Zines for Troops!

Kari Tervo collecting Zines for Troops! donations at the Riverside DIY Print Fest, May 26, 2013

Zines for Troops is a volunteer project run by Kari Tervo. Its purpose is to donate zines to military members and injured veterans in order to promote effective leisure time. Zines for Troops! operates under the infrastructural auspices of Operation Paperback, a non-profit organization.

Conceptualized in April, 2013 by Tervo, Zines for Troops has collected over 350 zine donations to date. They have been sent to military locations around the world.

Donations have represented a varied spectrum of zines. Donations have fallen into general categories such as perzines, travel, poetry, technology, sexuality, health, and more.

Contributors recieve two custom 1-inch buttons and their name on an Honor Roll on We Make Zines.