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By Spc. Bryanna Poulin
25th Combat Aviation Brigade Public Affairs
TIKRIT, Iraq -- Soldiers with 25th Combat Aviation Brigade at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, recently got a taste of home from donated Girl Scout cookies.
On March 21, Junior Girl Scout Troop no. 1105, based out of Melbourne, Fla., packed and mailed 1,575 boxes of cookies to military units stationed throughout Iraq.
"The project of sending Girl Scout cookies to deployed Soldiers began in 2005 with the shipment of 356 boxes," Jill Barton a troop leader for 1105 wrote in an email.
"We shipped 721 boxes in 2006 and exceeded all expectations this year with 1,575 boxes to be shipped."
The inspiration behind Operation Cookie Box began about three years ago when the Girl Scouts received donations from people who didn't want the cookies but still wanted to contribute to the fundraiser.
The troop also receives 50 cents for every box of cookies sold, money that typically goes to troop excursions. However, the 4th grade Junior Girl Scouts turned their troop profit back into purchasing additional cookies for the soldiers
"The Junior Girl Scouts wanted to use the donations and send cookies to Soldiers overseas," Brenda Hacking, a Harris Corporation employee and sister-in-law of retired Brig. Gen. E.J Sinclair.
The Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company that serves government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries, paid for the shipment of all the care packages of cookies that have been sent in the last four years.
"We were fortunate to have Harris Corporation handle all of the shipping logistics for our Operation Cookie Box project," Susan Sinclair, a lifelong friend of Col. A.T. Ball 25th CAB commander, said. "We are so glad the Soldiers received the cookies (and we were able to ginve) them a little taste of home."
| Date Taken: | 04.24.2007 |
| Date Posted: | 04.24.2007 12:04 |
| Story ID: | 10095 |
| Location: | TIKRIT, IQ |
| Web Views: | 215 |
| Downloads: | 177 |
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