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Deployment Care Packages
DS just set "sail" on his first deployment. I am hoping some of you can give me (and others) a few do's and don'ts for care packages. Specifically...has any one ever sent: juice boxes, plastic bottles of juice, small cans of fruit, or those "cake in a jar" that you can make in a canning jar. Thank you for sharing!
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Permalink Reply by M's mom on
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I have sent my son homemade cookies made small and stacked in an empty Pringles can to keep them from getting crushed. I have also sent candy, but might want to be careful of chocolate if it's going to a warm climate. I have used "flat-rate" boxes from the US Postal Service in the large and medium sizes depending on how much stuff I had to send.
My son said it is better to send individual single-serving packages of crackers and snacks instead of a big bag of chips, which will go stale before he can eat it. My son enjoys sharing treats with his shipmates, so he likes it when I send multiple single-serving packages of crackers, cookies, caramel corn, jelly beans, etc. so he can just pass out packets to others, instead of everyone grabbing from the same bag and sharing germs!
You have to fill out a customs form disclosing the contents of the box and present it to the clerk at the post office when you mail it. The clerk always asks me if it contains anything perishable, toxic or explosive,or any liquids, so I'm not sure if juice boxes or plastic juice bottles would be OK. Metal-canned fruit would probably be OK. Thy don't want anything that might leak. Why not just send a box of powdered drink/juice individual serving packets and DS could just add them to water to make juice? Look in the powdered drink section of your supermarket. Those would probably be better than sending liquid juice. If in doubt, call your post office and ask what can and cannot be sent to deployed military.
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Permalink Reply by Kabar on
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Thanks M's Mom! Makes sense about the liquids..but I thought I'd ask anyway.
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