How can you help us send care packages to American troops in the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard?

1) Donate Financially - Our greatest need is cash for our mailing costs. With no paid staff and donated warehouse space, we strive to maximize the use of donations. We are a 501(c)(3) charity, so your gifts are tax deductible. We accept checks to Airborne Angel Cadets of Texas, P.O. Box 116691, Carrollton, TX 75011. You can donate via our mobile website - m.airborneangelcadets.com, or via credit card through our Click and Pledge account.

2) Donate Goods - Many individuals, companies and organizations donate goods to our nonprofit for our U.S. soldiers, airmen, Marines and sailors. We kindly request that you contact us at support@airborneangelcadets.com before sending any goods.

3/29/2012

The Marketing Arm

Below are photos of Rick and Daren (and Mischief) of The Marketing Arm being presented a framed US Flag by Nancy Carter for all their assistance in helping the Airborne Angel Cadets of Texas ship care packages to soldiers overseas. Our recent packing party took place in their Irving warehouse.


3/26/2012

500 Care Package Boxes packed at March Packing Party

On March 24, 2012, over 40 of our volunteers gathered to pack approximately 14,000 Girl Scout cookie boxes together with snacks, food items, and assorted other care package treats. A total of 500 large shipping cartons were packed with an approximate shipping cost of $15,000.

The post office picked up 170 of our shipping cartons immediately after the packing party. The remaining cartons will be shipped to our soldiers overseas in the next few weeks.

Our special thanks to Sgt. Schumpert and the six Army recruits who worked so hard at the packing party.  And thanks to The Marketing Arm for use of their warehouse.

Our next big packing party is April 28 with a "Texas" theme. Some of the specific items we are trying to gather include chips, salsa,  Texas-themed items (including pro or college teams), pop top cans of jalapenos, microwaveable queso, bluebonnet seeds, snacks and toiletries.

Below are some photos of our packing party. Thanks to all who volunteered.
Two assembly lines prepped before the packing party. A second assembly line of tables is hidden by the tall row of boxes.
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3/18/2012

Richland Elementary School donates to soldiers

Thanks to everyone at Richland Elementary School for the wonderful care package contributions for our soldiers overseas. The soldiers will greatly appreciate your hard work in gathering so many donations.

3/16/2012

Photos of Girl Scout Cookies being received

Below are some photos of our March pickup of just under 15,000 boxes of cookies from the Girl Scouts. We thank the Girl Scouts for the donations and welcome any financial support in helping us pay for the postage to our soldiers overseas.
How you can help us ship the cookies.

Girl Scout cookies being loaded for transport to our warehouse
Cookies being received from Girl Scouts
Girl Scouts with their custom-made pillow cases for the soldiers

3/15/2012

Recent messages from soldiers in Afghanistan

Below are some letters and certificates received from our soldiers in Afghanistan in response to our care packages. (Click on images to enlarge.)


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3/02/2012

Chaplain note from Afghanistan

We are all doing very well.  The current events have made things very interesting for people I know.  Several FOBs have been approached by protesters and things have been tense, but we are working to do the right things irregardless.

... It is so amazing.  People continually come to my office or to their Command tents to pick up items that we've presented.  It has been such a help because we have such a small PX and so very little access to toiletries and snacks.  It's been a great help to us!  The packages have made a huge difference for the Soldiers that I serve.

Thank you so much,
Chaplain J
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