# Coffee makers, hot plates.
# Hot chocolate packets (instant, in packets, add to water).
# Campbell's chunky soups, chicken, beef, etc.
# Canned tuna.
# Canned Chef Boyardee ravioli, beefaroni, spaghetti & meatballs, etc.
(Note: In the 'Zip-Top' or easy to open cans.)
# Canned fruit - that comes in the small flip top cans. (Put zip-top
cans in a plastic bag!)
# Beef jerky, Slim Jims.
# Canned nuts.
# Canned chips, like the potato sticks or the small canned Pringles,
Doritos, etc.
# Cereal bars, granola bars, Special-K bars, etc.
# Pre-sweetened powdered drinks, Kool-Aid, Gatorade, etc.
# Lil Debbie snacks, brownies, snack cakes, etc.
# Packs of candy, gum, trail mix, etc.
# Small tubes of toothpaste and toothbrushes, deodorant, soap, shampoo.
# Eye drops - the cleaning kind - because of all the sand storms...(Put
in plastic bag!)
# Small containers of Tylenol, Motrin, etc.
# Band Aids, cough lozenges, small packs of Kleenex, shower-to-shower
powder.
# Flip flops - shower shoes - so they can air their feet out when they
get a break.
# Anti-fungal for their feet - athletes foot creme, foot powder - no
aerosol bottles.
# Combs, paper, pens, envelopes, lip balm, eye drops, q-tips, nail clippers.
# Remember the many women soldiers there! If your package is intended
for a woman, be sure to
address the package, "Attn: Any Female Soldier".
# (Basics: small and easy to carry, disposable and anti-bacterial.)

Entertainment:
# Beanie Baby toys for the soldiers to give to kids.
(Now you have a good reason to loose those things...)
# Comics and paperback books, crossword puzzle books.
# DVDs & CDs.
# Game Boys, the ones your kids don't use anymore, and the games...
(Idea: Have your kids ask around to collect GameBoys and games they
don't want anymore...)
# Magazines.
# Sports stuff (baseballs, footballs, old gloves, frisbees...)
# (Basics: Small and light, uses AA batteries, nothing rechargeable.)

Misc:
# Hand warmers! (The chemical types in a packet), foot warmers also.
Need these now!
# AA batteries - this is the only battery they are using - keep anything
you send to use these.
# Rechargeable AA batteries and chargers.
# DEET insect spray.
# Disposable cameras.
# Flashlight - small, black or dark green, AA battery.
# Music CD's. (Have a portable player you don't use anymore?)
# Pens, paper, envelopes. (NO stamps! They get free mail.)
# Phone cards (Not as needed as in the beginning of this, but good for
emergencies.)
# Small or inflatable pillows, self-inflating camping air mattress.
# Small space heaters.
# Space® "All Weather" blankets. (Find the ones with olive drab, tan or
camo on one side.)
# Space® "Emergency" blankets. (These are much smaller, easy to keep.)
# (Basics: Again, think small and light weight. Be SURE to put items
that might even possibly leak into
a few zip-lock bags! ie. toothpaste, shampoo...)