Join the United Way of York County on Tuesday, September 11th from 8:30AM-4PM to put together care packages and make cards for our military. We will also distribute flags with remembrance ribbons that will need to be placed in the surrounding area.
The event will be held at United Way's office building at 800 E. King Street in the community room.
We are also looking for the following items for the care packages:
Common Items Requested By Soldiers
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Baby Wipes
Phone Cards
Magazines
Books
Movies
Hand Warmers
Foot Warmers
Toothbrushes
Mouthwash
Febreze
Body Wash
Body Spray
Pringles
Crackers
Cookies
Beef Jerkey
Comic Books
Travel Size Games (chess, checkers)
Deck of Cards
Memory Cards (i.e. PSP's)
Memory Sticks
Suntan Lotion
Non Carbonated Drinks (Propel)
Uniform T-shirts (which can either be ordered on line
from AAFES or bought at the PX)
Underwear
Pictures From Home
Thumb Tack (to hang the pictures)
Hard Candy
Blue and Black Pens
Notebooks
Envelopes
Fly Paper
Sun Glasses
Digital or Disposable Cameras
Travel Size Packets of Laundry Detergent
Powdered Drinks, especially Gatorade
Blank Writable CD's
Crossword Puzzles, Word Searches, Soduku
Items can be dropped off to the United Way of York County anytime between 8AM-4:30PM, Monday-Friday - Now until Friday, September 14th
Questions? Contact Kristen at clineburgk@unitedway-york.org or Elyshia at menkine@unitedway-york.org. You can also call United Way's main line 717-843-0957.
Care packages will go to KeystoneSoldiers for distribution.
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