{"id":2519847,"date":"2025-12-10T20:04:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T01:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/charity-group-begs-trump-for-a-christmas-miracle-after-usps-rejects-hundreds-of-care-packages-meant-for-overseas-troops\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T20:09:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T01:09:02","slug":"charity-group-begs-trump-for-a-christmas-miracle-after-usps-rejects-hundreds-of-care-packages-meant-for-overseas-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/charity-group-begs-trump-for-a-christmas-miracle-after-usps-rejects-hundreds-of-care-packages-meant-for-overseas-troops\/","title":{"rendered":"Charity Group Begs Trump for a &#8216;Christmas Miracle&#8217; After USPS Rejects Hundreds of Care Packages Meant for Overseas Troops"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcharity-group-begs-trump-for-a-christmas-miracle-after-usps-rejects-hundreds-of-care-packages-meant-for-overseas-troops%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2519847&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The leader of the charity Boxes to Boots is appealing to President Donald Trump to help ensure that care packages reach U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-trump-white-house-aide-publishes-hunter-biden-laptop-photos-now-theyre-on-a-website-anyone-can-access\/\" title=\"Ex-Trump aide shares Hunter Biden laptop pics on public website.\">troops stationed overseas<\/a> for Christmas. The Connecticut-based nonprofit assembles and ships boxes filled with snacks, toiletries, and comforts from home. This year, despite dispatching over 1,100 packages, more than 800 were returned by USPS due to allegedly insufficient customs descriptions, with some packages even missing. The charity received no prior notification about the issue, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-populism-beats-progressive-populism\/\" title=\"Conservative Populism Beats Progressive Populism\">similar problems<\/a> have been reported by other nonprofits. USPS cited stricter customs labeling requirements introduced in recent years, demanding detailed descriptions of each item. Boxes to Boots is willing to resend the packages with proper labeling but has not been informed where their previous submissions fell short. The situation is disheartening for the charity and the troops who rely on these care packages for support during deployment.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The leader of the charity Boxes to Boots is asking President Donald Trump to intervene to save Christmas for troops stationed overseas and unable to return home for the holidays.<\/p>\n<p>Each year, the Connecticut-based nonprofit puts together care packages filled with snacks, toiletries, and other comforts from home for the troops, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/usps-rejects-troop-care-packages-charity-turns-trump-christmas-miracle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>This year, students from New Britain High School helped assemble a record of over 1,800 boxes, Kristen Gauvin, president of Boxes to Boots, told the news outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Of these, the charity shipped over 1,100 overseas, while holding back 700 for Connecticut National Guard troops, whose deployment out of the country got delayed due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-united-states-is-borrowing-its-way-to-disguise-recession\/\" title=\"US Borrowing Masks Recession\">government shutdown earlier<\/a> this fall.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Boxes to Boots mailed its packages in mid-November, yet more than 800 of its 1,100 boxes were unexpectedly returned, with more than 100 missing entirely. USPS flagged the packages for insufficient customs descriptions,&rdquo; Fox News said.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>All the boxes returned had the description &ldquo;toiletries pack&rdquo; circled on the customs form.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b9xARUR-KuU?si=TxxosXnuW93Shc9O\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>USPS told Fox in a statement, &ldquo;We are currently investigating why these packages were returned. When customs forms are incomplete or lack the detail needed to meet export compliance requirements, packages may be returned.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every single one of these boxes had my name and phone number on the return information,&rdquo; Gauvin said in response. &ldquo;Someone could have took the extra minute to call me and say, &lsquo;Hey, we have a huge problem here. Let me tell you what it is.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Clearly, these boxes are all marked with military addresses. So, I would think people, if anything, would bend over backwards for our troops. This is just disgusting,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Gauvin also noted that she has heard from four other nonprofits that have had <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >similar problems shipping packages overseas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Something is clearly wrong this year,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m really hoping that President Trump can perform a Christmas miracle for us and get these boxes to our troops for Christmas, because if we send them U.S. postal mail, they&rsquo;ll never get there,&rdquo; Gauvin said.<\/p>\n<p>Nathaniel Rosenberg with The Middletown Press <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/us\/2025-12-06\/connecticut-nonprofit-care-packages-troops-returned-20003540.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>, &ldquo;According to a spokesperson for USPS, U.S. Customs likely rejected the boxes because the labels were incomplete and did not provide sufficiently detailed descriptions of what was contained in the packaging.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;USPS also requires a detailed description of each item in a package on the customs-declaration form: what the item is, what it&rsquo;s made of, and its purpose &mdash; for example, &lsquo;men&rsquo;s cotton shirt&rsquo; rather than the general term &lsquo;clothes,&rsquo;&rdquo; USPS representative Amy Gibbs said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;According to Gibbs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-extends-mask-requirements-for-air-travel-through-the-winter\/\" title=\"Biden Extends Mask Requirements for Air Travel Through the Winter\">stricter requirements<\/a> around the labeling of exports have been phased in by Customs and USPS over the past few years, including updates to the policy in April 2023 and September 2025 that now require every item, including small personal shipments, to provide a &lsquo;clear, specific description&rsquo; on the customs form,&rdquo; Rosenberg wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She provided an example chart of acceptable and unacceptable labeling, contrasting unacceptable labeling &lsquo;gifts,&rsquo; &lsquo;medicine,&rsquo; with more detailed descriptions &lsquo;one scented candle, remote-controlled toy car, cashmere scarf&rsquo; (for gifts) and &lsquo;painkillers (ibuprofen), antiviral spray medication; (for medicine).&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Gauvin told Rosenberg that Boxes to Boots &ldquo;would be happy to resend the boxes with more detailed labeling if someone would tell them where their labeling fell short, so as not to have a repeat customs snafu.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She laments the impact that not receiving the care packages will have on the troops. Gauvin recounted &ldquo;proudly&rdquo; packing and shipping a care package in response to a request from a Marine feeling lonely on his first tour overseas.<\/p>\n<p>But now it&rsquo;s sitting in her Connecticut office, having been returned by USPS.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s so disheartening because I will pay that extra money to get that sent, whatever we need to do, but no one&rsquo;s cooperating with us,&rdquo; Gauvin said. &ldquo;I would think everyone would want to be bending over backwards to support our military right now, and that&rsquo;s just not the feeling I&rsquo;m getting.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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