Comments on: Sending care packages to soldiers in Iraq or Afghanistan

By: euni

euni — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:05:15 +0000

hi! I woul like to know if can i send tuna packages,chocolat,(like ferrero rocher) is not to soft.
cane,spray deodorant?Its my first time i’ll sent a package to a friend in afghanistan??THANK YOU…

By: Chaka

Chaka — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:01:51 +0000

Oh, I also wanted to add that my soldier really really wants MUSIC! So I’m buying him an iPOD and loading it with his favorites.

By: Chaka

Chaka — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:59:16 +0000

I have been skimming the posts for ideas to send to my boyfriend. This is his 7th deployment in his military career but our first together. I know what he likes, but I want to send items that will be relevant to the area that he is in. I’ve seen so many wonderful ideas and I am definitely going to try the cake in a jar, since he loves cake. I also notice on here that many people are wanting to send phone cards, but they have horrible usage and connection fees. An alternative might be a website called http://www.skype.com. Many soldiers have laptops, if they have webcam’s, you can communicate for free using the website http://www.skype.com You get to see each other face to face and it brought tears to my eyes to see my soldier’s smile and the whole family gathered around to talk to him. If they have a laptop and no webcam, add that to a care package.

By: Suzie

Suzie — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:19:43 +0000

Dottie look in the chocolate chip section of your walmart/target/etc and you should find andes chips. therye awesome

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:57:38 +0000

Thank you for all the great ideas shared. My son’s package will be better supplied thanks to all of you for taking the time to share. My ideas: beanie caps to wear under their helmets; use local newspaper to fill in spaces in box–they can straighten them out and read.

By: Dottie

Dottie — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:15:37 +0000

Hi, just wanted to share a cool thing that I got to do for my son’s birthday in Iraq on a previous deployment. I made a Rice Krispy bar “cake” :) He loved it! So, I made the rice-krispy bar mix….you know on the cereal box package….krispies, marshmallow and butter. You have to work fast, as you know how gooey the mix gets, and it gets hard quickly! Divided mix into two halves. sprinkled chocolate chips evenly throughout one half. made each half into a round flat ‘plate’ about 1 1/2 inches high. in the top layer, i ‘imbedded’ his candles so that they were sticking up about 1 1/2 inches. i don’t remember but i think i put a little chocolate frosting in between the layers, then sat them one on top of the other. lined a round tin with wax paper, and set my little cake in it! ~~ i think it was a good surprise for him; anything to bring a smile to his face, ya’ know!? ~ he is going on a 3 month deployment to Afghanistan starting in January, and I plan to make him another one, even tho it won’t be his birthday. this time i’m going to have Andes Mints chopped and ready to quickly add to the mixture, as mint-chocolate-chip is his favorite ice cream, so this is as close as i can get to it! ~ by the way, God gets the credit, as i was desperate to make it a nice birthday for him, and this little cake was an answer to prayer! ~~ ok, well, i pass this along and hope it will be a blessing to any of you who are trying to give a little birthday party to your loved one! ~~~ oh! don’t forget to put in a pack of matches!!! ~~ God bless you!!!

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:50:41 +0000

I just found your website, and wish I had read it sooner..lol. I sent my first package to a US Soldier in Iraq yesterday. I sent several non-restricted items to him (i.e. coffee, candy, toiletries, car magazines, and hunting magazines). I also slipped in a copy of Maxim and Playboy, not realizing that nude and semi-nude material is restricted. Everything is wrapped up in Christmas wrapping paper and the two magazines are in a package with the other non-restricted magazines. I am worried sick about it, and will not be able to talk to my soldier to let him know for another week. Do you have any idea what will happen when the package gets to inspection? Will I get in trouble? (I am hoping and assuming he wouldn’t because I sent it.) Will they just take out the two bad magazines and send the rest of the items in the box to him? I feel so terrible about this!

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:40:20 +0000

I found Ryan Rust’s site for adopting a hero. I adopted 2 Marines serving in Afghanistan. Great way to support our soldiers. I personally don’t know a soldier so this is the way I found to support our troops.

By: Bernice Cintron

Bernice Cintron — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:35:14 +0000

Maam,
My daughter is currently in Kandahar Afghanistan and is going to be there for 12 more months. this is her second of every holiday missed because of the Marine Corps. Can you please have someone send her a care package she is lonely over ther, and she is only 19 YEARS old. will be haveing her 20th b-day over there! can u help please! thank you her name is LCpl Cintronvidal.blanca and her address is
ISAF RC(S) HQ
APO AE 09355

By: Jesse

Jesse — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:29:17 +0000

Sorry the website is http://www.packagesfortroops.com