Send a Local Solider a Slice of Mardi Gras This Year

Care packages for our US Military members are incredibly important. From items they can actually use to items that remind them of home, that long distance connection means more than most of us will ever know.

So this year, a group in Louisiana is trying to spread some Mardi Gras love to our service members stationed overseas. Here are the details from the Louisiana Radio Network:

"The Louisiana Heroes Project is asking folks to send some Fat Tuesday love to our troops serving in locations throughout the world who can’t be home this Carnival season. Mission Mardi Gras from Afghanistan coordinator Tawney Tallo, says their goal is to make sure all service members deployed from Louisiana receive a Carnival package before February 13th.

If you would like to send a Mardi Gras Box to a deployed soldier, visit the Louisiana Heroes Project on Facebook for details. Tallo says some people don’t realize how much it means to soldiers when they get special care packages like this.

Fill the box with Mardi Gras themed items such as hats, throws, costumes, beads, or Louisiana inspired foods such as beignet mix, red beans and rice, and King Cake. "