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20 Dec 04 - 10:15 PM (#1362014) Subject: BS: Christmas in Afghanistan From: mg It can be done. If the concept offends you, then call it Tet or whatever. Anyway, there is a great need there for almost everything and a major is collecting stuff..only have to mail to a US address if you are in US. (I don't advise people from oversees mailing here). Address is Dean Perez, Major, Infantry Adjustant 2nd Brigade EIG 76th Infantry BCT Camp Phoenix APO AE 09356 He is collecting both for the troops and local children. Troops could use books and videos; used are fine. Kids need clothes, including baby clothes. Mittens, socks, etc. Freezing cold there. One orphanage I read about had shoes in only two sizes for the kids. I don't know about toys...some might not be culturally approved, like dolls and picture books because if they are Muslim I think they have rules about images..so perhaps someone could educate us...but sporting goods should be OK. I am sending Nerf balls. School supplies should be OK. No toy guns, swords etc. So let's have this as a goal to immediately send any unneeded Christmas presents straight over if you think they can be used..likewise some other items. mg |
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20 Dec 04 - 10:27 PM (#1362022) Subject: RE: BS: Christmas in Afghanistan From: Rapparee From our collecting books for troops, don't send: *pictures of nude men or women, or sexually explicit materials. *quantities of materials critical of Islam (personal use is okay). Authors and book types that the troops like are almost any fiction, especially action stuff like Tom Clancy but almost anything, really; almost all nonfiction, including poetry; outdoor-type magazines (Outdoor Life, etc.). Don't send hardbacks, as they are simply too much weight and you can't easily carry them around -- paperbacks in good condition. There are plenty of Bibles, Books of Mormon, and so on. Science fiction and fantasy are good -- basically 'most anything to give the mind a vacation. Remember that the military will almost certainly vette this before it is released. |
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21 Dec 04 - 07:57 PM (#1362615) Subject: RE: BS: Christmas in Afghanistan From: mg oh..for some reason they were also collecting kites for the kids. Also toothbrushes, soap, that sort of thing. mg |