See what items you can contribute
Date: 4/14/2008
FOOD ITEMS:o Protein Bars
o Sunflower Seeds
o Orbit Gum (green one)
o Hard Candies (no candy that would melt)
o Snack Size bag of pretzels, chips, etc
o Packaged store bought cookies (home made stuff not sure how it will do as it will take 1-3 weeks to get to Pat and his company. It would need to be in Ziplock bags, etc really wrapped well)
o Drink Mixes the kind that can be mixed in water bottle like Crystal Light to Go
MEDICAL ITEMS:o Multivitamins
o Vitamin C (1000 MG tablets)
o Tylenol/Advil
o Cold Medicine (Sudafed)
o Rewetting Eye Drops
o Saline Nasal Spray
o Band-Aids
o Hand Sanitizer
o Foot Powder
o Sunscreen
o Lotion style for the body
o Banana Boat Faces for their faces
TOILETRY/HYGIENE: o Shampoo (Travel Size)
o Soap
o Deodorant
o Old Spice Sport Deodorant Solid
o Secret Roll on Deodorant (soldiers use on feet because the crack)
o Toothpaste
o Tooth Brushes
o Combs
o Baby Wipes
o Chapstick with SPF
o Q Tips
o Face Wipes (Stridex makes To-Gos that are individually wrapped)
o Baby Wipes
o Lens Cleaner (prepackaged like Bausch and Lomb)
o Travel Kleenex
o Bug Spray pump bottle style (no aerosols)
o Disposable Razors
o Gillette 4 or 5 blade razors (Pat loves these)
o Dental Floss
PERSONAL ITEMS: o Pens and Mechanical Pencils
o Magazine (sports, car, entertainment, movies, etc)
o Newspapers (maybe a town paper, and a USA today type) The soldiers love hearing what is happening at home
o Letters letters from people at home
o Journals/Small lined Notebooks
o Blank Inside Greeting Cards (for all occasions)
o Photo of Kids in Sunday School Class
o Envelopes
o Puzzle books (crossword, word search, suduko)
o Travel Games (deck of cards, chess, checkers)
o Keychain lights
o PSP Game (waiting to get list from Pat one which ones he has)
o USB Thumb Drive (Pat has a digital camera with him so this way he can copy some pics to that probably just 1)
o Gel Shoe insoles
o Personal Fans
MISC:o International Phone calling cards Go to ATT Website: military link to international phone cards for soldiers (needs to work from Iraq/Afghanistan any size)
o Sandwich size Ziplock bags (soldiers store important things in them)
o New and gently used Beanie Babies
