Sending care packages to our family in Peru can be very easy if you follow these simple suggestions:
*The best mode we have found is to utiize USPS. This avoids us having to pay entry taxes for customs.
*Most packages arrive best if they are packed in a USPS box. USPS offers boxes you can ship for a flat rate for anything in the box.
* Keep the value of your package around $100 or less. This eliminates any "red flags" through customs.
*The following items should not be mailed in a care package, but if you are a group coming to Peru they can be put in your luggage: medications, personal hygiene items, makeup
*Packages should be mailed to the following address:
The Dassow Family
Casilla 04
La Molina, Lima 12
Peru, South America
The following is a list of items our family cannot get in Peru or are very expensive to get here:
* Insect repellant - especially any brand with "Deet"
* Sunscreen (the higher the SPF the better)
* Tea bags - for making "Southern" sweet tea
* Pop tarts - frosted cinnamon, chocolate chip, Smores (the children prefer not to have fruit filled but any other kind is great)
* Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
* M&M's
* Snickers
* Kit Kats
* Hand sanitizer
* Pump hair spray - any brand
* Hair mousse - any brand
* Cover Girl liquid foundation "Creamy Natural" - Color #220
* Corn muffin mixes (Box "Jiffy" or similar)
* Kosher dill pickles
* Gum - espcially spearmint
* Allspice seasoning
* Peanut butter
* French Vanilla non dairy coffee creamer
* Men's body wash - any brand but Axe is the favorite
* Hair conditioner - any brand
* Beef jerky
* Cool Ranch Doritos
* Goldfish
* Little Debbie snacks
* Wheat Thins
* Cheez-Its
* Spaghettios
* Lunch Buckets
* Kraft Easy Mac
*Cap'n Crunch cereal
*Lucky Charms cereal
*Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal
*Honeycombs cereal
*Cheerios
*Raisin Bran
*Ranch dressing
*Fat-free Catalina dressing
*Pasta-roni
*Hamburger/Chicken Helper
*Equal or Splenda packets
*Yankee Candles
*Athlete's foot spray
The following is a list of "medication" items we either cannot get in Peru or are very expensive to get here:
* Cholestoff - Over-the-Counter cholesterol medication at Walmart (brown bottle with yellow and red label)
* Equate Acetaminophen - 500 MG caplets
* Men's Daily multivitamin - any brand
* Women's Daily multivitamin - any brand
* Children's Daily multivitamin - any brand (gummies work best)
* Equate brand Tylenol PM - any kind
* Equate brand 81 mg. baby aspirin
