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!!