How to Donate Phone Cards to Troops
"The Armed Services Exchanges operate telephone call centers in Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, and other countries and aboard ships--anywhere service members are deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom", according to the United States Department of Defense. Donating a phone card to the troops allows soldiers in the military to call home to loved ones, family members, and friends while deployed overseas. Without access to cell phones, the soldiers use the phone cards to call home from the call center that is set up by the Armed Services Exchange at their deployment location.
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Instructions
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Go to http://www.aafes.com on your computer. Click on the picture link that states "Help Our Troops Call Home".
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Decide what branch of the military--army, navy, air force or marines--you would like to donate the phone card to. Pick the option that suits your donation needs. Choose from options such as donating the phone card to soldiers specifically in Iraq, soldiers wounded in action, or military members in USO programs. Write down the organization that delivers the cards for reference. Click on the title of the option you choose.
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Pick your quantity of cards from the drop down menu. Pick one as the minimum and five as the maximum. Read the descriptions carefully, for some of the options offer a bulk donation of 250 cards, and some cards are just single cards. Click on the purchase link.
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Select the existing address. Choose from American Red Cross, Air Force Aid Society, Fisher House Foundation, Navy-Marine Corps Relief, USO, or SFAC. Refer to the information you wrote down previously. Click continue.
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Click "View Cart" to purchase the phone card. Proceed with filling in your billing address and credit card information. Print out or write down the confirmation number.
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Tips & Warnings
Raise money from family and friends to donate a high denomination of phone cards at one time to the troops.
