Clean Earth Restorations is organizing a “Hugs from Home” campaign with care packages for American troops deployed overseas. Won’t you join us in donating useful and requested items that will make our servicemen and women more comfortable and send the message that their countrymen/women back home are thinking of them and appreciate the sacrifices they are making for us? Below you will find a list of suggestions that would be right at home in a “Hug” package:
These items are frequently requested, according to various websites that mention what the troops “really want”:
- candy (that won’t melt)
- foot powder
- games (cards games of all sorts, outdoor games, Sudoku and word search books, etc.)
- magazines and newspapers (nothing inappropriate)
- baby wipes
- Vicks vapor rub
- icy hot patches
Other items that would be useful and desirable are:
- crackers, popcorn, pretzels, nuts
- instant coffee, drink mixes
- ramen noodles, lunch size tuna and chicken packs
- packets of sugar & cream
- beef jerky
- granola bars
- licorice
- small shampoos and conditioner, small body washes, small lotions
- Band-Aids, cough drops, lip balm
- crew/tube sox
- safety pins
- toothpaste, tooth brushes
- hair brushes
- AA & AAA batteries
- DVD’s
- anti-
bacterial hand soap, hand sanitizer
If you would like to donate some of these items, or other items not listed here but that you think would ship well and be of use or entertainment for the troops, please drop them by our offices at:
Call us at 619 284 4239 for drop off hours.
Your donation will make a difference!