Care package “any plebe”

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Rarely27

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Together with my daughter’s package I like to send one for a plebe that has not received any. I have a DD but I also want to send one for a boy. Can a have suggestions for a boy care package? Thank you
 
Snacks are always appreciated regardless of gender. Things like beef jerky, energy chews, gatorade powder for mixing in water, or candy can be great things for a care package.

Thanks for thinking of others!
 
In addition to beef jerky my son asked for some Fit Crunch protein bars and Sweet Leaf water drops for his canteen.
 
What about shaving cream and good quality razors or an after shave with very very light smell. I will of course include a funny card.
 
Rarely27 said:
What about shaving cream and good quality razors or an after shave with very very light smell. I will of course include a funny card.
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All good to send. However DS quickly learned to shave without cream and bears a scar on his chin from trying to hurry up.
 
LT360 said:
All good to send. However DS quickly learned to shave without cream and bears a scar on his chin from trying to hurry up.
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I’m trying to find something “fun” to send. Also should I include our address/phone number in case we can keep helping?
 
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Here is what my Mid said are good ideas: Gallon size zip lock bags - great for storage, 100 calorie soft chew granola bars, beef jerky (no pork - respectful of religion), fruit chews (like gummies but with fruit juice), halloween size candy (it is allowed in some companies regardless of what the PTR says), nothing with caffeine, cliff bars, small bags of peanuts, pretzels (chocolate covered is bonus - I couldn't find snack size chocolate covered pretzels though!), letters from home in a sealed envelope - I am having my nieces (3rd and 4th grade write little letters and make drawings). He basically said anything that can be opened, consumed fairly quickly, and the wrapper disposed of; there are mice in Mother B - best not encourage them to find opened bags of snacks. A chap stick or two is good, a tide stick is appreciated. Beyond that they get everything they need, razors included. And remember - they have to move to a different room at some point so the zip locks are lifesavers!
 
DSANN said:
And remember - they have to move to a different room at some point so the zip locks are lifesavers!
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Should I send a couple of thick garbage bags too? You could throw a lot of "stuff" in there and carry it. I realize they also have a duffle bag they got on I Day.
 
Huursoldaat said:
Should I send a couple of thick garbage bags too? You could throw a lot of "stuff" in there and carry it. I realize they also have a duffle bag they got on I Day.
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They have their sea bags - and those bags hold a lot of stuff - but I will defer to the other here to weigh in on garbage bags.
 
This might sound a little unusual, okay, quite unusual. For the past several years our son has been sending care packages to service members deployed over the Christmas holiday- Navy ones on a destroyer in the Med., an Air Force A-10 Warthog maintenance crew in South Korea, and this past year to some Army guys in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In addition to the kinds of goodies mentioned here, he also printed a bunch of patriotic coloring pages (which you can find free on the web) and sent along some crayons too. They wrote back to us at our American Legion post with laughs and appreciation. Good luck!
 

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DSANN said:
They have their sea bags - and those bags hold a lot of stuff - but I will defer to the other here to weigh in on garbage bags.
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So they were issued a sea bag? Or will get it over PS? If so I'll just leave it at that.
 
I was writing a letter to "any plebe" and I got to wondering what are the circumstances under which somebody doesn't receive any packages or letters? I realize there are some from outside the USA and foreign mail probably takes forever. Are there some who dug their way there without much or any parental involvement and so would essentially be on their own? I wasn't quite sure what to say in the letter other than words of encouragement.
 
You get one during PS. Plebes go to the Mid Store early on and get issued a lot of equipment and some uniform items (like Blue Over Khaki, boxing head gear, mouth guard, etc.). Instead of giving you the big canvas bag you get on I-Day, they give you your sea bag.
 
Huursoldaat said:
I was writing a letter to "any plebe" and I got to wondering what are the circumstances under which somebody doesn't receive any packages or letters?
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Yes, there have been mids from very challenging circumstances who would very likely get little or nothing. A few yrs ago we had a candidate from NJ who was living on his own as a senior in High School, both parents deceased and older sister (out of state) had custody. He was working for food money while still doing some sports as well as good grades.
Another from the other side of the country was in foster care and the foster parents were against him applying because they did not want to lose any of the support dollars they got for him. As a mid, he still helped to support his younger siblings (also in foster care).
Although these are not the norm, they are real. I ran into a few rough cases as a BGO that I can't share with the group but suffice it to say that the chaplains should be able to steer some "Any plebe" mail or boxes to a deserving mid.
 
Tide pens. Silly dad jokes. Letters of encouragement and gratitude for their willingness to do hard things. I sent peanut butter and jelly, bread is an easy grab most days in King Hall. Stamps. Emergency-C. Packaged tuna and chicken in single serves. A small shoe box size rubbermaid for snacks to keep Chester the Mid Mouse out. Less is more.
 
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