Product Donation Resources

Adopt A Platoon
Show your support by adopting a deployed platoon
adoptaplatoon.org/new/howtosupport.html/

America Supports You
Join the team of non-profit organizations focused on helping our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Coast Guardsmen, Marines and National Guardsmen.
www.americasupportsyou.mil/americasupportsyou/help.html

AnySoldier
Send a care package to any Soldier in “harm’s way”
www.anySoldier.com

Appreciate Our Troops
Purchase a Support Our Troops mug and a free personalized mug will be given to a current or former service member.
www.appreciateourtroops.org

Books For Soldiers
Help the troops escape boredom by donating some books. You can also donate DVDs and CDs requested by Soldiers.
www.booksforSoldiers.com

Cell Phones for Soldiers
Donated cell phones are recycled and turned into cash. The cash is used to purchase calling cards for Soldiers in Iraq.
www.cellphonesforSoldiers.com

Defend America
A Department of Defense site.  Send an e-mail to those who are defending our country.
www.defendamerica.mil/nmam.html/

Give 2 the Troops
Give2theTroops® is a non-profit organization managed by caring and patriotic volunteers.  We ensure that deployed U.S. military service members in all branches of the military are supported with letters and care packages to help boost their morale while wounded or in combat.
www.give2thetroops.org

Let's Say Thanks
Provides a way for individuals across the country to recognize U.S. troops stationed overseas. By submitting a message through this site you have the opportunity to send a free personalized postcard greeting to deployed servicemen and women.
www.letssaythanks.com

Letters From Home
Write a letter to a Soldier
www.lettersfromhomeprogram.org

Mary Pawlenty’s First Lady Military Family Care Initiative
If you are a member of a service organization, community organization or faith-based organization and want to provide volunteer services to the families of military personnel during this time of separation from their loved-one, you have come to the right place.
www.firstlady.state.mn.us/initiatives_militaryfamily.html

Operation Gratitude
Through Collection Drives, Letter Writing Campaigns and Donations of requested items or funds for shipping expenses, OPERATION GRATITUDE provides civilians anywhere in America a way to express their respect and appreciation to the men and women of the U.S. military in an active, hands-on manner.
www.opgratitude.com/howtohelp.php

Operation Happy Note
Operation Happy Note is a volunteer effort to send musical instruments to our deployed service men and women throughout the world.
www.operationhappynote.com

Operation Hero Miles
Operation Hero Miles provides a way to help our troops stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan by donating unused frequent flyer miles.  Efforts are underway to make the donated miles more broadly available to all U.S. military personnel.
www.heromiles.com

Operation Minnesota Nice
Provides packages and cell phone minutes to deployed Soldiers
www.operationminnesotanice.com

Project Evergreen
Project Evergreen is a national lawn and landscape maintenance program that provides free lawncare services for deployed service members and their families. Lawn and landscape contractors, military families and citizen volunteers can participate in this program. This is an opportunity to support Minnesota's deployed service members and their families.
www.projectevergreen.com

Write a Thank You to a Service Member
Everyone one is encouraged to write a thank you note to a military service person.
http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/abby

WRAMC (Walter Reed Army Medical Center) Donations
Officials at Walter Reed Army Medical Center are seeking donations for wounded troops who are forced to leave behind personal belongings when medically evacuated from war zones.
www.minnesotanationalguard.org