Care Package Themes

“Heartfelt fun”

© Homemade Cards with handwritten notes
© Hugs & Kisses! Hershey's Good Night Hugs Hot Cocoa mix & Chocolate Kisses
© Friendly gifts such as My Soldier Hats, warm socks, silk flowers, luxurious body/skin care products, and international phone cards. 
© Reading Material: especially current best sellers and hobby, sport and fashion magazines. 
© Games: Board games, puzzle books and new (or slightly used) Play Station and XBox games are very much in demand and will help the soldiers feel “Young at Heart.”

“Poker Party”

§ Cards, Poker Chips, & Play Money
¨ Make your Own Pizza Kits: Boboli Pizza Party Pack or Chef Boyardee Pizza Kit
ª Pizza Flavored Snacks: Pizzalicious Pringles, Cheetos Cheese Pizza Flavored Puffs
© Bubble Gum Cigars 

“Ladies Night- Spa Party”

Small inflatable pool (so they can all soak their feet), peppermint foot soak, facial mud mask, pumice stone, nail brush, lotion, powder, fingernail polish/remover, cotton balls/swabs, flip-flops, fun socks, fashion and beauty magazines, herbal tea, instant specialty coffee

”Taste of Home A to Z”

A - Apple Pies (Hostess or Drake Cake individual sized), Applejacks cereal, A-1 Sauce 
B - BumbleBee tuna, Bazooka bubble gum
C - Crackerjacks, Chocolate Chips Ahoy cookies, Crunch n’ Munch
D - Dried Fruit or Del Monte Fruit To-Go, Doritos
E - Easy Mac, Easy Cheese 
F - Fruit Loops, Fritos
G - Girl Scout cookies, Goldfish crackers
H - Hershey bar, Hawaiian Fruit Punch 
I - Idaho instant potato mix, Instant specialty coffees 
J - Junior Mints, Juicy Fruit gum, Juicy Juice Juice Box, Jerky, 
K - Kool-Aid, Kellogg’s cereal (single size boxes)
L - Lipton onion soup mix, Lemonade mix
M - M&M's, Moon Pies, Mallomars
N - Nabisco graham crackers, Nilla wafers
O - Oreos, Ovaltine 
P - Pop-Tarts, PowerBars, Prunes
Q - Quaker Oatmeal, Nestlé’s Quik
R - Ritz crackers, Rice Krispie Treats 
S - Spaghetti O's, Spices, Sardines & Salmon (canned)
T - Triscuits, Twizzlers, Tabasco Sauce, Twinkies, Tuna, Tostitos Snack Packs
U - Utz potato chips and pretzels
V - V-8 juice, Veggie Chips
W - Whoppers malted milk balls, Whoopie Pies, Wrigley’s gum
X - CheX MiX, Trail MiX
Y - York Peppermint Patty, Yoodles 
Z - Zagnut Candy Bar, Zweiback

Military Survival Recipe/Dish: A Comfort Dish to Survive the long days away from home

Here’s a recipe or suggestion for a survival kit from our friends at Operation Military Pride http://www.operationmilitarypride.org/ These fun kits are made simply printing out the list of Ingredients (items) with their meaning, and stirring it all together for one meaningful “dish.”

Comfort Recipe

Lifesavers - to remind you that that's what you are 
A Match - To light your fire when you're feeling burned out 
Smarties - To help you on those days when you don't feel smart 
Mounds Bar - to remind you of the mounds of love & support you have from back home
Tape- To fix things that will not work 
Confetti- To remind you to have fun 
A Starburst - To give you a burst of energy on days when you don't have any 
Pack of Gum - to help your unit stick together 
Cotton Ball - to cushion the rough roads 
A Rubber Band - To stretch yourself beyond the limits 
A String - To tie things together when everything falls apart 
Penny - we all need a little luck 
A Marble- For when you lose yours 
Battery - To give you that extra charge to keep you going... and going.
Piece of Rope - When you reach the end of yours, this will keep you going a bit longer 
Sample pack of Excedrin - Thank you, I know this job can be a headache 
Paperclip - to hold it all together 
A Hershey Hug- to let you know there's always someone on your side 
Mint - because you are worth a mint 
Phone cards-reminder to call home
Candle - to light up the darkness 
Tootsie Roll - to help you roll with the punches 
Laffy Taffy- to remind you to laugh 
Jolly Rancher - to remind you how sweet things can be
Map of USA-- so you will never be far from home. 
Yellow Ribbon-So you will know you will always be supported till you come home

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