(Note some items are for female troops)

  Hygiene & Medical items

Bar soap

Shampoo

Body wash

Deodorant with anti perspirant

Foot doctor

Mole skin    ( found in foot  section of Pharmacy area)

Neosporin

Lotizone cream

Eye drops

Tylenol / Advil / Excedrin

Anti-diarrhea medicine

Tums

Moisture drops for mouth

Lotion     (small containers only please)                                                                                                  

Kotex ( Please limit  we only have a handful of females at this time)

Tampax ( we are getting these from several sources so limit this item please)

Shave cream

Anti-bacterial soap

Finger nail clippers

Toenail clippers

Tweezers ( good ones please)

Knee braces (BLACK VELCRO TYPE)

Q tips

Toilet paper   ( soft 2 ply please)

Paper towels

Baby wipes

 

FOOD ITEMS AND SNACKS !  They love food !

Food  and snack Items  like you would use for camping or a day out with the kids )

Ready to eat - canned or Styrofoam containers of soup and entrees

Chunky soup with pop top cans

Campbell's soups (pop-top or easy open cans)

Pouched chicken (Pouched is easy and cheaper to ship and easier for them to use)

Pouched turkey (Pouched is easy and cheaper to ship and easier for them to use)

Pouched Tuna (Pouched is easy and cheaper to ship and easier for them to use)

Pouched Beef (Pouched is easy and cheaper to ship and easier for them to use)

Canned meats and gravies (entrees)

Lunch to go  kits ( tuna kits)

Spam

Canned hams

Canned ravioli

Canned stew

vac packed meat logs  ( beef logs, pepperoni logs, etc..)

pepperoni in bags ( no refridg needed type)

Canned dips for chips

Peanut butter     ( please limit this item..   one can only eat so much peanit butter and a jar goes a long way )

Jelly (strawberry and grape is the most popular)  ( NO GLASS JARS PLEASE)

Honey

Cookies ( boxed and soft batch  make it through the mail the best)

 

 Biscotti  (Wafer tube type cookies)   ( available at Walgreens in a can for only 1.00  per can. Vanilla, Choc, Strawberry )   (You  can also buy this at Walmart and grocery stores in a variety of flavors)

 

 Microwave popcorn

spices to enhance MRE's

hot sauce (small bottles please)

Snack crackers   wheat thins, trisquits,  etc...

Kraft easy cheese (squirt cans)

Velveeta cheese

Jerky ( Jack Links Jerky an steak bites are a favorite!)

Dried fruits  ( NO APRICOTS PLEASE)

Fruit roll ups

Fruit snack packs

Canned fruits

Nuts

Pumpkin seeds

Dry powdered milk

Cereal ( the kind  you can eat dry  or with milk  so they can snack on it  dry also)

Dry Drink mixes PRE SWEETENED  with sugar i.e.. Kool-Aid, lemonade, TANG, Gatorade

ENERGY DRINKS  ( ready to drink cans do make it fine through the mail)

Cold brew tea bags

Life Savers

Cream Savers

Butterscotch hard candy

M&M's

Reese's Pieces

Granola bars  

        

 Other items      

 

(Note some of these items are listed for Trackers and Tankers )                             

Disposable utensils and dishes

Batteries - AA, AAA, C & D

5 gallon collapsible jugs (found for about $5 in sporting goods section)

BLACK Duct tape (found at Home Depot and Lowes)

Electrical tape

Plastic wire zip ties all sizes

CD's  ( can be used)

DVD's  ( can be used)

Disposable cameras

Portable CD players

Portable DVD players

GPS (Global positioning systems)

2 way radios

Cordless drills (for trackers and mechanics)

Wire wheel drills brushes (for trackers)

Wire brushes (like lg toothbrush type for trackers)

Men's heavy weight Black socks mens  white socks ( most units allow these now  due to foot problems occurring from long periods  with heat.)

Underwear knit boxers and reg. kind for men ( most but not all wear size medium)  Under Armour  products ar preferred  please see  notes on Operation  cool troops

Underwear women's (bikini and reg. Size 5 & 6 most popular.. none larger then size 6 please!)

Magazines (new ones  only please)

Hand held games  like  poker, etc..

Frisbees

Balls

Air pumps for balls

Journals

Cleaning items

Laundry detergent (they use it to clean equipment also)

Fabric sheets (they use them to keep things smelling better)

Fabreeze (they use to keep odor down)

Air fresheners

Lysol

Sponges with scouring pad on one side

Scouring pads

Windex , fantastic and other like cleaners

Toilet paper ( 2 ply soft)

Paper Towels

Zip lock bags (all sizes needed but gallon and 2 gallon are the most popular to keep sand out)

Trash bags (all sizes we use these and zip locks to pack items for the troops  so we can keep sand out and then they reuse them.)

ITEMS NOT ALLOWED ARE
obscene articals (prints,paintings,cards,vidieos,ect)
any matter dipicting nude,semi nude persons,no pornographic or sexual items
NO PORK OR PORK BY PRODUCTS