Christmas Care Packages For Troops

Approx 12 16 inches tall x 5 6 inches wide.

Christmas care packages for troops.

This year we sent over 1100 packages to minnesota troops deployed mainly overseas quite an increase from our fist year of 73 packages. Operation christmas stocking we need 10 000 stockings that we can stuff and add to the christmas care packages. Collect items for our standard care package by hosting a care package drive at your workplace school organization or place of worship. We don t have a whole lot of room for clutter so sometimes the things that are most important to us are the most useful things that help us do our job.

What to include in your care package. The troops love receiving instant coffee personal hygiene items stationery jerky and more. Stamp n for the troops we are asking all americans if they would consider donating one first class stamp to be used for postage for cards letters and care packages. This is especially important outside the established holidays.

A care package sent with love from home help ease the homesickness and give deployed service members a small piece of holiday tradition. Care package goods care packages. You don t need to know a member of the military to collect items for us to ship. Here on the uss san jacinto we recently received a shipment of care packages from y all at operation gratitude.

Some of the best care packages i received were the ones that had practical items in it. This little ray of sunshine was much needed as the unfortunate spread of the coronavirus has stopped all of our possible port visits.