We are organizing a collection drive and would like to know, with Veteran's Day on November 11, what day do you think should the boxes absolutely be shipped out by so they arrive around this date in Iraq and Afghanistan? I know it SOUNDS far away, but we move slowly here! LOL!

It wouldn't hurt a thing to send them 6 wks. before you want them to arrive at the troops' position because sometimes they are sitting around in a shipping container waiting for delivery to their final destination, which may be a distant outpost with rare mail delivery.

 I'm glad I asked then, I was definitely not giving myself enough time!