Catherine (one of our fellow troop members) and her family recently sent care packages to the troop for the holidays to let them know they were thinking of them and thanking them for their service. They are an amazing example of kindness!
Here are some ideas of things to include in a care package
A postcard from your area
A very small toy checkers game
Airheads taffy
Alka Seltzer
Antibacterial hand wash
Anything patriotic
Assorted Crackers
Assorted Packets of condiments
Baby powder is good in dry hot
climates
Bandaids- assorted
Beef jerky
Brownies
Bubbles
Candy appropriate to season
Candy Bars
Chapstick
Cheese curls
Clothespins
Coffee Packs, instant=
Cookies
Cough drops
Crackers & Cheese Packets
Crackers & Peanut Butter
Packets
Crossword Puzzle books
Crunch & Munch Type of snacks
Cube Games
Deck of Cards reg. and mini
Disposable Camera
Doritos
Face Powder Sheets
Facial Cleanser
Foot powder
Greeting cards appropriate to
season
Hand Lotion
Handy wipes, Wet Ones
Heat Pack
Heavy duty socks
Highlighters
Hot Chocolate packs
Hot Tamales, the candy
Kleenex
Lifesavers
Lint Roller
Listerine Sheets
Little candle in a tin
M&Ms
Magazines
Mentos
Notepads
Notes of encouragement
Pain Reliever
Paperback Books
Patriotic T-shirt
Pens
Phone Card
Pictures from home, If the kids
cannot be there for a holiday take pictures to send to them
Popcorn
Pringles
Ramen Noodles
Razors
Reading material is always good
Refrigerator magnet of American
Flag
Salt & Pepper
SASE with note card
Scented Candles
Shaving Stuff
Silly Putty
Slim Jims
Small box- Russell Stover Candy
Small packages of sugar &
Creamer
Snack bags of Chex Mix, Chips, Etc
Snack Pack Cookies
Soap
Socks
Sore Throat Tablets
Stationary, Envelopes, Stamps
Sunday Comics
Sweetened Koolaid Envelopes
Tang
Tape
Tea Bags
The pads or spray of the Avon stuff
Skin so soft for bugs
The Sky's the limit
Tic tacs
Tins of Altoids
Tabasco Sauce- small
Toothbrush
Travel size Q-tips
Travelpak of Wipes
Tuna Pouches
Twinkies
Tylenol samples
Videos especially overseas most of
us have pay per view tape the movies and send them off they don't get to see
them as fast as we do
Wooden airplanes
Word search books
Peanut Butter
Dried fruit
Fig newtons
Breakfast bars
Power bars
Bubble gum
Small cans of tuna'
Moleskin
NO AEROSOL CANS
Nerf ball
Hacky sack
Puzzles
Hygiene products(deodorant,
toothpaste, razors, soap, shampoo, toilet paper)
go here for ideas on where to send your packages
