Send DVDs and deodorant to Iraq -- One of my coworkers is collecting items for a care package to a soldier in Iraq, and I started looking up resources for this online. The USO link above allows you to donate $25 to help them send out an "official" pack from their central D.C. processing center. Apparently it used to be possible to box up some granola bars, socks, magazines, etc. and mail it off to "Any Service Member" -- not so anymore. This site, AnySoldier.us, has worked out a system of contact personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan who will accept packages directly, and disperse them to others in their unit who get little or no mail, and share goodies like DVDs and reading material for all during their downtime. I'm going to put a package together -- it seems like such a little thing, but read the "This Works" page and it will tear your heart right out. These young people are getting shot at and sleeping on the ground, while I'm lucky enough to be able to stay here and try to unseat their boss -- it seems like the least I could do.