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Lakesrider · 12-09-2009, 10:37 AM

Every year I put together 20 care packages for the troops. I include 2 pair of white or gray socks, toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant (Gel type), soap, disposable razors, shave creme ( the kind in a toothpaste tube) 4 aa batteries, baby wipe packets, lip balm (Chapstick gel, (not the wax kind, it melts) Visine to get the sand out, etc. I pack everything in small plastic bags so they don't leak. In 2008 I included Rat 3 knives. Last year I did the small Swiss army knives. This year I did $20 phone cards. I always include a small thank you note, and include pictures of the Lake. I'm sure they miss seeing water...All in all about $50 each. Small price to pay for what they do. I then deliver them to the NG armory in Concord.

12-09-2009, 10:37 AM	#23
Lakesrider Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,129 Thanks: 380 Thanked 1,016 Times in 345 Posts	Every year I put together 20 care packages for the troops. I include 2 pair of white or gray socks, toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant (Gel type), soap, disposable razors, shave creme ( the kind in a toothpaste tube) 4 aa batteries, baby wipe packets, lip balm (Chapstick gel, (not the wax kind, it melts) Visine to get the sand out, etc. I pack everything in small plastic bags so they don't leak. In 2008 I included Rat 3 knives. Last year I did the small Swiss army knives. This year I did $20 phone cards. I always include a small thank you note, and include pictures of the Lake. I'm sure they miss seeing water...All in all about $50 each. Small price to pay for what they do. I then deliver them to the NG armory in Concord.