Tomorrow from 6am to 7pm, the Dallas Area Red Cross will be collecting items to be sent to our troops.
Here is a list of items they will be accepting:

-Individually wrapped pieces of hard candy (Twizzlers, Tootsie Rolls and Tootsie Pops, Bubble gum, Skittles, Lifesavers, Sweet Tarts, etc.) NO CHOCOLATE ITEMS
-Microwave popcorn, peanuts, pretzels, snack foods
-Sweetened Kool-Aid, Gatorade and other sweetened drink mixes
-Coffee, sugar, creamer, tea bags, hot chocolate
-Toiletry items such as shaving cream, razors, toothbrushes, toothpaste, shower soap, hand lotion
-Wet Wipes
-Sunscreen and lip balm—Wrap-around sunglasses
-Batteries (all sizes)—Non-Lithium type
-Blank greeting cards for birthday, anniversary, Get Well, Miss You, Mother/Father’s Day
-Videos, DVD’s, music CD’s and cassettes
-Small board games such as Chess, Checkers, Dominoes, Parcheesi, Yahtze, Uno, Cribbage, puzzles
-Recent paperback books (mysteries, action, drama and science fiction are highly read), Crossword Puzzle books and comic books

And here are the locations:

-Grapevine Mills Mall - 3000 Grapevine Mills Parkway, Grapevine, TX
-American Red Cross - 4800 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX
-American Red Cross - 1450 Redbud Blvd., McKinney, TX
-American Red Cross - 412 S. Carroll, Suite 1001, Denton, TX
-American Red Cross - 109 Tejas Drive, Suite 700, Terrell, TX