Snacks and non-perishable food items:
- Tuna kits
- Beef jerky
- Canned fruit-single serving size
- Dried fruit, nuts and other healthy snacks
- Pre-sweetened flavored beverage mixes
- Gum, Lifesavers, Mints
(blister pack gum is best because of the intense heat)
- Nuts, sunflower seeds, peanuts & trail mix
- Power bars, protein bars & nutritional bars
- Pop Tarts, cereal bars, "milk & cereal" bars, granola bars
- Ramen Noodles, Cup-O-Noodles serving cups
- Ravioli and other canned ready-to-eat meals (canned or Styrofoam single serving are best)
- Tuna lunch kits (includes foil pouch of tuna, crackers, and condiments in each single-serving kit)
- Canned sardines, smoked oysters
- Torengos® nacho-style chips and canned nacho cheese dip
- Jalapeno Velveeta® and crackers
- Taco Bell® Sauce Packets
- Seasoning salts, flavoring salts
- Coffee, coffee mixes, & tea
- Hot cocoa mix
- Lemonade mix, Koolade mix, Tang, Iced Tea mix
- Gatorade mix (powdered only)
- Crystal Light (or other brand) "On The Go" flavor packets
- Sugar and creamer packets for coffee
Personal Hygiene Items:
- Lotrimin AF or Tinactin for athletes foot
(tubes of ointment or cream, or the bottle of drops; please do not send the aerosol spray type)
- Medicated Foot Powder, Medicated Foot Swabs
- Moleskin
(for pads on sore feet, you'll find it with Dr. Scholl's type things at WalMart or drug stores)
- Sunblock
- Throat Lozenges
- Gum, Lifesavers, Mints
- Eye Drops (to relieve dry eye, not redness)
- Blistex, Chapstick, Carmex (in stick-tubes rather than tubs)
- Aspirin, Motrin, Tylenol, Pain Relievers (small containers)
- Saline spray/drops for sensitive nasal passages
- Q-tips
- Eyeglass wipes
Clothing Items:
- Undershirts (white, short sleeve)
- Cotton socks (bootcut, black, green, or white)
- Single-use cameras (disposable style)
- Underwear and T-shirts
- Boot liners/insoles
- Odor eaters for boots
- Color of underclothing and socks is not as important as 100% cotton. Send fingerless gloves and stocking caps during winter months only.
Additional highly requested items:
- Batteries (AA are most requested, then AAA)
- Tactical Duct tape: military green, tan or black
- Electrical tape
- Super glue
- 72" Bootlaces (brown or tan preferred)
- Leatherman All-in-One Tool (see photo)
- Sandwich size, Quart-size and 1-gallon Ziploc plastic bags
- Small travel pillow or inflatable pillows
- Disposable, instant hand warmers
(during the winter months only)
- Disposable cameras
- Envelopes, paper, pens
- Small pads of paper
- Notebooks (a size they can keep in a pocket and keep dry)
- Drawing pads (small)
- Small, blank journals
Entertainment Items:
- Hacky Sacks, Tennis Balls
- Deck of cards
- Hand-held games
- Gameboy Advance games
- Movie DVD's (new or used; original only)
- Music CDs (new or used; original only)
- Portable DVD Players
- Portable CD Players
- AT&T Global Pre-Paid Military Calling Cards
PLEASE DO NOT SEND GLASS JARS!
NO AEROSOL!
These items explode during shipping & ruin the entire care package.
Pork and pork by-products are not allowed to be shipped to most Middle East combat locations.
Please send non-perishable foods only. Single-serving package sizes are preferred; large packages won't stay fresh and are harder to ship.
If you can stuff it in your pocket and it's not going to spoil or melt during the summer season, it's a good thing to send!
WE CAN NOT ACCEPT:
-Hard cover books
-VHS Tapes
-Used clothing
Donation Items Needed
Monetary Donations
Checks payable to:
Support 4 Our Troops
