Your Story Can Strengthen Support for Deployed Service Members Worldwide
Sharing your military care package story can make a meaningful difference for deployed service members around the world. Your experiences help strengthen our mission and show the real impact of our We Care packages. Research from the U.S. Army Public Health Center shows that emotional connection improves resilience during deployment. Military OneSource also reports that reminders from home help reduce stress during difficult operational periods. Care packages are more than items. They are connection, encouragement, and support.
In addition, Forgotten Soldiers Outreach serves thousands of deployed troops each year. As demand grows, we are asked to demonstrate real-world impact to foundations, grantmakers, and partners who help sustain this mission. Personal stories from recipients matter. They show exactly how care packages lift morale, strengthen mental well-being, and help units feel supported while far from home. That is why we are inviting deployed service members, family members, and unit registrants to share their experience. Your story helps us improve what we send, secure funding to reach more troops, and ensure this program continues for the next unit that requests support.
Why Your Military Care Package Story Matters
Your words, your experience and narrative feedback helps us show the emotional impact of our mission in ways numbers never can. Foundations increasingly rely on firsthand testimonials to understand the experiences of deployed troops and the value of morale support programs.
Based on the military care package stories we receive, common themes include:
• Higher morale during long or isolated deployments
• A stronger sense of connection to home
• Stress relief during difficult operational periods
• Appreciation for personalized notes and letters
• Improved camaraderie when packages are shared across units
As a result, these stories help funders and supporters understand why care packages still matter—and why continuing this mission is essential.
How Your Feedback Helps Us Support More Troops
1. Strengthens Funding and Grant Applications
Your military care package story provides the real-world evidence funders look for to understand the emotional and psychological benefit of morale programs.
2. Helps Us Improve Future Shipments
Feedback like yours tells us which items matter most and what deployed units truly need.
3. Builds Meaningful Statistical Insight
When many recipients share their experience, we can identify trends—deployment conditions, most-requested items, morale patterns, and more.
4. Shows Donors the Impact of Their Support
For many supporters, these stories becomes the encouragement someone needs to donate, volunteer, or register a deployed loved one.
Finally, the more stories we gather, the stronger and more sustainable this program becomes.
Share Your Military Care Package Story in Minutes
We created a simple way for you to share your experience publicly and help others discover Forgotten Soldiers Outreach.
Share your story here:
https://greatnonprofits.org/org/forgotten-soldiers-outreach-inc
(Select “Write a Review.” No account required.)
You may share:
• How the package affected you or your unit
• What items made the greatest difference
• Your deployment environment (optional)
• Whether we may use your feedback in grants or reporting
Every response helps us support more deployed service members.
You can also learn more about why care packages matter on our page,
“Why Care Packages?”
AND why care packages matter for deployed troops
Help Us Reach the Next Service Member
Your voice can inspire someone else to register a deployed loved one, volunteer, or donate. Most importantly, your story strengthens the case for why support programs like this must continue.
Share your experience today:
https://greatnonprofits.org/org/forgotten-soldiers-outreach-inc
Your words have power—thank you for helping us support those who serve.