See below for ways you can support our troops
Gary Sinese Foundation - my favorite troop and veteran support organizaton. While we can never do enough to show gratitude to our nation's defenders, we can always do a little more. - Gary Sinese
Military and Veteran Support Calendars:
Patriot Guard Riders N California Vet Support Calendar -
PGR is very active in the Northern California area supporting welcome home events at the airports as well as veteran funerals and other ceremonies.
Patriot Guard Riders
Warriors Watch
Another group of riders greeting returning troops
Scottish American Military Society Calendar
Association of the US Army Calendar Sacramento area
To find a bagpiper for military or veteran support: Bagpipers
Blue Star Moms - Sacramento
Items are being collected to send to our service men and women (items must fit in 12x12x6” USPS boxes) Please email us at support@sacramentoBlueStarMoms.org to add your deployed loved one's name to our care package list.
Move America Forward our local organization sending thousands of packages a year
Operation Gratitude - Sent over one million care packages so far
Stars For Our Troops welcomes you to find out more about how You and We can show support to those that have Served and those that Are Serving - our Military, our Veterans, and our First Responders. Old tattered and faded US flags are retired from service and we pass the legacy of their embroidered Stars to those that defended them.
Here is another site worth visiting. They support the families of our military who have lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan
Children of Fallen Soldiers Relief Fund
Note: No service personnel can receive mail not addressed to them by name.
Do not send mail to "A Recovering American Soldier c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center"
The Post Office has been directed not to deliver such mail. See below for some better ideas.
Want to support to a Soldier in harm's way, but have no idea of what to send, who to send it to, or how to send it?
http://anysoldier.com/ (This links also to Any Marine, Airman, and Sailor)
You can donate money which ALL goes to sending support. You can just send a letter or you can send a generic care package, or you can pick out something specific that our troops really need and send that. Read the FAQ on the website.
Here's the "top ten" from some infantry soldiers returned from Iraq:
Gatorade and other powdered drink mixes
Babywipes and Toilet paper
Q-tips and Pipe cleaners
Cigarettes (menthol) and Skoal
Hard candies, nuts, jerky
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***Individual items are best*** Highlighted items are needed most THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT |
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| CANDY Candy - All Fruit Breezes (throat drops) Twizzlers CORRESPONDENCE Writing Paper/Envelopes/Greeting Cards Pens/Pencils/Pencil Sharpeners DENTAL Floss Mouthwash (small containers) Toothbrushes Toothpaste DRINKS Coffee (instant) Coffee Creamer - powder Gatorade Powdered Drink Mixes Tea Mixes (sweet) (or tea bags) FOOD (including dry goods, snacks) Sugar, Salt & Pepper Packets Protein/Energy Bars Jerky Canned Fruit (pop top cans no plastic) Canned Meat (pop top cans no plastic) Cereal (in small boxes)/Granola Bars Condiments Packages (ketchup, mayo etc.) Cookies/Girl Scout Cookies Instant Soups (TopRamien, Cup of Soup) Gum Oatmeal (instant) |
Pop-Tarts GAMES MUSIC/MOVIES PRINTED MATERIALS TOILETRIES/HYGIENE |
Nail Clippers OTHER |