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Send a Care Package to our Deployed Marines, LARCS Makes it Easy

Ladera Ranch Community Services’ (LARCS) is distributing boxes to Ladera Ranch residents in hopes that they will be returned as Care Packages. The campaign to collect Care Packages is organized by the LARCS Community Outreach Committee for deployed Marines of the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion.

Ladera Ranch Community Services’ (LARCS) is distributing boxes to Ladera Ranch residents in hopes that they will be returned as Care Packages. The campaign to collect Care Packages is organized by the LARCS Community Outreach Committee for deployed Marines of the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion. The care packages will help provide comfort, general necessity, and hopefully a little feeling of home to our Marines.

To participate

Pick up a box at the Oak Knoll Village Clubhouse
28192 O'Neill Drive
Monday through Friday
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Return it filled with any of the items listed below.

 

Return Care Package

  • Return Care Package unsealed
  • Drop off at Oak Knoll Village Clubhouse
  • Last day for drop off: Friday, October 5.

    LIST OF ITEMS

 

TOILETRIES:
(Avoid sending toiletries with aerosol or pump-style dispensers. For many Marines, travel-size toiletries or smaller containers are preferred for storage and easy portability.)

  • Baby Wipes for personal hygiene
  • Toothpaste, toothbrushes
  • Shampoo
  • Deodorant
  • Liquid body wash
  • Hand Sanitizer
  • Lotion
  • Shaving cream (non-aerosol)
  • Toilet Paper
  • Kleenex (Travel size packets)

    PERSONAL-CARE ITEMS:
     
  • Sunblock, Aloe Vera
  • Throat Lozenges
  • Blistex, Chapstick, Vaseline, Carmex
  • Aspirin, Motrin, Tylenol, Pain Relievers
  • Q-tips
  • Boot liners/insoles
  • Lotrimin AF or other anti-fungal creams for athlete's foot
  • Foot Powder
  • Moleskin

OTHER SUPPLIES:

Books, Magazines
Sunglasses
Eyeglass wipes
Socks (Tall green or brown in color)
Underwear, socks, T-shirts
Boot laces
Flashlight with a red lens
2-gallon ziplock plastic bags

 

FUN STUFF:

  • Frisbee, Nerf Footballs, Hacky Sack
  • Deck of cards
  • Handheld games

 

FOOD ITEMS:

Please send non-perishable foods only. Send small containers of items. Large packages won't stay fresh and are harder to ship. If you can stuff it in your pocket and it's not going to spoil or MELT, it's a good thing to send!

  • Coffee, hot cocoa mix, coffee mixes, tea
  • Lemonade mix, Koolaid mix, Tang mix, Gatorade mix (pre-sweetened)
  • Gum, Lifesavers, Mints
  • Nuts, sunflower seeds, peanuts, trail mix
  • Power bars, protein bars, nutritional bars
  • Beef jerky (non-perishable; labeled USDA Beef)
  • Small bags of snacks or individually wrapped snacks
  • Pop Tarts, cereal bars, "milk & cereal" bars, granola bars
  • Cookies
  • Candy and candy bars (chocolate will melt)
  • Crackers or chips and canned nacho cheese dip