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sendCheer
I am sooo glad to be able to be a part of the USO/Cheerios sendCheer program. It is great that we can show our appreciation for our troops in such an easy way. I recently bought 10 boxes of Cheerios to donate to friends and family (and a complete stranger too!). Here’s what it looked like:
As you can see, I’ve got a great bunch of people who really wanted to show the troops how much we care! If you don’t know how the program works, here you go:
1. Buy a box of specially marked Cheerios.
2. Cut out the postcard.
3. Fill in the postcard with thanks to our troops.
4. Add a stamp and put in the mail.
The USO does the rest (the postcard is already preaddressed to them). It’s that easy to make a family of one of our troops feel like they are appreciated!
I also need to bring attention to one of the people who I donated cereal too (you’ll see her in the slideshow above). Her name is Mrs. Jacky, and she works for our local park district. However, in her free time, she sends packages to our soldiers. She’s done this since 2003 and has sent over 2000 packages to our local soldiers! I always try to donate whatever I can (and she can especially use postage!) for her to send (for example, when we stay in a hotel, I always grab the shampoo and lotion. I then donate them to Mrs. Jacky who sends them overseas.) The letters and pictures of thanks get added to her bulletin board. This woman is an angel. Here is a list of things she collects to send over if any of you would like to help:
Shampoo
Baby Wipes
Soap
Toothpaste
Hard Candy
Juice boxes
Snack food
Lip Balm
Combs
Sunscreen
Gum
Tylenol
Food Bars
Toilet Paper
Foot Powder
Small botthle of hand “no water” soap sanitizier
Band Aides
Canisters of presweetened Kool-Aid, Tea, and Lemonade
Mouthwash
User Paperback books
Toothpaste samples or floss
Sunday Comics
Extra condiment packets (sugar, ketchup)
Toothbrushes
Children’s drawings
Extra item in a pack (example: 6th gum free in a 5 pack)
Encouraging letters
Hotel shoe shine kits
Hotel small shampoo
Hotel small soap
Hotel small lotion
Hotel sewing kits
Hotel small conditioner
Hotel small mouth wash
I am hoping that you all can help with such a great campaign by buying a box of specially smarked Cheerios(or donate to any local people doing things for the troops)!
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sendCheer
Regardless to how you feel about the wars we are in, I know that most of us support the troops. We all have different ways to show it too. I know many people send care packages to those overseas. One of those people that I like to help is Mrs. Jacky. She is a teacher at our local Park District, and she collects donations to send to our local soldiers. She started this in 2003, and I know they’ve sent out over 2000 packages! I always donate what I can to her. (The easiest donation is those little containers of shampoo and lotion you get at hotels. I grab those and give them to her to send over all the time!). Bill also has some extended family members that have served. I also have many online friends whose husbands are in the military (and I wonder every day how they do it!). I’d be amazed if my readers also didn’t have the military touch them in some way like my family.
Cheerios has made it super easy to sendCheer to our troops. Many of us understand we wouldn’t have the freedom we do if it wasn’t for our soldiers and their families that have sacrificed so much for us. However, many of us don’t know exactly how to express our thanks. That’s where Cheerios has stepped in.
When you buy specially marked Cheerios boxes, they come with postcards addressed to the USO. You can write a special note of thanks, add a stamp, and send off to the USO (the postcards come preaddressed). You don’t have to personally know a military family to be involved in this awesome campaign. The USO will then distribute these postcards to military families. You will be making a strangers day.
How do you support our military? Will you be buying a box of Cheerios?
This post has been compensated as part of a sponsored charitable opportunity for Collective Bias.
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