ITEMS OUR TROOPS NEED
The USO is in need of
food, hygiene and morale-boosting item to be shipped in care packages to local
service men and women overseas, especially in the Middle East. The USO needs
the following items for the military personnel: canned tuna, fruit snack cups
and cans, fruit snacks and raisins, beef jerky, cans of vegetables, canned
soup and stew, disposable cameras, eye drops, cough drops and 2007 calendars.
Also:
FOOD
ITEMS
-
powder drink mix (hot
or cold)
-
tea bags/coffee
packets
-
cup of soup/Ramen
noodles
-
granola bars/Power
bars
-
trail mix/raisins
-
candy/gum (wrapped
-
nuts (any kind)
-
dry cereal (individual
servings)
-
fruit or applesauce
cups
-
Cracker Jacks/popcorn
-
fruit roll-ups/fruit
snacks
-
peanut butter & jelly
-
beef jerky
-
seasonings/condiments
-
cookies
-
baby wipes (50 count)
-
Kleenex (pocket size)
-
eye drops (.05 oz)
-
hand lotion (travel
size)
-
chap stick/sun block
-
cough drops
-
soap (hotel
size)/toilet paper
-
deodorant (1.7 oz
size)
-
tooth paste (travel
size)
-
tooth brush/dental
floss
-
combs/brushes (small
-
shaving cream (travel
size)
-
feminine products
(individually wrapped)
-
powder/Noxzema/petroleum jelly
MORALE
BOOSTERS/NECESSITIES
-
disposable cameras
-
bug lotion
-
sunglasses
-
Ziploc bags (all
sizes)
-
word/puzzle books
-
laundromat size
detergent
-
travel size games
-
fly strips/swatters
-
2007 calendars
-
dryer sheets
-
magazines (no
pornographic material or swimsuit editions)
-
air fresheners (smelly
tents)
-
books
-
pictures
-
stationery/pens/envelopes (no stamps)
When shopping for our
troops, remember they only have pockets and backpacks to keep their
possessions in. Large items are too hard for them to handle.
no glass, no pork, and
no chocolate.
Contact your local USO
office for details.
Thanks to Patriots for
Change on Northern Ohio for this information.
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