Care Package Ideas For Your Service Member

Finally! Your service member has made it through all of their training and are (hopefully) now settled at their Permanent Duty Station. Or, maybe they’re headed off for deployment. Either way, they will be able to receive care packages. While they do have access to purchase any items that they may need, it is still nice to receive a package full of goodies from loved ones back home (especially if they are deployed). So, what can you send? Here are some ideas that come highly requested and recommended! (PS- If they are deployed, always remember to check regulations and restrictions for your service member's FPO/AP zip code before sending anything. You can check the regulations by zip code here.)  

FOOD

Beef jerky; Slim Jims; dried fruit; trail mix; protein bars; powdered drink mixes; chips; multivitamins; Emergen-C mix; gum

ENTERTAINMENT 

Playing cards, sketch pads, colored pencils, group games, books, stamps/envelopes, journals/notebooks, noise-cancelling headphones

CLOTHING (You’d be surprised how much goes missing while on deployment)

New socks, new T-Shirts, new undergarments 

OTHER IDEAS

Wipes (DUDE wipes are great!), hand warmers, hanging storage organizer, photos and/or photo magnets, letters, giftcards (Amazon, Xbox, etc)