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Thank you for your donations and support!
Caring For Troops
Caring For Troops is
Central Oregon's
support league for
locally
connected
men and women
serving overseas.
MISSION STATEMENT: Our
purpose is to support every military member who is
deployed to or stationed at a "hardship" duty location
and who lives in or has ties to Central Oregon. We
will do this, primarily, by providing care packages.
Anything outside of our primary focus must be approved
by the board, and may not go outside the scope of our
purpose. We are pro-troop, war-neutral and
nonpartisan. We support our troops in times of peace
and in times of war.
WHO WE SERVE:
Military members
(see above) who have a connection to Central Oregon:
sons, daughters, spouses, parents, grandchildren,
grandparents, nieces, uncles, girlfriends,
boyfriends, friends etc. We also now support all of
locally deployed National Guard troops.
HOW CAN I HELP?
WRITE A CARD OR NOTE:
These will be included in a care package. Knowing
someone in the community cares is a great gift to
receive.
DONATE ITEMS:
for care boxes, see
needed items list and
drop-off locations.
VOLUNTEER:
help at the pack-ups, work booths at community events,
help with coordinating/planning events, your ideas and
suggestions are welcome.
DONATE SERVICES:
for families of service
members currently deployed (oil changes, lawn mowing,
firewood, repair projects, or other services)
DONATE FUNDS:
to cover mailing expenses and other troop support
related costs.
PRAY: for our
military members and their families
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PLEASE INFORM us of any
military members with ties to Central Oregon not
currently being supported or any resources you
know of which can be utilized in providing
support.
Needed items, donation sites and
contact information are listed on the reverse
side. Call
(541) 330-4677
for more info.
Thanks for your support!
www.caringfortroops.com
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Caring For Troops
Drop off Sites & Donation Suggestions
Drop off
locations for
items and notes/cards are listed below, if you
need someone to come to your business or residence
please call
(541) 330-4677. Our deployed
troops thank you, we receive their letters of
gratitude regularly (please check out the
Events/News section of our web site). For some
this is their only connection to home.
Bend
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Bend VFW (Map)
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Deschutes County
Veterans Service Office (Map)
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Combined
Communications Inc. (Map)
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Shilo Inn
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3105 O.B. Riley Road
(Map)
Redmond
Fund Donations
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To donate money please make checks payable to:
Caring For Troops. You can drop of or mail your
donations to: Caring For Troop, 1130 NW Harriman
Bend, Oregon 97701
(Map)
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The following quality of life
items are needed on a continuing basis to
bring a touch of home to those faraway |
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Priority Items:
- Jerky
- DVD's
- Batteries
- CD's
- Crystal Lite and other powder drinks
- Socks, any color
- T-Shirts
- Deodorant
- Razors & Shaving Cream
- Protein Bars
Non-perishable food items:
Individually wrapped pieces of
hard candy (Twizzlers, Tootsie Rolls and Tootsie
Roll Pops; Bubble Gum; Skittles; lollipops; Life
Savers; Candy Sticks; Sweet Tarts; etc).
PLEASE NO HOMEMADE FOOD
- Protein Bars
- Peanuts, pretzels and other snack foods
- Sweetened Kool-Aid, Gatorade, and other
sweetened drink mixes
- Coffee, sugar, creamer, tea bags, hot
chocolate, hot cider
- Jerky (no pork in contents)
- Crackers
- Seasonings: Onion Salt, Garlic Salt,
pepper, oregano, etc.
- Chewing Gum
- Potato chips (in the can, not sacks)
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Other items:
Toiletry items such as shaving
cream, razors, toothbrushes and toothpaste (NON-SCENTED
ITEMS ONLY PLEASE).
- White T-Shirts
- Hand sanitizer, hand lotion
- Wet Wipes
- Sunscreen
- Eye Drops
- Wrap-around sunglasses
- Batteries (AA)
- Music CD's
- Small board games such as Chess, Checkers,
Dominoes, Parcheesi, Yahtzee, Uno, Cribbage, and
jigsaw puzzles; playing cards, etc.
- Puzzle books, comic books
- Flags
- Nail clippers
- Electronic Games
ITEMS NOT TO SEND
- Alcohol
- Pornography
- Tobacco
- Homemade foods
- Glass items
- Combustibles
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We are
always in
need of money donations to pay for shipping costs to
our Troops.
Thanks
for your support!
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