Mailed movies directly by Amazon, 3 packages to 3 wounded warriors.
box 1:
Independence Day (Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum)
Men in Black I and II (Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones)
Box 2:
Hitch (Will Smith)
The Gods Must Be Crazy I and II
Flight 93
Box 3:
Tombstone (Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott)
Galaxy Quest (Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver)
There’s Something About Mary (Carmen Diaz, Ben Stiller)
Now that the 9/11 is passing, our next "organized" packages for the troops will be candy for Hallowe'en. You can buy the sales now, but don't mail till October 15, so the chocolate won't melt.
Anyone can send "unorganized" packages to them in the meantime. The Stryker companies are requesting drink mix powder to flavor their water. Bagram, Afghanistan is requesting snacks for the soldiers at the fire bases, including cups of soup, and movies. I'll post the movies we've sent there this last year in the next post.
Mailed September 11, 2006, to A company of Stryker at Baghdad, 2 boxes
Box 1, insured $78.91, postage $10.40 paid by my optometrist
1 Boxed set TV series: Lost, season 2
36 individual packs 15 Wet Ones (donated by my optometrist)
1 card with sentiment of appreciation for service
Box 2, value $38.00, postage $8.10 paid for by my optometrist
38 individual packs 15 Wet Ones (donated by my optometrist)
Mailed September 11, 2006, to HHC of Stryker at Baghdad
1 box, value $56.08, postage $8.10 paid for by my optometrist
34 indiv packs 15 Wet Ones
3 magazines:
Economist
Stuff
FHM
1 book: Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card)
Mailed September 11, 2006, to Camp Ramadi
1 box, insured $69.90, postage $10.40 paid for by my optometrist
1 boxed set TV series: Lost, season 2
1 box 24 Payday candy bars (2 lb 12.4 oz total)
1 box 15 oz Chips Ahoy cookies, soft baked chunky
1 pack 16 oz strawberry Twislers
4 TicTacs
5 indiv packs Wet Ones (donated by my optometrist)
3 travel Kleenex packs
1 Floss mint waxed 55 yds
1 can Mandarin oranges
2 packs 12 Trident white chicklets
1 card with sentiment of appreciation for service to country
Mailed September 11, 2006, to Bagram, Afghanistan,
1 box, insured $69.22, postage $10.40 paid by my optometrist
3 DVD movies/standup comedy routines
They call me “Tater Salad” (Ron White)*
Blue Collar Comedy Tour, One for the Road*
Cat Ballou (Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin)*
7 cans of Mandarin oranges
2 jars 18 oz Skippy extra chunky peanut butter
2 mint waxed floss 55 yards
8 individual packs 15 Wet Ones (donated by my optometrist)
5 packs 12 Trident white chicklets
2 magazines, 1 newsletter
People magazine, Steve Irwin cover
Weekly Standard “Human Rights”
Billy Graham letter
1 birthday card for a soldier
*donated by SwatTeam