OKLAHOMA AMERICAN VETERAN NEWS (OAVN)
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UPDATES
SENDING COUPONS DIRECTLY TO MILITARY BASES
PLEASE NOTE:
Addresses change, post office boxes close or overseas bases may get so
inundated with coupons that lots of them get thrown away. This means a
waste
of time, effort and postage. OAVN has agreed to try to keep all of the
information up to date for everyone so they don't use outdated
information found posted months ago, that is no longer valid.
Currently here are the bases that would like to have expired* coupons:
1.) Guam (Naval Base) ADDRESS it to: Fleet and Family Support Center
Naval Base Guam, Building 106 PSC 455 Box 157 FPO, AP 96540 (Confirmed.
They do want but
in e-mail dated Thu, 4 Feb 2010 21:52:12 +0000 says they already
receive large quantities of coupons from many different organizations.
2.) Naples Italy Naval Support Activity 6th fleet/Command ADDRESS TO
USE: NAPLES COMMISSARY, PSC 808, BOX 44, FPO AE 09618 (Italy)
17 Feb 2010 advised would like to receive coupons, but don't need lots as they
receive enough coupons; prefer to receive them separated between food and
non-food
3.) Vicenza Italy (Army) ADDRESS: CAFAP ACS CMR 427, Box 19 APO AE 09630 (Confirmed.
They DO want.)
She advised we can sort them as you like- what ever is easier for you but here
they all go in the same bin.
4.) OKINAWA JAPAN • (Army) ADDRESS it to :
Volunteer/Outreach Coordinator ACS - 10th ASG Unit 35115 APO AP 96376-5115 Received very nice letter 2/20/2010
thanking us for helping them.
5.) Commissary Unit 5156, Bldg 407 APO AP 96368-5000 ATTN: Customer Service
Department (Confirmed. They DO want.
They have many organizations, such as
DAV and VFW, who regularly send clipped coupons but they welcome our
contributions. )
6.) Iwakuni Japan
Coupon Distribution Program Marine and Family Services PSC 561 Box 1863
FPO AP 96310 (Confirmed-)
nice Thank you letter sent to OAVN, dated Jan 29, 2010
7.) Bury-ST Edmunds, UK (Air Force) ADDRESS: USAF Family Support Center 100
MSS / DPF, Unit 49/25 APO AE 09459 (Confirmed. They
do want. address was
corrected to: Family Services/Airman & Family Readiness Center, Attn
Annalisa Horan 100 FSS/FSFR Unit 4925 Box 280 APO AE, 09459
If you are curious about the status of other bases you have seen posted on the internet,
please contact us as we do keep a list.
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*Please
note that unexpired coupons can help families of active military families and
Veterans.
They can be sent to the address at the bottom of the page. (If
you know of a Veteran or an active military person who could use some
help in this way, please contact us, via e-mail or 918
257-1950.)
SHOULD WE CUT OUT THE
COUPONS?
It is a good idea because it saves you postage costs and it also saves
time as volunteers have to take time to cut them out to
get them ready to go.
HOW FAR PAST THE EXPIRATION DATE CAN WE SEND
THEM?
We have been asked to send coupons no more than 2 months expired to
allow
for the time it
takes them to be received and distributed at the overseas military
base.
AVOID USING OBSOLETE ADDRESSES
Make sure that your time, effort and money for
postage
aren't wasted when your
coupons are sent to an address where they
won't be used.
Addresses to send expired coupons to overseas
military bases are found on numerous
websites on the internet. However, many addresses listed are no longer
valid.
This obsolete information has proliferated as it is copied and posted to
forums and blogs
without first receiving confirmation from the base address being
posted.
Consequently, as addresses are posted and re-posted on the
internet, some overseas
military bases are being inundated with coupon by many well-intentioned
organizations
and individuals. Because of the
generosity by so many, some bases simply cannot
use
all the coupons they are receiving. Thus,
coupons, that could have gone to a "confirmed"
base to help the hungry children of our American
military families, get "trashed".
Unfortunately, there is no easy way to find and contact every single
forum, blog
or web-
site that has the incorrect information posted. Nor is there enough
manpower and
money
for stamps to let each person know that their coupons aren't going to
be used.
FEEL FREE TO LINK TO THIS SITE (or
bookmark it) in order to confirm an address
when you are ready to
send coupons. We
update as soon as we get an e-mail
from a base requesting
an address or status change. This is
why copying
information
from this site
to hand out or post elsewhere means the information copied is quickly
outdated.
PLEASE HELP US
KEEP THIS LIST UP TO DATE! If you are a military base
and need to change your info
contact us, via e-mail at
info@oavn.org. Please include the country and
address as we have it
listed here,
for reference.
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All information on www.oavn.org is copyrighted. You are welcome to link to this site or post the link to a forum, blog or website in order to help our military families. All other use is strictly prohibited.
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