There are many different ways to describe what a care package is. You can call it a "care package", a "survival package" or a "goodie" box. Basically a care package is a package you put together full of food, clothing, or necessities that you send out to your loved one while they are away from home or out on deployment.
No matter what name it goes by, it is "Love in a Box"!
Here are a few examples of what you can put in a Care package.


DO NOT SEND ALCOHOL OR TOBACCO PRODUCTS!!!!!!

RECRUITS CAN NOT RECEIVE CARE PACKAGES!!!!!!!

Please email me with more ideas: USMC-MOM@marinemail.com 

Hand Held Video Games  Devil Dogs (for our Devil Dogs)
Cassette Recorder & Tapes Snack bags of favorite junk food
Batteries (AA, AAA, for games, etc...) Candy/Gum 
Playing Cards Instant Hot Chocolate
Christmas Decorations  Microwave popcorn
Pens/Paper/Envelopes/Stamps Cough Drops (they can carry at all times)
Gift Certificates (Sears, J.C. Penneys, etc) Cookies (snack size)
Disposable cameras with flash  Brownies (snack size)
Scrabble, Monopoly, Uno, Yahtzee Games Rice Crispy Treats (snack size)
personal photo albums Cup of Noodles Soup
Super-Soakers/Squirt Guns Tuna Fish (the lunch pack)
Water Balloons Granola Bars/power bars/nutri-grain bars
Calling cards slim jims/cheese & crackers
Magazines/books little cereal boxes
Videos  juice boxes
Tapes / CD's  rice krispy treats & rice krispy cake
Travel games Pez dispensors
Footballs/Softballs/Soccer Ball/etc Money at end of month 
Frisbees mailing labels
Silly String Books on Commandant's reading list
Slinky's Vitamins
Yo-yo's Foot Spray
Mini pinball games Boot inserts
Toiletries New socks
Shampoo/Soap/ Toothbrush & Paste white T-shirts
Deodorant/Chap stick/Hygiene Items brown T-shirts
High gloss black shoe polish & shine stuff underwear
GEL INSOLES (for their boots) Bungee cord for bed
Small battery operated fans wet/dry towelets
News clippings (favorite sports teams) moleskin for blisters
Cigarettes and lighters (if they smoke) Laundry stuff
Crossword Puzzle/Wordfind Books Big fluffy green towel
drawings/family letters Skin so Soft repellent


One thing I did with my daughter was, I bought her a camcorder with an LCD screen, it takes the same C-VHS tape as the camcorder I have. Now we both video tape the things we do and send the tapes to each other. I bought her camcorder on uBid.com, so is was not as expensive as buying it at a regular store.