Dee Ann Paulsrud has coordinated the “Beef 'N Up the Troops” program for the past three years, helping send over 91,000 beef sticks to troops overseas.

Each box contains 300 beef sticks. Dee Ann says 3,000 is a minimum order.

“If I order 3,000, I get them at 69 cents per stick,” she says. “We’ve been able to get them at that price for a long time.”

Paulsrud says a friend picks up the sticks and hauls them to the 185th Air Refueling Wing base in Sioux City. They then are loaded into the belly of the planes and shipped overseas, where they are sent to the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Paulsrud says donations are used to purchase the beef and process it. The beef sticks have a shelf life of 14 months, but she adds when they reach the troops, they are gone pretty quickly.

Donations to help purchase beef sticks may be sent to her at:

Dee Ann Paulsrud
The Beef Stick Lady
4980 320th St.
Danbury, IA 51019