Judy Wallace has been sending care packages overseas for so long that she can’t remember when she started.

“One year I was able to buy someone’s entire beanie babies collection and sent them over to Iraq. The Marines put one on top of every computer and sent me pictures of them in full uniform holding beanie babies,” Wallace said. “The rest went to kids and they were a real morale booster.”

Wallace is holding a bake sale, Aug. 25, 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. at Island Market to raise funds for sending 75 care packages for active duty service personnel overseas during the Christmas season.

She is also looking for the names and addresses of active duty personnel who are willing to share packages with their units.

There are donation drop off boxes at Island Hardware and the Community, Episcopal, and Catholic churches and at the bake sale. Suggested items include personal hygiene items from chapstick to bug repellant, beef jerky, granola and breakfast bars, hard candy, nuts, gum, instant coffee, cocoa mixes, water flavoring packets, pens, paper, envelopes, AA batteries, phone cards, magazines, small hand-held video games, small toys or stuffed toys or school supplies to give to area children or teachers.

“Or anything you would have liked to receive when overseas,” said Wallace.