Needed items for Holiday Care Baskets-Thanksgiving and Christmas

Non perishable food items and basic household items to distribute to soldiers' families

• cereal • cup of soups • hand/feet warmers-the kind that you activate to warm hands
• beef jerky/pepperoni sticks • tuna in foil/canned goods • candy/gum (stocking stuffers)
• microwave popcorn • dried fruits • movies and CD music • coffee and Hot Chocolate
• books (to include word books) • paper towels, toilet tissue • detergent •
• fabric softer sheets • movie tickets/ gift certificates • family fun center gift certificates
• board games • card games
• gift cards (ie. Target/Fred Meyer/Walmart/KMart/Grocery stores/Visa)
• gasoline cards
• Christmas music/movies, small ornaments, stocking stuffers to place in care packages/holiday boxes
• stocking stuffers for the kids . . .coloring books, crayons, paints, tooth paste, tooth brushes, floss
• Tickets to holiday events (concerts, Singing Christmas Tree, sporting events)

Family support can always use cash or checks payable to:
Friends of the 2/218th FA Bravo, 333 Armory Way, McMinnville, OR 97128,
to help fund family events.

Contact Christine Blakney, 503-560-3042.