Bryn Mawr Eatery Hosting Military Troop Care Package Event Monday

BRYN MAWR, PA – A Bryn Mawr restaurant and taproom is inviting the community to help prepare care packages for men and women serving in the United States Military.

Kelly’s Restaurant and Taproom is hosting a Holiday Treats for Troops care package packing event at 5 p.m., Monday, Dec. 4.

Residents in the area can enjoy a complimentary buffet dinner while packing up treats for troops to make them feel at home during the holidays.

The goal is to pack 300 boxes of treats.

Below is a list of highly requested items from servicemen and servicewomen:

• Baby wipes
• Bar soap
• Batteries - AA
• Beef Jerky
• Body lotion
• Bubblegum
• Campbell’s Chunky Chili
• Campbell’s Chunky Soup
• Candy
• Candy bars
• Cereal bars
• Chef Boyardee ravioli - Microwavable
• Chess set
• Chewing gum
• Chicken salad -lunch to go
• Cigarettes
• Coffee
• Coffee creamer
• Coffee sweetner
• Coloring books
• Crayons
• Cup of noodles
• Dental floss
• Deodorant
• Devil dogs
• Dinty Moore beef stew
• Ear plugs
• Eye drops
• Five Hour Energy Shot Drinks
  
• Foot powder
• Fruit cocktail
• Games
• Granola bars
• Handmade cards from children w/ Positive messages to the Troops
• Hard candy
• Hot sauce
• Ibuprofen
• Insect repellent
• Jigsaw puzzle
• Lip balm
• Lollipops
• Macaroni and cheese
• Manicure sets
• Microwave meal
• Microwave popcorn
• Mouthwash
• Music CDs
• Novels
• Peanut butter
• Peanut butter crackers
• Peanuts
• Pens
• Playing cards
• Poker chips
• Pop-Tarts
• Powdered drink mix - individual servings
• Powdered Gatorade
  
• Power bars
  
• Protein bars
• Puzzle books
• Q-tips
• Raisins
• Ramen noodles
• Razors
• Religious medals
• Rice Krispies Treats
• Rosaries
• Salt and pepper
• Scapulars
• Shampoo
• Shaving cream
• Silly string
• Slim Jims
• Soap dish
• Tissues - Packets
• Toilet paper
• Toothbrush
• Toothbrush holder
• Toothpaste
• Tootsie Pops
• Toys and games
• Trail mix
• Travel fist aid kit
• T-shirts
• Tuna fish in a pouch and mayo
• Tuna salad kits - lunch to go
• Uncle Ben’s microwave rice meals
• Vienna sausage
• Waterless hand sanitizer
• White socks
• Writing tablets

Kelly's is located at 1107 E. Lancaster Ave. in Bryn Mawr.

Contact Fred Klevan at (610) 999-5812 for more information on the event.

US Army Fourth Infantry Division Sgt. Robert Scott (L) of Colorado Springs, Colorado and Lt. James Micheletti of Billings, Montana prepare a makeshift Christmas tree before Christmas dinner December 25, 2003 in Samarra, Iraq. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)