- Send a teddy bear to the child of a deployed marine. For $25, jonathancollins.org gives a plush toy with a voice message recorded by the parent, which will play when the paw is pressed.
- Show your support for our troops. A donation to woundedwarriorproject.org can aid a soldier’s physical—and emotional—recovery after deployment.
- Support the troops with warm socks, deodorant, Cheez-Its: Find their wish lists at anysoldier.com.
- Staying home for the holidays? Donate frequent-flier miles to injured soldiers’ families at heromiles.org
- Buy a counseling session for a soldier returning home after serving in Iraq or Afghanistan with your $17 donation to www.giveanhour.org.
- Create and send a postcard to our troops for free by visiting: http://www.cosmopolitan.com/cosmo-kisses-postcard. Cosmopolitan and Maybelline New York will donate $1 to USO for each postcard sent. Up to $20,000.