America Supports You: Supporting Troops Never Gets Stale for Girl Scouts

America Supports You ^ | Samantha L. Quigley

[SandRat]

WASHINGTON, May 29, 2007 – Girl Scouts in southern Nevada are preparing to ship more than 11,000 boxes of Thin Mints, Do-Si-Dos, Tagalongs and other Girl Scout cookies to servicemembers overseas.

The Scouts’ donation was made possible through the generosity of the Girls Scouts of Frontier Council, which donated the cookies. The Nevada Benefits Foundation offered its assistance by coordinating the effort and covering the cost to ship the cookies to servicemembers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“Community service is a long-standing tradition in Girl Scouting, allowing girls to learn the value of helping others,” Toni Carey, product sales director for the Girl Scouts Frontier Council, said. “Their service and generosity significantly contributes to the quality of life for our servicemen and women.”

Through the same collaboration in 2006, troops serving overseas received 4,700 boxes of Girl Scout cookies. They were most welcome, Phil Randazzo, president of Nevada Benefits and its foundation, said, adding he has received several requests for the cookies this year.

Nevada Benefits Foundation is a non-profit organization originally created to support U.S. troops and their families who fight in the war on terror. To date, the foundation has raised more than $942,000 through its rallies, “Defending Freedom” wristbands fundraising, and its Web site.

“They just crave a little taste from home,” Randazzo said. “Toni Carey at the Girl Scouts came through again this year, doubling this shipment of Girl Scout cookies, and they should really be proud!”

Randazzo also offered kudos to the Palm Casino Resort, in Las Vegas, for helping to make the shipment possible.

Editor's Note: To find out about more individuals, groups and organizations that are helping support the troops, visit www.AmericaSupportsYou.mil. The Defense Department’s America Supports You program directly connects military members to the support of the America people and offers a tool to the general public in their quest to find meaningful ways to support the military community.

Related Sites:
Defending Freedom
America Supports You

[SandRat]

Girl Scouts

[SevenofNine]

Believe it not I too was Girl scout back in da day believe or not

[SandRat]

That would be a Borg-Scout???

[CindyDawg]

Me too but I would have rather have been a boy scout. Neater badges:’)

[Jet Jaguar]

LOL!

Dang, I wish I could do graphics!

[lesser_satan]

I’m proud to say my niece is a Girl Scout , and I damn near had to open a line of credit for all the cookies I bought from her.

[SevenofNine]

Wait till Monk see this thread

If I know Monk he probably do something

[monkapotamus]

[SevenofNine]

HOW CUTEE you got my photo from girl scouts OH MOnk you shouldn’t haveeee ROFL

Boy was I adorable ROFL

[monkapotamus]

hehehehehe!!!