TIPS ON SENDING MAIL TO TROOPS

   The US Postal Service has Flat Rate boxes for $8.95 - they are standard size and free for the asking. . . you fill the box with what ever you can fit in it (as long as it is not bulging) - a great way to share some Holiday joy with our troops.

   Organizations that can help you with sending a package:

• Adopt a Soldier - helping those who desire to support the wounded, injured, and ill troops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Bethesda Naval Hospital.
• US Troop Care Package - send a package to a deployed soldier
• Treat Any Soldier Care Packages
• Where to send packages.
• Tips on what to send and where to get certain items
• Donate a phone calling card to a service member through Operation Uplink, sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Details are available at http://www.operationuplink.org.
• Send an e-mail greeting through http://www.operationdearabby.net.
• The Pentagon is encouraging Americans to support military people in the Middle East through collective programs, not on their own.