Minnesota Family Physicians Support Our Troops

The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians, in conjunction with Operation Minnesota Nice, collected items to include in care packages for men and women serving in the military.  The West Metro Chapter of the Academy and the MAFP Foundation provided the funds to ship 125 care packages overseas.  The total weight of all the boxes mailed was close to 1000 pounds!

A group of Minnesota family doctors put together the first round of packages on November 14th. Thanks to generous donations from other family physicians, their patients and members of the public, enough items were collected to send out an additional 100 care packages the last week in November.

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Care package items included beef jerky, breakfast bars, nuts, cookies, crackers, pop tarts, tuna pouches, fruit roll-ups, gum, hard candy, licorice, tootsie rolls, tea bags, instant coffee, baby wipes, chapstick, deodorant, eye drops, dental floss, toothpaste, toothbrushes, lotion, socks, sunscreen, mouthwash, Q-tips, travel size toilet paper, kleenex, shampoo, nail clippers, shoe insole cushions, soap, individual packets of Tylenol, batteries, bug spray, board and travel games, books, magazines cds, playing cards, disposable cameras, and international phone cards.

Any extra items will be donated to Operation Minnesota Nice for use in upcoming packing parties.

The Academy would like to extend a big thank you to everyone who helped with this project!