Some Care Packages Can Still Be Sent Overseas
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
There's been a bit of confusion.
A Times-Union article published Thursday indicated packages should not be sent to servicemen and -women.
Care packages can still be sent to military personnel. But the packages must be addressed to an individual soldier or sailor - not to "Any Soldier" or "Any Sailor."
"What they want to stop is the anonymous packages," said Jack Stump, who has coordinated collecting and mailing efforts for care packages at Lakeside Chevrolet in Warsaw.
"Anonymous packages won't be going overseas. They present a security threat," he said.
Stump has formed Enduring Freedom Supporters of Indiana, a nonprofit organization that can accept donations. He is a lieutenant colonel in the Indiana Guard Reserve.
To date, Enduring Freedom Supporters of Indiana has forwarded 380 packages addressed to specific National Guard soldiers. They are still accepting donations of items and mailing costs.
Stump said Guard members are receiving packages in about 2-1/2 weeks.
People who do not have a specific soldier or sailor to support are advised by the Department of Defense "not to send unsolicited mail, care packages or donations to service members forward deployed."
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There's been a bit of confusion.
A Times-Union article published Thursday indicated packages should not be sent to servicemen and -women.
Care packages can still be sent to military personnel. But the packages must be addressed to an individual soldier or sailor - not to "Any Soldier" or "Any Sailor."
"What they want to stop is the anonymous packages," said Jack Stump, who has coordinated collecting and mailing efforts for care packages at Lakeside Chevrolet in Warsaw.
"Anonymous packages won't be going overseas. They present a security threat," he said.
Stump has formed Enduring Freedom Supporters of Indiana, a nonprofit organization that can accept donations. He is a lieutenant colonel in the Indiana Guard Reserve.
To date, Enduring Freedom Supporters of Indiana has forwarded 380 packages addressed to specific National Guard soldiers. They are still accepting donations of items and mailing costs.
Stump said Guard members are receiving packages in about 2-1/2 weeks.
People who do not have a specific soldier or sailor to support are advised by the Department of Defense "not to send unsolicited mail, care packages or donations to service members forward deployed."
On the Net: www.dod.mil; www.usocares.org [[In-content Ad]]