Not sure if this belongs here but it can be moved. A sailor has posted here today and he is aboard the USS Nimitz, he stated that their deployment has been extended for 2 months, I also belong to Navy for Moms and for obvious reasons this was posted a few months ago. They are trying to get Christmas gift to every sailor onboard the entire carrier group. This is for over 4000 sailors. Not sure if anyone wants to join in on  the Christmas surprise. Just small things to let everyone on the carrier group know that they are being thought of, like lip balm,hot cocoa, christmas candy. I will ask if I can release the mailing address. But if anyone wants it please send me a private request. Maybe there is a better way to do it? Or maybe there are already enough warriors to help? I dont have a deployed sailor, so this is not for my daughter. Thank you to all.

This was posted on the Navy for Moms site- Thank you to anyone who was able to help them.

The USS Nimitz Strike Group deployed in July. Initially they were to deploy for 6 months however they learned that the deployment had been extended to a long 8 months. I think we took it harder than our Sailors did, so we decided together that we wanted to do something special for Nimitz Carrier Strike Group 11 (CSG 11). CSG-11 includes the USS Nimitz and her airwing, USS Chosin, USS Pinckney, USS Rentz and USS Sampson. The 5 ships together have a crew of about 6400 Sailors and Marines.
We were able to send more than 6500 Christmas Stockings and Goody Bags filled with candy, toys, snacks, hot chocolate, etc etc. More than 15,000 Christmas cards from moms, school children, and Church groups are on their way to the ships