Operation Santa Iraq

Hey Ladies My brothers best friend is in the Army in Iraq and the holidays are just around the corner. I have decided to gather as much stuff for the troops as I can and send it out to them. I figured I would share this with you ladies to see if you like to help in anyway. this is the flyer i have on my face book im just going to copy and paste it.......

As most of you know Jason Laskin is deployed in Iraq in the Army. The holidays are comming and I have decided to collect items for our Soldiers over seas. Its not easy to be away from family and friends for the holidays so, I thought It would be nice to try to make theyre holidays a little brighter for as many soldiers as possible. I cannot do it without your help. I am asking for donations and I will arrange a drop box at my house. I am awaiting a list of items that they need/want. I will update the list as I get updates. Anything you can donate is greatly apprechated.

Get your donations together asap I JUST FOUND OUT THE SHIPPING DEADLINE TO GET THERE BEFORE CHRISTMAS IS DEC 11!!!!! I will send boxes out as soon as theyre full and I will continue to send them out as they fill up. I will not have the box set up until tonight so for now if you are dropping thing off put it in a box or bad and leave it on my front porch. You can email me at the email address provided if you have any questions. Thank you for your support it means a lot!



I got this list from a web site that does this every year to give you guys examples of what to get. I am also adding the soldiers personal requests.

HOLIDAY & CHRISTMAS PACKAGES FOR SOLDIERS


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Christmas Stockings.

Individual packets of hot chocolate, cider or hot soup mix…
Candy (bite sized, individually wrapped, all kinds -- any kind)
AT&T Phone Cards (keep in mind that these cards are sold in minutes but calls from Iraq & other places are charged in 'units' which are really just multiples of minutes -- so buy cards with LOTS of minutes. You can check out the pre-paid cards and the 'unit' charges
Hand held games (battery games with batteries, please)
Small puzzle books, coloring books

Small, signed Holiday cards from you and your families (include your name and address!)
Cigarettes (no lectures, please)
Cigars (good ones!)
Books (current titles are greatly appreciated)
Magazines (cars, trucks, men's health, exercise, business, computing...)
Microwave food items (popcorn, all-in-one pan microwave deserts, heat & eat soups, etc.)
Cereal bars
Granola Bars
Gummy treats (peach was requested)
Energy drinks (monster was requested)
Home baked goods - If you are sending baked goodies, pack brownies and cakes in tins and wrap in plastic wrap -- vacuum sealing works GREAT (but freeze your cakes/breads, etc. FIRST or the vacuum will crush it! Plus it stays fresher!)
Army & Air Force Exchange Service
Pre-paid gift cards or gift certificates from American Express, Visa, Amazon.com

Holiday decorations
Look around your homes and see your most cherished reminders of the holidays... and replicate those for our troops.

Garland
Shatterproof ornaments (Kohls, K-Mart, Wal-Mart, Target all sell these)
Tinsel
Lights (small wattage)
Small artificial trees
Cold weather items (it's cool there now)
Stocking caps (black only)
Long sleeve t-shirts -- (M, L or XL) but must be Army brown... Under Armour is preferred but also (less pricey) Dri-Release shirts (Soffee, Anvil, etc.)

You can also order t-shirts and other deployment items at AAFES (click on the 'Gift from the Homefront' icon in the right column!)
Gloves (tactical gloves are preferred... which you can also find online or at gun stores or military or police supply stores)
Lightweight fleece blankets.
small pillows

DVDs, Music CDs... new releases are greatly coveted... and believe me, they pass them around and trade them so one DVD or one CD makes its way to a lot of soldiers...

Footballs, baseballs, baseball gloves, soccer balls, volleyballs...

Holiday Cards that they can send to friends and families back home (they do not need postage!) much appreciated.

Be sure to include your handwritten greetings... especially handwritten cards and notes from children!!

Re: Operation Santa Iraq

KIM.. this such a nice thing to do! where do you live? i would like to bring some stuff!

Re: Operation Santa Iraq

I live in Commack and I work in lindenhurst (if that s closer). I will FM you my address. Thank you for your support it means a lot to me!

Re: Operation Santa Iraq

i live in kings park!

Re: Operation Santa Iraq

i did this once for kids.... we had to fil a bookbag with stuff for kids for christmas i loved it!!

Re: Operation Santa Iraq

thats so nice of you! I love doing stuff like this. I have a lot of people that want to help me so Im super excited I just have to work fast so they get theyre stuff by the holidays.

Re: Operation Santa Iraq

I have a lot of soccer balls. Most are lightly used. Think I have some new ones laying around too.

Is it ok that they are used?

Re: Operation Santa Iraq

I know that they also do soccer balls for the troops too...Are you collecting them too, FH and I have ALLOOOTTT of soccer balls to send over

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Posted by snowa5

I have a lot of soccer balls. Most are lightly used. Think I have some new ones laying around too.

Is it ok that they are used?

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yes as long as theyre usable its ok. Anything is apprechated thanks so much!

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Posted by rocketsummer17

I know that they also do soccer balls for the troops too...Are you collecting them too, FH and I have ALLOOOTTT of soccer balls to send over

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Im sure whatever they get they will enjoy and apprechate it! thanks so much!

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I know they like sports equipment to help them form a relationship with the children in Iraq as well as for theyre own fun

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Thanks again ladies