Military Mom in Action

needs YOUR help !!!

Here are ways you can help

Donations of any of the following items:

****Note: No glass or aerosol products please. (Example: All shaving cream needs to be in a cream form)

Items for Wounded Soldiers

Body wash

Socks

Phone cards

Items for Soldiers

Inexpensive Electronics

Personal CD Players

Instant cup of soups

Instant Coffee, Flavored Coffee, Tea Bags, and Hot Cocoa

Packs of Tuna or Chicken

Prepackaged Individual Items such as cereal bars, granola bars, sunflower seeds, nuts, cookies, crackers, beef jerky, slim jims, pretzels, hard candy, tootsie pops, pap tarts, fruit snacks, fruit roll-ups, dried fruit, instant lunches, and oat meal

Small individual packages of powdered kool-aid, iced tea, gatorade

Phone Cards

Blank Greeting Cards (can be all occasion, birthday, holiday, etc. for us to give to them to be able to send back home)

Socks

Unscented Soap

Individual Travel Sized Toiletry Items

Items for Iraqi Children

Below is a suggested list of items that we will collect for distribution to Iraqi children. The list certainly is not exhaustive. My suggestion is that any inflatable balls be sent deflated and we will pump them up. Soccer balls can be smashed like bowls and stacked together. You may want to talk with your local WalMart (or any other store). Sometimes, store managers will donate stuff for free. I'm told the popular items are soccer balls (balls need pumps), soccer clothes, girl's purses, and watches. I'm sure anything you donate will be appreciated. Duplication of items is okay. Sometimes a mass of the same item is better than large variety of single items.

Toys (for any age and kind is good)

Cars
Dolls
Action figures
Any toy would help to be honest

Stuff/Plush items

**Beanie Babies are a great size of plush animal that the soldiers love handing out

Boys:

Soccer balls
Volleyballs
Balls of any type
Pumps for balls
Soccer t-shirts or any sports uniform-type shirt (makes them feel like part of a team)
Soccer shoes, even if worn and used
Team baseball-style hats
Watches
Hand-held games

Girls:

Earrings
Necklaces
Barbies
Watches
Little purses with shoulder straps
Jump ropes

Food/Candy

Candy (please not much soft chocolate items, melts fast because of weather)
Small bag of chips, cookies, crackers, popcorn, nuts
Bubble gum
Suckers

School Supplies (no calculators please)

Pencils
Pens
Notebook paper
Notebooks
Rulers
Easers
Pencil sharpeners
Folders
Color pencils
Chalk
Crayons
Colors makers
Binders
Glue stick
Scissors

Clothes (Clothing size doesn't matter, any will do.)

Boys all ages
Girls all ages
Adults all ages
Shoes all ages

Health and Beauty Aids (American shampoos and soaps are popular)

Bars of soap
Shampoo
Conditioner
Toothpaste
Tooth brushes
Floss
Baby wipes
Hand sanitizer
Tissues
Cotton swabs

Generally gently used items are fine.

Financial Contributions, to help offset the cost of postage for boxes sent, can be made at any branch of First Niagara Bank and Trust or directly to: