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Shoeboxes for Soldiers
Purchase or collect items for the soldiers. Drop them off at your local collection area. This could be near a base, a church, or volunteer group.You can also send them to: Operation Shoebox 8360 E. Highway 25 Belleview FL 34420 Earn this patch by collecting items for soldiers, making cards for them, and making a shoebox during the holidays or any time of the year. Place the Parade/Reading Adventure year bar underneath each year for only $1! Items to place in your shoebox: Some of these items can be found at the local $dollar stores. Suggestions for the shoeboxes All items are NEW not used.CHOOSE AT LEAST FOUR FOOD OR CANDY ITEMS • Gum and mints
• Candy (No chocolate May-September)
• Protein Bars, power bars, nutritional bars
• Fruit: single serving size cans
• Nuts, sunflower seeds, peanuts, trail mix, dried fruit
• Beef jerky, beef summer sausage (non-perishable; labeled USDA Beef)
• Single-serving bags of snacks, crackers
• Pop Tarts, cereal bars, granola bars
• Ramen Noodles, cup-O-Noodles serving cups, Easy Mac®
• Ravioli and other canned ready-to-eat meals (single serving) with pop-top
• Popcorn (single serving)
• Hard Candy (single wrapped) CHOOSE ONE BEVERAGE ITEM • Instant Coffee packets
• Instant Cappuccino packets
• Hot cocoa mix packets
• Lemonade mix, Kool-Aid® mix, Raspberry Iced Tea mix
• Gatorade® mix (powdered only) CHOOSE ONE COMMUNCATION OR RECREATIONAL ITEM • New decks of cards
• Paper back book or newspaper
• Stamps
• Envelopes
• Small pads of paper
• Pens
• Small, blank journals CHOOSE FOUR PERSONAL CARE ITEMS [Travel-size toiletries/hygiene products] • Lip balm (Chapstick in a tube) is in high demand in desert areas.
• Throat Lozenges & Vitamin C Lozenges
• Travel size packages of Q-tips
• Body wipes for personal hygiene (alcohol-free)
• Liquid hand sanitizers (no pump-style dispensers)
• Toothpaste (in hard-side tubes rather than traditional tubes)
• Toothbrushes
• Nail clippers
• Shampoo
• Deodorant
• Liquid body wash soap (no bar soap or pump-style dispensers)
• Lotion, unscented, for dry skin (no pump-style dispensers)
• Disposable multi-blade razors (no single blade razors please)
• ShaveMan™ Battery Powered Shaver
• Razors and replacement blades
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