Shoeboxes have been mailed for Memorial Day. This page will be updated when we are preparing Shoeboxes for Soldiers again. Thank you in advance for your generosity.

Food and Food-related items:

• Ready to eat tuna or chicken salad kits
• Breakfast-type foods and drinks
• Instant & regular coffee, filters, powdered creamer, sugar packets
• Instant hot chocolate packets
• Powdered Energy/Electrolyte Replacement Drink Mix (Gatorade, etc.)
• Campbell’s Chunky soups- chicken, beef, etc.
• Fast Food Hot Sauce Packets – Hot Sauce, Tabasco, Red Devil, etc.
• Individual packets of Trail Mix, Slim Jims, peanuts, pretzels, cookies, seeds
• Cereal bars, granola bars, Energy Bars
• Pre-sweetened powdered drinks – Kool-Aid, Gatorade
• Seasoning Salt – Lawry’s, etc.
• Atomic Fireballs/ Jolly Rancher hard candy
• Chewing Gum
• Packs of candy, Twizzlers, Tootsie rolls, Skittles, Sweet tarts

Personal Items:

• Handy wipes, travel size toothpaste, dental floss, combs, tissues
  
• Gold Bond powder
• Personal Hygiene: disposable razors, shaving cream
• Eye Wash/ Drops
• Small containers of Tylenol, Motrin, Advil
• Band Aids, cough drops,  chapstick, lip balm

Entertainment:

• Word games, crossword, Su Do Ku books
• Magazines, comics, paperbacks (mystery, action, drama, sci-fi)
• Playing cards

What NOT to send:

• Anything that melts (chocolate) can not be sent (M&Ms are OK)
• Waterless Hand Sanitizer – wipes are preferred
• Flashlights – everyone has one
• Compass – everyone should have one
• Sun Screen – already issued mass quantities.

Thank you for your support. If you have questions or suggestions please contact Michal Zuehlke by e-mail to shoeboxes@wesleyvienna.com.

Please place your donated items in one of the SUPPORT OUR SOLDIERS‘  boxes in the Narthex or in the Fellowship Hall.