Girl Scouts to Cav Scouts (Sticky, New Content Follows)
September 27th, 2006 by Marcus
Don't forget to donate to send Girl Scout cookies to deployed Marines! Please use the Girl Scouts to Cav Scouts button in the sidebar to donate! Additional ways to donate are in the the extended section as well as all details.
The following are posts made by CJ from the begining of the cookie drive until now. They are in reverse order so that the most recent information is closest to the top of the page.
I’ve gotten a couple of emails from people wanting to buy cookies but don’t have/won’t get a Paypal account. I can understand that. I was intentionally trying to avoid the check issue only because the Girl Scouts is only taking cash. However, if you REALLY want to buy cookies for the Marines in Iraq but don’t have a Paypal account or credit card, send me an email and I’ll send you my mailing address to which you can send a check. I’m flexible!! For the record, Anissa’s almost got 130 cookies orders, about 50 of those through this site!! THANK YOU!!
I'm only going to give these updates once a week from now on. But, I wanted to let everyone know that we have a unit that will be the recipient of our Girl Scout cookie drive. This year, the cookies will be sent to two Marine units, Border Transition Team 2 (BTT2) and a unit from 1 Marine Expeditionary Force (1MEF). So, start spreading the word and tell your friends to stop by and start buying cookies. In just the past 24 hours, we've had over 30 boxes donated to the cause!!
Thanks to Taco Bell over at Sand Gram for hooking us up with some recipients.
It's that time of year again. The second annual Girl Scouts to Cav Scouts cookie drive is under way (see previous effort HERE). We missed last time because we had to move, but the project is back online. However, I'm going to do things a little differently this time.
The last time we did the huge Girl Scout Cookie drive for the troops, I also took orders for people who wanted some mailed to their homes. That ended up being a logistical nightmare and we ended up paying a LOT of money to shipping out of pocket. So, this time I'm only going to take orders for cookies that will get sent to deployed soldiers. You can see the cookies being sold this year HERE. The cost is $5 per box, which buys the cookies and helps with the shipping and handling. If you'd like to send a box (or boxes) of Girl Scout Cookies to the soldiers, use the Girl Scouts to Cav Scouts donate button to the right. My goal this year is 200 boxes, since last time we sent about 100.
The other new thing is that I'm looking to YOU to nominate a unit of soldiers who you think should benefit from this year's drive. Please send a short email (I don't need an essay) and tell me where you think the cookies should go. We will randomly pick one of the units from those submitted and the cookies will be sent to them. You can also nominate that all cookies get delivered to Walter Reed as well, but I prefer to keep it in theater since Operation Completion donated cookies to Walter Reed last year.
Please feel free to help with this drive. Send the information to everyone on your email lists, blogs, and friends at home and work. Ask your bosses if they'll sponsor a case (12 boxes) of cookies. Anissa has a (somewhat unrealistic) goal to sell 750 total, which will include cookies she sells separately in the area. MY goal is just to double the 100 boxes we sent last year. Let's get started!!
Just wanted to add that I am turning in her order form the seventh of October, which is NEXT Saturday. Thanks so much for those who have ordered. It makes meeting her goal a lot easier. She will be sending out thank-you notes to the addresses that were used on the pay-pal notifications after she turns in her form. Again, thanks so much for helping her out!
PLEASE help to spread the word about this project. With only ONE week left, we need all the help we can get. Email everyone in your address book and ask them to buy at least one box. Anissa already met HER goal, so this isn't about her anymore. Let's show these Marines that those magnets on our cars actually mean something (don't take that to mean that you aren't already true military supporters, that's not what I'm implying).
Thank you to everyone who has already ordered some. We've got almost 60 boxes destined for the Mideast.
[...] This is the second annual Girls Scout to Cav cookie drive, created by CJ over at A Soldier's Perspective [note:this is the status & update post]. This year, the cookies will be sent to two Marine units, Border Transition Team 2 (BTT2) and a unit from 1 Marine Expeditionary Force (1MEF). The goal is 200 boxes, and in less than a week there have been 60 ordered so far. With a little help from our friends, CJ can hit the target, and we can all be comforted in knowing "a few good men" will be given a little piece of home. [...]
This is perfect. I can buy my favorite cookies but stick to my diet by not eating them myself! I'll "virtually" enjoy them. Thanks for organizing.
Just donated $50 to the cause (I am a former Marine) – please pick which cookies you want to send.
Semper Fi and thanks for doing this!
Just donated $50 – please make the cookie choices you want. The marines are doing a great job and deserve everyones' support!
As of 1700 this afternoon (5 pm), YOU have donated 145 boxes of cookies. 45 better than last year and only 55 short of our goal. Thank you so much. Please continue to spread the word and get people to donate. Even one box is one box more than we had.
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
Figures. The Marines are stealing our cookies.
Just sent you $30 via paypal to use as needed. thanks so much. hugs
Maybe $30 might help you get closer to your goal. You are doing a wonderful thing. Thanks so much for your time and effort. hugs to you all. jean & gary
Thank You for this program! I made a small donation to this cause. My sister received her silver and gold award from Girl Scouts in the 1990's and my mother used to lead a troop. So I'm making the donation in their honor.
God Bless
Nothing is a small contribution. I've gotten a few apologies for only being able to send one box. Let me tell you that it is not a small donation. That Marine enjoying his box of cookies will not care if you bought just one or twenty. All he cares about is not having to eat an MRE.
Send a box for me. This is a great idea and Ill be spreadingthe word to my friends as well.
The Major over at One Marines View keeps finding places to send me that warm my crusty old heart. Thanks for caring for our warriors.
My nickel has been paypaled. (Is that even in the english language?)
God Bless you.
if I have any more cookies I'll just burst. . . okay, okay, I'll get more!
[...] This is the second annual Girl Scout Cookie drive for the troops. The benficiaries this year will be memebers of the Marine Corps. As CJ puts it: We’ve collected approximately 385 boxes of cookies destined for those brave Oorah Grunts fighting for freedoms some people have never known. [...]
girl scouts for cav scouts is insulting to an actual cav scout. please change the name of your project. marines are neither grunts, troops, soldiers, or CAV SCOUTS! You are disrespecting a history that goes back to 1777 and are no better than someone who would burn an American flag. I know you are trying to do good work but, you are insulting alot of people who have gone though unimaginable trials and who wear the crossed sabres over thier eternernal souls. We shall all meet again in the Fiddlers Green. Scouts Out.
Nice job, recon, you're two years late. And if "none but shades of cavalrymen dismount at Fiddler's Green" how are you going to meet them there, since, presumably, they're not cavalrymen?
Anyhow, quit being a d****e, you're making us all look bad.
My response as sent through email:
MSH, I'm a Cavalryman myself. I've been in the Cav most of my military career! I have my gold spurs and fought with 3/7 Cav at the outset of OIF. I know what it's like to be Cav. Maybe instead of shooting off at the mouth you should do a little history into why I call this project Girl Scouts to Cav Scouts instead of looking like a retard. When it was first started everything went to the Cav. But, I'm not going to change the name every time I decide to support a different type of unit. If you're offended, it's because you CHOOSE to be so. We're all in the same fight.
CJ
Hi! I don't get this very much but there are not the same girl scout cookies on google that my child is selling there are Daisy-Go-Rounds,Thin Mints, Peanut butt. Patties, Peanut butt.Sandwitch,Thank-A-Lot and a lot of other things.
Thanks,
Cheryl