7 January 2009
Girl Scouts Show Candy Love
Posted by admin under: community service .
One of the consistent things about Girl Scouts of the USA is the great community service that is at the heart of the program. It was recently demonstrated by Wisconsin girls who wanted to show their love for our soldiers overseas and the children they are helping to protect.
Girl Scouts and leaders from Kewaunee, the Luxemburg-Casco area and Algoma recently collected $980 in phone cards and 96 pounds of candy, cereal bars and bubble gum to send to troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The collections were sent to five area soldiers: Sgt. Andrew Murphy of Kewaunee, Sgt. 1st Class Eric Peil of Sturgeon Bay, Sgt. Josh Fameree of Casco and Spc. Justin Schulz of Green Bay, all serving in Iraq, and Staff Sgt. John Klein of Green Bay, serving in Afghanistan. They were asked to share the phone cards with others in their platoons and hand the candy out to children “so that they know that the American children care about them,” said Kim Tuttle with the Luxemburg-Casco Girl Scout troop.
Peil wrote back to thank the group for their efforts.
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“We have to be very careful when we throw candy to children when passing by — we don’t want them to get used to getting near our vehicles for accident reasons. I can assure you that we will make some special stops on the route to deliver your message and gifts to the children of Iraq that you have sent halfway across the world to brighten one’s day!”
Sisters across the world making multiple kinds of connections. Awesome!
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One Comment so far...
Sgt. Josh Fameree Says:
13 March 2009 at 5:10 pm.
I also wrote back! Thanks a lot for the box Girl Scouts! I have already handed out your goodies to the kids and shared the phone cards with my soldiers. As a former Boy Scout, I want you all to be proud of what you are doing, it’s the start to a successful future! Thanks again.
