Support Our Troops
They are far from home right now — standing the watch in places most of us will never see. Here is how a grateful nation reaches across the distance, with a letter, a package, and the simple message: you are not forgotten.
Where to Send Your Thanks
These trusted organizations handle the logistics — APO addresses, customs, distribution — so your gratitude reaches a service member who needs it. Each one is a way to say thank you that lands.
Operation Gratitude
Sends more than 300,000 care packages a year to deployed troops, recruits, veterans, first responders, and their families. Each package is filled with snacks, hygiene items, entertainment, and — most treasured of all — a personal letter of thanks from a grateful American.
Send a Package→Trusted PartnerSoldiers' Angels
Volunteers 'adopt' a deployed service member and send letters and care packages for the length of their deployment. The organization also supports wounded warriors, veterans in VA hospitals, and military families in crisis.
Adopt a Soldier→Trusted PartnerAdopt A U.S. Soldier
Pairs civilians with deployed service members to send letters and care packages throughout a deployment. A simple, personal way to let someone far from home know they are not forgotten.
Adopt a Soldier→Trusted PartnerAny Soldier Inc.
A service that routes your care package to a service member who is in a hard-to-reach area and needs it most. The contact soldier distributes your package to their unit and lets you know it arrived.
Send to Any Soldier→Trusted PartnerGive2TheTroops
Sends care packages and letters to deployed U.S. troops in combat zones, with a focus on the holidays — when being far from home is hardest. Packages include treats, books, games, and notes of gratitude.
Give to the Troops→Trusted PartnerUSO (United Service Organizations)
For more than 80 years, the USO has been by the side of service members from their first day of service to their last — airport lounges, care packages, transition support, and a touch of home in the most remote places on earth.
Support the USO→Simple Ways to Give Back
You don't need to send a package to make a difference. A letter, a donation, or a moment of your time reaches a service member who is far from home.
Write a Letter
A handwritten letter of thanks is the single most-requested item in every care package. Tell a service member who you are, that you're grateful, and that their service is seen. It costs nothing and means everything.
Assemble a Care Package
Snacks, coffee, socks, baby wipes, playing cards, books, and a letter. The organizations above will tell you exactly what is needed and where to send it — and handle the APO shipping.
Adopt a Unit
Many organizations let a family, classroom, or workplace 'adopt' an entire deployed unit — sending packages and letters to the whole group for the length of their deployment.
Support Military Families
While a service member is deployed, their family serves too. Organizations like the USO and Blue Star Families support spouses and children with programs, community, and a helping hand.
“No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another.”
— Author unknown, often shared among military families