Maine Township needs the help of its residents to support our troops overseas. We will be collecting items at Maine Township, 1700 Ballard Road in Park Ridge, now through the end of June. Donations can be dropped off in the collection box located behind the receptionist desk between the hours of 9 AM to 5 PM Monday through Friday.

Priority items include AA/AAA and lithium camera batteries, comfort foods (cookies, beef jerky, hard candy, etc), toiletries (baby wipes, eye drops, portable body wash, etc), and other items such as clean socks, pens and paper, Q-tips, sunscreen, pipe cleaners, bug spray, deodorant, disposable cameras, and razors/razor blades. You can view a more detailed list of items needed below.

If you have any questions, please contact Ed Beauvais, Maine Township Code Enforcement Officer, at 847-297-2510 x259. Thank you for your support and letting our soldiers know we haven't forgotten them!

• Bags of Chips
• Beef Jerky
• Bubble Gum
• Breakfast Bars
• Brownies
• Candy (Hard and Soft)
• Cereal Bars
• Cheese Crackers
• Chex Mix
• Cookies
• Fruit Cups
• Graham Crackers
• Ice Tea and Other Drink Mixes (for individual water bottles)
• Coffee (packets for individual cups)
• Nuts
• Pop-Tarts
• Power Bars
• Pretzels Chips and Packaged Snacks
• Raisins
• Rice Krispie Treats
• Hard Candies
• Slim Jim Snacks
• Sunflower Seeds
• Tea Bags
• Tabasco or Other Hot Sauce
• Tuna Kits
• After Bite
• Antibiotic ointment
• Baby Wipes
• Cotton Balls
• Dental Floss
• Deodorant
• Eye Drops
• Foot powder
• Flushable Wipes
• Mouth Wash
• Nail Clippers and Files
• Q-tips
• Portable Shampoo and Body Wash (in plastic containers for field use)
• Shave Cream
• Razors and Blades
• Throat Lozenges
• Tissues Toilet Paper
• Tooth Brushes
• Tums and Rolaids
• Tylenol
• Wash Cloths
• Batteries - AA/AAA/Lithium Camera batteries
• Books
• Bug Repellent
• Disposable Cameras
• Greeting Cards
• Pens and Paper
• Pipe Cleaners
• Socks - Men's and Women's
• Sunscreen
• Big Zip Lock Bags