
I was sending him random junk-mail ... not credit-card offers, but alumni magazines, trade-magazines, etc etc but he said they have to burn anything with an address on it and really anything he wants to read he can get on the Internet. (He is lucky enough to have it in his room.) So now I have to throw-away junk mail instead of forwarding it on. Oh well... it was worth the shot :)
He said one of the best things people can 'send' is to make contributions to the USO. Apparently, they put on some pretty good programs for their battalion and entire base. He would like to see them continued. Between the USO and MWR they have some really entertaining programs (small and large) that help their time pass a little faster.
I realize that a donation to an organization isn't as personal. I struggle with it as I want to send a piece of HOME; but this is what Hubby said and he is who the 'gift' is for. If your deployed loved-one is in the same train-of-thought as Hubby ... the cookies just won't make it across the ocean followed by the 130 degree temperature of the desert... (The LARGE box of oatmeal cookies & trail-mix that my dear-grandmother made for Hubby had turned into pretty much sandpaper before he got them.) ... a monetary contribution of some sort might be the answer! Follow it up with a letter or an email. You aren't boasting; you will make them feel good knowing that you want to make his (or her) deployment-experience a memorable one. (And to keep the mice (EEK) away from his 'choo'.)
- Leanne from MilitaryAvenue.com
The USO provided us with some fairly decent meals in Iceland, the fish was my favorite. I remember getting excited to get to the USO for dinner on occasion.
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