Get a Morale Package to our Troops
ACTION ITEM: Here's the easiest way to get a "morale package" to our troops:
(1) Buy a copy of USA Today with our full-page "RightMarch.com" ad in it; tear out that ad. (It's also available for printing online at http://www.conservativealerts.com/usatodayad.pdf)
(2) Buy an INTERNATIONAL pre-paid Phone Card at your local Wal-Mart, service station, or whatever's closest to you. If you can't get one locally, you can buy one online (http://www.conservativealerts.com/phonecard.htm -- scroll down after you click through, and get the "Global Caller" card), and print out the information that's e-mailed to you on how to use it. (Soldiers are desperate for these, to keep in touch with their families back home.)
(3) Check with friends, neighbors, church members, etc., and see if they have a son/daughter/relative serving in the military that would like to receive a care package; get their name & address for delivery.
(4) Pack up a large envelope or small box (like a shoebox), insert the ad and the phone card (or virtual phone card printout), along with a note of encouragement, and ship it off to your soldier. Instant "morale packages" for our troops!
To ensure that mail gets through to troops, the following information is given on addressing.
Recommended address:
* Soldier's Name (Use of rank is optional)
* Organization to which assigned (Organization name should be
included if you have it; however, it is not always used for
certain types of forces)
* Unit # xxxx (Unit # is a four digit number assigned to some
units, but not all. Where assigned, it should always be used.
Soldiers will have notified friends and family if they have
one assigned)
* APO AE 09xxx-xxxx
(APOs served by New York have a 09 prefix (09xxx); APOs
served by San Francisco have a 96 prefix (96xxx), and APOs
served by Miami have a 34 prefix (34xxx). The last four xxxx
represent a ZIP 4 add-on to the normal five digit APO Zip
Code, and have been assigned to some forces. Where assigned,
correspondents should have been notified and the four digit
add on should always be used to help in automatic sorting
of mail.)
THIS IS IMPORTANT: You can NO LONGER send a package to "any service member", ever since the first anthrax threats emerged. The Department of Defense cancelled the anonymous "any service member" mail programs on October 30, 2001. The cancellation has not been rescinded and still remains in effect. The instructions here are the BEST WAY to get your "morale package" to our troops fighting in the mideast.
If you don't have a family member deployed overseas, check with your friends, colleagues, or church members to get the address of someone who is serving. If you still can't find anyone to send to, then package up your items and send them to:
Operation ShoeBox
P.O. Box 1465
Belleview, FL 34421
Operation ShoeBox will package the items and mail them to specific service members who have been deployed. They also need help with postage to mail packages to the troops, but they aren't set up to accept checks or cash. What you can do, if you want to help, is to send them a US Postal Money Order payable to US Postmaster. They can turn these over to the Postmaster, who will apply the amount to the Operation ShoeBox account at the Post Office, on which they can draw for stamps. It costs about $6.00 to send a shoebox.
NOTE: Please forward this e-mail to everyone you know who might also want to send a "morale package" to our troops fighting overseas for our freedom and the freedom of others.
Thank you!