A college student writes a random letter to a soldier fighting in iraq. The soldier i had been sending things to is safe at home now, but i cant seem to get the address of anybody else he knows thats overseas. All pro dad shares how to send care packages for soldiers. You get to make a care package of exactly what your soldier wants. Nojust use the address they gave youthe website arose when regulations changed and you could no longer send mail to anysoldieryou needed to have a name and addressmost of the time the names you get from anysoldier. I feel like it is probably a mix of both on the list. Caf have demonstrated time and again that they will rise to any challenge. Priority mail packages typically take about 10 to 14 days to reach their country of. Any female soldier, and the number of times their address has been requested among other options. How to send care packages to troops overseas youtube. A letter, from you, your children, the kids at church or school, is the best thing to send.
Im off to the post office now to send a college care package filled with love and homemade treats to each of my two babies. Do you pick new addresses and send out boxes when new names come out or do you stick with some of the same soldiersmarinessailors for long periods of time. While the guidelines here are useful for making up packages to send to any u. Explore our favorite ideas, discover how to craft your own, and learn to get kids excited. Just go to the site and click on where to send and pick a soldier and start reading their stories and find one to help out. When choosing what to send, keep in mind possible delays as well as any. Use this box to search the contents of the soldier s updates. The impact that support our troops and soldier on has on families, and. A friend suggested anyone wanting to adopt a soldier go to anysoldier. Use this box to search the contents of the soldiers updates.
Prior to finding this site we wanted to be able to do something for our service people but not knowing anyone personally were unabl. Read the posts of the soldiers on the where to send page. Well help you with suggestions of what to send, who to send it to and how to send it. This is where you can search for what they need, where they are from, etc. Due to overwhelming requests the any soldier effort was expanded to include any deployed member of the u. I have a bunch of stuff ready to go, but nobody to send it to.
All the sponsors on this page offer discounts or some other benefit to anysoldier. When you send letters plus packages, if you wish, they distribute them to soldiers who dont get any other mail first. With hundreds of thousands of service men and women deployed in harms way, anysoldier. Navymass communication specialist 2nd class alan gragg. I was wondering if there is a current system like that, where i can send letters, notes etc to any soldier. I served in desert storm back in 1991, and i remember the anonymous any soldier letters that we would get they sure could brighten your day when you didnt get any mail.
Anysoldier was started in 2003 by the parents of brian horn, an army sergeant who parachuted into iraq in late march 2003. Care packages for troops best military care package ideas. It is a great thought and done with the best intentions when people send. Sending to someone you know is great, but you can also use sites like anysoldier. Staff sergeant robert hickory receives the any soldier mail and takes the time to respond to these letters, sending more personalized letters to. Ive been told not to send anything containing chocolate this time of year even choc. Covid19 pandemic a million thanks suspends its send aletter mission. Sunflower seeds, peanuts, beef jerky, slim jims stuff that they can.
Should your kids decide what summer camp they attend. Finding the right gifts to send overseas can be a challenge. In this day of email and instant messages, it seems old fashioned to send a snail mail letter, but. Any soldier in his address to soldiers who didnt get much or any mail. Thanks to these tips for how to package brownies for shipping, i know that the treats will arrive whole, fresh and ready for my babies to enjoy and share. We are a web based interface that allows everyone to be in contact with deployed troops to send them what they need while serving in harms way. Eyewitness news spoke to a long island woman who was targeted and lost all of her savings. Brian later completed a tour in afghanistan and is now home. Any airman send your support to an airman in the u. A few years back when my husband was deployed, i was drawing a blank when it came to creative military care package ideas. How can i send letters to any soldier in iraqafghanistan. If you know a soldier currently serving in afghanistan you may want to send them a care package, but are not quite sure how to go about it. Ive been getting new names but i think i might stick with one for a while now and just throw in an occasional new one.
Any soldier offers the opportunity for everyone to support our military personnel by sending care packages or simply writing letters or sending a card to service. I literally used to just throw everything inside a plan old box and send the package on its merry way. Thats what fathers and mothers in our military face every day. How to send a care package to your soldier in afghanistan. Fort wayne, in 46885 never send stuff for the troops to this address mail sent. Specifics for sending care packages and letters to. Do not send care packages addressed to any soldier,a wounded warrior, etc. When i receive a letter back from my soldier brian, ill fill you in with what i learn. In afghanistan, especially, soldiers appreciate getting letters mailed to them.
Marty horn, a 20year army veteran who is now retired, built a web site anysoldier. The plus is that hopefully that person will pass on whatever mail package was sent if it was meant for the group. Many of the troops stationed there are out on assignments away from any access to email or computers, but they usually have regular mail deliveries to their location. Soldier support military care packages any soldier. Keeping links current to the usps site is impossible as they change urls constantly, so we now link just to their home page from where you can easily use their search engine to find the information you want from their site. I have to tell you, this is the one that really got my heart going.
Do you pick new addresses and send out boxes when new names come out or do you stick with some of the same soldiersmarinessailors for long periods of. Also try clicking on the highlighted words in their updates. The first time brian was able to call home, he asked his parents to send more care packages. When i found out my son was going to be deployed to afghanistan i immediately began researching different websites and organizations in order to figure out how to stay in contact with my son and how to support him during his. Sailors and marines sort mail aboard the amphibious assault ship uss makin island lhd 8. Whoever designed the form is either ignorant that care. Support the troops kansas adjutant generals department. How to know what to send to soldiers in afghanistan and. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources. The response has overwhelmed the recipients, as well. Sergeant brian horn, then an army infantry soldier with the 173rd airborne brigade, was in the kirkuk area of iraq when he asked his parents for even more care packages he agreed to distribute the packages that came to him with attn. The best activities for kids have fun and educational aspects. If you would like to send mail or parcels to canadian armed forces.
955 426 1336 939 959 121 98 1170 131 1025 1216 403 1083 1506 562 528 365 744 1182 1054 1550 20 836 1292 1112 698 1069 53 59 502 123 1537 1214 1260 1487 243 163 408 813 18 623 470 735 789