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Items you can't send:
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* Obscene Articles & Comics - Obscene articles, prints, paintings, cards, films, videotapes, etc.,
and horror comics and magazines are prohibited.
* Objectionable Material - Any matter depicting nude or seminude persons, pornographic or sexual items
* Firearms of any type
* Pork Prohibited - Pork or pork by-products are prohibited.
* Live fruits, animals, and plants are prohibited.
* Alcoholic Beverages - All alcoholic beverages are prohibited.
* Alcoholic Beverages - Materials used in the production of alcoholic beverages
(i.e., distilling material, hops, malts, yeast, etc.) are prohibited.
PERSONAL CARE ITEMS:
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Note: For toiletries send UNSCENTED items if available.
* Chap-stick, Blistex
* Non-medicated eye drops
* Lens cleaners
* Hand & foot cream & body lotion
* Foot and body powder - Gold Bond Powder is a particular favorite
* Shampoo and conditioner (small sizes)
* Hand sanitizers, such as PURELL
* Emery boards, nail clippers
* Facial cleansing pads
* Large Baby wipes (soft packs are best)
* Kleenex packets
* Q-tips
* Hand and feet warmers (as used by skiers, hunters, etc.)
* Athlete's foot medicine, such as Lotrimin
* Deodorants
* After shave gel or lotion
* BLACK or WHITE tube socks
* Boxer short (sm, med, lg and x-lg)
* Brown army T-shirts(med, lg and x-lg, must be bought at PX or Army surplus store)
* Mole skin & blister packs
* Gel Insoles for their boots
* SOFT Toilet Paper
* DENTAL FLOSS
* Vitamin C drops
* Zinc tablets (Cold-eezz cough drops & throat lozenges)
* Toilet paper
* Bath gel
* Toothpaste
* Tooth brushes
* Disposable razors
* Shaving cream
FOOD/SNACKS:
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* Cold drink mixes - powdered pre-sweetened drink mixes
*** Crystal Lite, Wylers Lemonade, Tang, Gator Aid
* Hot beverages in individual packets, in both regular & diet:
*** FLAVORED instant coffee & teas ( herbal)
*** Gourmet Coffee, ground, ALWAYS requested
*** Powered coffee creamer, plain and flavored
*** instant hot cocoa mix
*** spiced apple cider mix
* Individual serving sized fruits - no refrigeration needed
* CEREALS, including instant oatmeal in "fun flavors", sweetened dried
cereal - individual or big boxes - for snacks
* Trail mix,
* Granola cereal and bars
* Pop-Tarts - all flavors
* Protein bars (all types that won't melt)
* Foil packs or easy open, pop top cans of tuna or chicken
* Individual servings of chili, Mac & cheese, stews, etc. They are
microwave-able but they also heat in the sun
* Beef & Turkey Jerky ( No Pork Allowed )
* Beef Slim Jim's or beef sticks, beef salami or pepperoni
* Cup of soup, cup of noodles, top ramen, any type that is instant
* Individual wrapped cookies, snack cakes, etc, like Twinkies, Rice Crispy
treats, oatmeal cookies, Nutter butter cookies, graham cracker sticks
* Flavored crackers, Chex mix & cheese nips
* Dorotios, Pringles (all flavors), Tostitos
* SPICY snack foods
* Potato sticks
* Pretzels
* Flavored popped corn, fiddle-faddle, cracker jacks,
* Salsa & canned dips (not refrigerated)
* Crackers & cheese spread in bottles
* Cheese & crackers and peanut butter & crackers in individual plastic cups
*** CANDIES including:
Hard candy, red licorice, Sweet Tarts, M&Ms, mints,
Jolly Ranchers, Star-bursts, Life Savers
EVERYTHING needs to be individually wrapped
* Gum - lots of it, regular & sugar free
* Hershey bars, peanut butter cups, snickers, mint patties, all types of
chocolate.
* Dried fruit & fruit roll-ups
* Nuts - all kinds (pistachios; sunflower seeds in shell, peanuts; cashews)
OTHER NEAT THINGS TO INCLUDE:
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* Letters of support, cards from students, scouts or church groups
* Disposable cameras. The pictures they take now will become
priceless memories of a time they will never forget.
* Batteries AA and AAA
* ONLY ATT Phone cards
* �Hot Hands & Hot Feet� hand and foot warmers as used by hunters and skiers
* Liquid laundry detergent
* Fly swatters
* Magnet backed photo holders and small personal albums
* Pens(preferably black ink), stationary
* Postcards & greeting cards, to send to their families
* Nerf balls, whiffle ball & bat
* Volley ball & net, soccer balls, basketballs, Frizbees
* Travel size electronic games
* Hand pumps to inflate balls
* Dominoes, cribbage boards, trivial pursuit & other board games
* Velcro dart game for their tents & other indoor type games
* Music & movie DVDs & CD's, taped sporting events
* CD-R computer games, electronic games, game boy
* Use the Sunday comics and sports section as packing material
* � gallon size plastic containers to mix the drink mix in
* Freezer weight Ziploc bags, all sizes, but especially gallon size
* Mouse traps and fly paper
* Duct tape(green, black, or gray)
* Funnels to get drink mix into their canteens
* Cigars (keeps the insects away)
* Febreeze(helps kill the odor of their stinky uniforms
* Neck coolers (still in the 100s in Baghdad)
* Blank music CDs and jewel cases or paper sleeves
* Self adhesive envelopes
The others don't adhere well, especially if sand gets on them
* Decorations for any upcoming holiday from the dollar store
* Comic books
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