Great website for supporting those in Iraq

Thank you for posting that!

It's a great idea to have place where soldiers and Marines can post their name, address and reading material request. Please note that letters or packages addressed to "Any Soldier" or "Any Marine" will not be delivered. That has been done in the past, but because of security concerns, the military no longer allows it. However, you can still donate to "any servicemember" via two programs.

The first program is a relatively new one called Help Our Troops Call Home, which allows anyone to purchase phone cards for either a designated member of the military or for "any servicemember." If you scroll down a bit further on that same page, you'll find information on the second program, The Gift of Groceries, which allows you to purchase gift certificates that can be donated to designated servicemembers and family members or for "any servicemember."

Here's a workaround to the problem of not being able to send to "any soldier" - some soldiers have volunteered their addresses and hand out the packages. I haven't sent anything through them, but I found the site recently:
http://www.anysoldier.us/

If anyone sends stuff successfully through them, maybe you can report back? My brother came back in late Jan. 2004 and says that he has heard that the PXs are pretty well set up now. Do they still run out of TP?

I would like to send some school supplies for the Iraqi children through an organization, too. It seems like it is also a morale booster for the troops to help kids in particular. That is one thing my brother mentioned when he got back. Does anyone have any experience with this?

This is the site I found for that: http://www.iraqischools.com/