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Originally Posted by marianne237

When I sent my nephew goody boxes on several of his tours of Iraq and Afghanistan, I included rubber balls, yoyos, motorcycle and car magazines besides the suntan lotion and misc. items. He recently told me that the one thing he remembered the most were the "gummy" candy alligators I sent him from the Russell Stover store in Wildwood. He got the greatest laugh out of them. The "toys" were appreciated since they gave them to some of the children and made friends with them.

Operation Shoebox needs a lot of items and especially support from Village friends. They do a special job keeping our soldiers morale up under strange circumstances that we can never imagine.

Great tips. Thanks!