Maybe you have a yellow ribbon on the back of your vehicle, or an American flag lapel pin on your suit. But somehow you want to show your patriotism in a much more direct way. What can you do? Well, thanks to a non-profit organization named \"Any Soldier\" you can send care packages direct to - not just Soldiers - but also Marines, Airmen and Sailors overseas.

So, what\'s the major deal with finding a package, you could possibly ask? It is challenging for quite a few of us to imagine what it's like to be away from our friends and family for a year. Now just try to envision that in addition to being away, you are commonly tired, hungry, overworked, scared and living in a foreign country where there is nothing familiar to give you comfort. And, did I mention that there could be people trying to kill you? To realize this is to get a glimpse of the difficult realities for some of our troops overseas.

Okay, you may possibly say, I recognize it's challenging being deployed in a war zone, but what can a silly package of cookies do to support? The answer is a lot! It's not that a box of cookies, candy and magazines is so special in and of itself, but it tells the service member that he or she hasn\'t been forgotten - that they are appreciated!

Service members, particularly Soldiers and Marines in combat zones, face tough realities each day and survive by keeping their minds focused on the job at hand. For a large number of of these men and women, \"mail call\" is the 1 time they can take of the mental amour, scoot away from the people in their unit and revel in a gift \"from home\".

The difficulty, of course, is that for one reason or one more not all service members get care packages or letters from friends and family members. So while their buddies rip open boxes of goodies, they are left to wonder if any one back in America appreciates their sacrifice. This is where the group \"Any Solider\" comes into play.

The premise of \"Any Soldier\" is easy: let\'s show our appreciation for the troops by sending gifts to those men and women whom may well be left out of the joy of mail call. \"Any Soldier\" contacts officers who then pass these care packages onto service members who rarely receive mail from house.

By registering with Any Soldier, Americans can receive the name of a person in a unit who will act as a liaison for the care packages. The reason you can\'t just address a package to \"Any Soldier\" is that the Postal Service will only deliver packages with addressed to a distinct name. \"Any Soldier\" asks you to send the package to the person\'s name c/o \"Any Soldier,\" that\'s how it works.

People today interested in finding the mailing address and contact names are encouraged by the organization to do so only if they are serious about sending care packages to the troops. To learn far more about \"Any Soldier\" and how you can help to bring some cheer to service members overseas, go to .