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FILL SHOEBOXES WITH GOODIES FOR OUR SOLDIERS
SERVING IN AFGHANISTAN and contact us to make arrangements for drop off.
We need items
for the boxes (see list below) We also
need donations for shipping as each box costs $10.95.
SUGGESTED ITEMS FOR OUR SERVICE MEN/WOMEN
FOOD ITEMS
(individual serving sizes) FUN THINGS (individual or travel
size)
Pre-sweetened powered drink mix packets Hand
held games
Beef Jerky – huge hit – love
these Board games (small travel
size)
Gum
Word games (small travel size)
Tuna or chicken creations lunch kits with condiments DVD’s and/or CD’s
Cup O Noodles or Cup O Soup
Nerf footballs, basketballs (any small balls)
Protein/Granola Bars
Playing cards/card games
Coffee creamer and sugar packets
Dice games (Boggle, Mississippi Marbles)
Ground coffee packets and tea
bags Batteries – AA, AAA, C and D
Hot chocolate
mix
Whoopee cushions
Trail mix,
nuts
Paddle balls
Small boxes cereal
Hacky sacks
Cookies
Yo-Yo’s
Candy
Jigsaw Puzzles (small travel size)
Fruit snack (roll-ups, gushers)
Velcro darts
Squishy balls
TOILETRIES (Travel
Sizes)
Magazines/books (love computer mags)
Lip balm/chap stick
Deodorant
OTHER
Toothbrushes and toothpaste
Phone cards (really need these to call home)Eye
drops
Small tablets of paper and pens
Baby
wipes
Socks (heavy white or black cotton only)
Gold Bond powder (for their
feet) Foot powder
Fabric softener sheets (inside their boots)
THINGS NOT ALLOWED
Bug wipes
No
Religious
articles
Sunglasses
No
Pork products
Blank cards with envelopes
No
Pornographic material
Brown T-Shirts (sizes, Med/Large/XLarge)
No aerosol cans
Boxer Shorts (sizes,
Med/Large/XLarge)
No alcoholic beverages
No glass containers
The list above is
suggestions only - our service men and women will welcome anything you
would love to send – we just need to let them know we are thinking of them
PLEASE NOTE
It costs $10.70 for
every box we ship
We are a non-profit (501[c]3) service organization so your donation is tax
deductible
Checks are to be
made payable to Buckeye Military Moms and mailed to us at:
Buckeye
Military Moms - Chapter 9
P. O. Box 20068
Columbus, Ohio 43220
OUR MOTTO – NO SOLDIER LEFT BEHIND
July 26th was our annual
Message To America Bike Ride
Visit the Photo Gallery to look at the pictures
from that event!
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