well of course we love our service
members and know that one of the best
ways to make them feel loved during the
deployment is to send care packages
stuffed with all kinds of fun things in
necessity absolutely here with all the
do's and the don'ts as lifestyle experts
Cynthia Sutton welcome thank you thank
you I love this spread and there are
things like when we think there are
things that like don't send right you
talk to chip cookies don't send them
away because they the chocolate will
melt it's going through all kinds of
different time zones in different parts
of the world you just chocolate melts so
no chocolate chip cookies but they do
like fresh-baked cookies oatmeal cookies
oatmeal with a little drizzle on the top
is fine yeah I think raisin cookies they
love homemade cookies put it in a packet
you know like a Tupperware container or
something like that there are two things
that they request the most one fresh
coffee so we've got two sparrows here
two sparrows roasting they produce one
percent of all the specialty coffee in
the world
and they're based in Rome yes yes and in
fact you can smell how fresh it is
there's a little smell a smell a meter
on the front smellinator is that what
that is
yes I never knew what that was coffee is
their number one request okay number two
is spicy ketchup so when I was us a war
dogs he's like I don't know what it is
about you Texas people but spicy ketchup
I said I think it's from Waterberg
Whataburger yes that's what it is
so the grocery store now yes you can the
other thing is the little seasoning
packets there they love like go to Taco
Bell
I just went to Taco Bell and said I just
need seasoning packets they loaded me up
with little seasoning packets and stick
it in a little ziploc bag and then you
can send them seasoning packet and the
mini Tabasco yes bottles too are great
to send think about that because that's
what they're looking for and then the
other thing is when you're sending so
these are the two sizes of boxes this is
a priority box okay and this is a twelve
by twelve by twelve this is the biggest
you can send okay so this is anything in
these ranges is fine you if you have a
serviceman
servicewoman that you want to send
something specific to that's great if
you don't USA war dogs you can send it
to them and their their website their
listing the website you can send it to
USA war dogs org they will package they
go back through and make sure
everything's ok they package it back up
is all going to Iraq right now so then
also if you're gonna send personal care
send it in a separate box so don't mix
that with no mixtures don't mix it with
your foods because again the temperature
changes and the climate and things break
apart oh yeah cookies taste like lotion
yeah anything specific on the personal
care items that they're looking for I
know lip balm is always that balm is a
number one they also like the icy hot
sure especially now in Iraq it's winter
over there anything like that they want
but we don't want to forget the war dogs
the military dogs and the guys that take
care of these dogs the guys and the
ladies that take care of these dogs they
don't get a lot so when people send them
hit care packages and send things for
the dogs they love that as huge dog
treats like this this dog treat mark
pops is so lightweight that it's not
gonna weigh a lot and they want all USA
made dog treats nothing from anyplace
else has to be USA made dog treats or
they will throw it away these are I mean
they're light like Cheetos yeah very
light and that is a good point that you
just said us-made don't toss it and we
have Rex
since we have Tex we named Rex I love it
because the other big thing they asked
for our doggles because of the sand and
the dirt and it gets in their eyes and
then they also like the little thing
over there pause pause and for their
nose because it gets dry and they also
asked for blankets so little doggie
blankets that you can get we got all
this from puppy dogs and cat tails and
Brenham okay and they're also letting
people call and buy blankets and then
they're gonna send them to us a war dogs
so they're gonna and they're gonna put
together care packages as well so you
could go in and say I want to put dog
treats and I want to put gun dogs and
the water bowls because when they're out
on a mission they take their dog they
where they gonna stick a water bowl for
their dog right Cynthia we're tight on
time but you have a cool way to get the
kids involved with the puppy is the
our of veterans came from a poem called
in Flanders field so what we did is we
took an egg carton so just basically cut
it apart then we cut it again and we
created a flower perfect and painted it
I see and then dip the little just stuck
the little little seeds in the center
right and put their little stem in it
and stuck it in that by that is so
perfect mr. by house of stretcher and
they're preserved hydrangeas now the
flowers are real so you just take those
out afterwards but if you have a veteran
or your child has a grandpa or grandma
or great-grandparents what a better way
than to teach them this is the poppy and
remembrance of them that is fantastic
using only an egg carton and some craft
paints right thank you so much for
stopping by these are great ideas and we
should all remember our vets this
holiday season all right folks to keep
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