Current Wish List for Care Packages:
This list is current and was updated on APRIL 26, 2012. Our packages go to all branches of the military and to locations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Korea and any other troops who request support from home. All items are sorted and packed according to the requests we get directly from the troops or their families. Our mailing address is posted at the top of the home page. Please use the street address ONLY for shipping boxes! Please use the Fleetwood post office box for letters, cards and donation checks. We have some emergency needs at the bottom of the list.
- *Power Bars, trail mix, and healthy snacks
- *Slim Jims, *Beef or Turkey Jerky and pepperoni sticks
- *Sunflower Seeds & all types of nuts
- Pretzels in small bags
- *Individual snacks like crackers, cookies, cheese/cracker kits. No potato chips please, they crush easily.
- Individual hot foods like oatmeal, cream of wheat, etc
- Hot drinks in individual packets like hot chocolate, hot cider or instant coffee drinks. NO ground coffee until 4/2012 please.
- Small sewing kits and manicure kits & first aid kits
- Tylenol, aspirin, Dayquil, Nyquil, eye drops, nasal spray, vitamins and protein drink mixes.
- Pocket size notebooks & index cards
- Mens and Ladies underwear in sizes Small, Med, Large. Mens XL too. Mens boxers & briefs & Tshirts. Ladies briefs or bikinis & Tshirts.
- Mens and Ladies calf high socks or boot socks in black or white. Cotton or wool preferred. We are currently out of socks!
- Twin size sheets & pillowcases
- New or used game systems like PS3, Wii, or Xbox 360
- Video games and controllers for PS3, Wii and Xbox 360
- Small hand-held video games like poker, solitaire, slingo, etc
- Decks of cards, dice or small pocket size games
- *DVDs - New or used are fine. Current releases are appreciated
- We need 4 coffee pots and some good ground coffee.
- We need 4 hot pots for boiling water to make soup, tea or noodles.
- We need 2 small (.7 cu. ft.) microwaves
- ****Money for shipping costs. Please!
* = Items most needed or requested by the troops!
****Monetary donations are needed to help us ship the care packages. This is always our biggest need by far. Shipping costs have increased and it doesn't matter how much "stuff" we have if we don't have money to ship it. We really need to be able to get the packages out every week. We ship Wednesday and Saturday and are currently sending at least 50 boxes every week. There are thousands of troops who are counting on us to send them some love and cheer from home!
We are NOT accepting any books right now. Please consider sending underwear or DVD movies instead. NO cassette tapes or VHS tapes are being accepted. We are temporarily overstocked on razors and toothpaste. We are very short on shaving cream in tubes....NO aerosol cans please!
**Please note: 1) The U.S. Postal Service regulations do not allow anything in aerosol cans to be shipped. 2) Shipping currently takes about 14-21 days to the combat zones. It takes us about a week to get everything sorted and boxed. Please keep this in mind when you are checking expiration dates on food items.We will not ship expired food items!
You can print this list to share with others or take shopping with you by clicking the link in the article that looks like a printer! You are welcome to print as many copies as you like so please pass them on to others who are interested in supporting our troops.We also have instructions for how to set up a donation collection at the top of our home page. Just click the link in the top navigation bar.
If you have questions please call us or send us an email! We appreciate your support for our troops and for Keystone Soldiers!
