care package

[cra_z_ladi]

i would like to send my son a care package. he is currently on the george washington. what are the do's and don'ts? what are some good ideas. thanks to all that reply...

[matt's mom]

No Porn, alcohol, some places no pork
Send him his favotrite candy, snack food,
use the flat rate boxes and if it is going to a FPO/APO address it should be only 10.95. Yoiu will have to fill out a custon form also.
being away from home they are thanksful for anything yiou send them.
Somehting I do with all my baje goods is freeze them before i send them.
Feel free to PM me with any question

[KYmom]

I sent hard candy, magazines, soup ( heat n eat individuals), pop corn, cheeze whiz, crackers,

[Kristie]

How is Tim doing.....??? Hopefully Jennifer is not being to hard on him....lol...she loves to boss people around!

[MsLesho]

I sent several before I decided I had to do something to spice up the box sending....especially making it fun for me! We used ti watch a late Saturday afternoon show called" Dinner and a Movie". So I would hunt down DVDS he had said he wanted..sent microwave popcorm...red vines..and then send a canned ham..mac and cheese pkts..microwave potatoes....sm. cans of fruit and veggied with the poptops. Oh and I never forgot the Propel and Crystal Light pkts to put in their recyceld water. I went to a 99 Cent store and got a collapsable bowl with a lid (in the interest of space). Daniel said it came in handy for the potatoes and mac and cheese packets. At 99 cents..I wasnt heartbroken when he threw it out at the end of deployment!

LuEllen, PNM of Daniel ~ USS Nimitz

[KYmom]

collapsle bowl.... I will have to look for one of those.

[NavyMomx2]

send them nerf footballs...lots of them in case they go "over board". Little games, a deck of cards, baby wipes, febreeze (for those stinky roommates bunks), those heat in the microwave deserts, socks, a soft pillow case...hope this gets you started.

[cousinIT]

MA! you're right...I do. but it's only cause people dont like to do what they're supposed to. i've been trying to guide him into getting the quals he needs to get his overnight liberty. that's what everyone's goal is right now. poor kid, though. he's a crank!

my mom sends bags of cookies and candy...i like that. i got a care package from my dad's company once for christmas and they sent fleece blankets, magazines and books...they sent the little microwavable soups and stuff. it's always good to get SOMETHING while you're out =]

[cra_z_ladi]

you will never know how much this helps...i'm sitting here missing him so badly i want to drive off a cliff...yes he can be a crank...his nicknames for me are crazy lady and domestic overlord...lol...i have plenty of boxes, so i'll get started tomorrow...hopefully i don't mess the address up...oh keep the good ideas coming...thanks so much...i'll check back again in a few days...

[cousinIT]

well, we call him crank because he's cranking on the mess decks...i got called that too, LOL. and when i made third class, they called me CS3 (culinary specialist) haha.