For all the gifts of the heart you give...We extend many thanks for
YOUR caring and support, sending respect and appreciation to our Military Men and Women, along with the joy each finds
in your "Gifts of Caring"!
~January 2012~
Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and
Northwest Indiana
"Gift of Caring"
MOMS was honored to attend and be a part of the Cookie Kick-off!
The Gift of Caring program is back this year! Customers
can make a donation to Girl Scouts and the money is used to purchase cookies that are sent to organizations that bring comfort
to men and women serving in our Armed Forces.
Make our MILITARY MEN and WOMEN SMILE☺ and
LET THEM Know WE CARE!♥
And...with the help of the girls, send their awesome messages
of gratitude and love for Valentines Day!
Thank you to each whom took their time to color and
write messages to our Military Men and Women!
THANK YOU for ALL YOU DO!☺
A Special Message from our Troops...
"Please let the Girl Scouts of Troop #676 and all that we have received all of their cookies,
boxes and well wishes...the little note from a little girl that says thank you is all I and my boys here need and our day
is brighter. THOSE GIRLS are what we fight for every day here. Thank you so much and GOD BLESS every one of you!!!"
Note: Due to their location, their Name nor Branch is allowed to be given.
Plainfield Patriotism, Community
Commitment to our Troops at Walgreens
Store #4828...
Store Manager Todd Swanson (at
center), Head Cashier Virginia Conlee, Daisy Becca Brennan, Junior Girl Scouts DaKoTa and NeVaDa Haynes, Troop Leader Tina
Haynes and Co-Leader Amy Brennan pictured above at Walgreens, 4822 Caton Farm Road in Plainfield. Troop #70409 with
Leader Tina Haynes began partnering with MOMS more than three years ago to make a difference in the lives of our Soldiers.
This year she reached out to her Store Manager, Todd Swanson and he immediately brought their effort to the community.
MOMS extends our hearfelt appreciation
to the Management and Staff of Walgreens for your time in service with this campaign and the hundreds of Patrons
whom so generously donated more than 2,000 items to include more than 1,345 M&M's, Candy Canes, Chapaid, Toothbrush Kits, and
assorted items being sent to the Troops
for Christmas!
Thank You for your patriotic and
supportive spirit, making a difference
which is priceless for our brave Troops serving overseas!
Pictured above is the Delivery to Operation MOMS
Facility Center of 1,298 SNOWMAN BAGS...the MOMS Holiday Project for the Troops, with Troop #70409 Leader
Tina Haynes and Girl Scout Elves spearheading this Project and a collection along with 24 Handwarmers from Troop #70527,
40 Cards from Troop #70488, 105 Letters from the 6th Graders at Heritage Grove School AND the overwhelming Patron donations
of Walgreens Plainfield Store #4828.
A BIG THANK YOU to the following Plainfield Girl
Scout Troops for your time in Service and very generous donations of product for our Military Men and Women
overseas for Christmas;
☺THANK YOU, THANK YOU for sending your heartfelt and warming
Merry Christmas to our Troops!☺
The Gifts of many here in Illinois for our Military
Men and Women were brought directly to the Soldiers of Fort Campbell, Kentucky! Through the outreach of Fort Campbell's
Installation Management Command, SSG Bradley Morrow [Community Relations] and MWR Directorate Amber Barr, the girls and
Leaders of Troop #70194 and #70369 connected directly with hundreds of Soldiers to say "Thank You"! Their outreach and
hard work representing all Girl Scouting has brought to each with outstanding character and caring above and beyond.
From their booth at the Units of single soldiers, delivery to the those of the Wounded Warriors Transition Unit, to those
recently and just returning from Afghanistan at the USO LT Dan Band Concert, to the FRG for Solidiers and Families relocating
to the base, smiles were brought and gratitude exchanged by each! It was two days which live in the hearts of many for
a lifetime!
MOMS extends our gratitude and deep appreciation to each for making the day for a Soldier
and their families; and to the Girl Scouts, Leaders and GCNWI Council for your mission, making a great and tangible difference
for our U.S. Armed Forces through the "Gift of Caring" Program.
In the written words of Colonel Perry C. Clark
of Fort Campbell:
"On behalf of the Soldiers and Families assigned to Fort Campbell,
I wish to extend our sincere appreciation for your generosity and heartfelt dedication to the Fort Campbell community.
It meant so much to our Soldiers to have both Operation MOMS Cookies and the Girl Scout Troops extend their sincere gratitude
and thanks to the Soldiers and Families of Fort Campbell.
The success of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation programs
would not be possible without the unwavering support of generous community members such as you. It is difficult for
Soldiers to focus on their future while faced with so many daunting tasks. It is individuals like you who continue to
support them throughout tough times, which really makes a difference.
...Your generous donation...gifts the Soldiers with not only
continued support but a morale boost as well. Your kindness is admirable and epitomizes the basic noble virtues of the
American Spirit: helping those who need help, without being asked.
Our Fort Campbell Soldiers and Families are truly grateful
to you as a friend and supporter. Air Assault!
27August2011
Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and
Northwest Indiana...
Special Delivery for our Armed Forces!
THOUSANDS of Donated Boxes arrive...
The hearts and gifts of You and our Girls Scouts
FOR OUR TROOPS!♥ THANK YOU!
THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
June/July2011
WHAT CAN A
GIRL SCOUT and Their COOKIES DO?
Make our MILITARY MEN and WOMEN SMILE☺ and
LET THEM Know WE CARE!♥
Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and
Northwest Indiana...
"GIFTS OF CARING" 2011 and MOMS Thank You Video
BY: girlscoutsgcnwi2010
A Special Message just in from our Troops...
9May2011
"Please let the Girl Scouts of Troop #676 and all that we have received all of their cookies,
boxes and well wishes...the little note from a little girl that says thank you is all I and my boys here need and our day
is brighter. THOSE GIRLS are what we fight for every day here. Thank you so much and GOD BLESS every one of you!!!"
Note: Due to their location, their Name nor Branch is allowed to be given.
The Girls of Troop #70369, Wilmington, checked
in their donation of 67 Boxes of Girl Scout cookies while giving many hours in monthly volunteerism at MOMS facility...SPECIAL
BOXES on the way...from land to sea!
What awesome works of heart and hands for
our TROOPS!
Thank You Ms. Melany for your leadership and support!
Leader Tina Haynes and Girl Scout
Troop #70409 of Plainfield...from Santa Bags at Christmas to Easter Eggs, always bringing a smile to our Troops!
Working in our facility, bags were filled, boxes packed to expedite to Sailors and Marines at sea! What smiles they
do bring with love and care!☺
View the wonderful segment on the Girl
Scouts"Gifts of Caring" with ABC
7 News Anchor, Stacey Baca, which MOMS had the honor to be a part of, click on the picture below!
Coal City Brownies...
TROOP #70076
Volunteering with hands and hearts... packing
and decorating EASTER Boxes while filling Camouflage Easter Eggs
and writing messages to say THANK YOU to our TROOPS!
THANK YOU BROWNIES!☺
Girl Scouts from Beecher and Plainfield
volunteer at MOMS Center...
sending love, caring, respect and
treats to our Troops!
THANK YOU to each of the girls and
their awesome Troop Leaders with your Saturday time and hearts in volunteerism!
Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and
Northwest Indiana...
Special Delivery for our Armed Forces!
IT'S COOKIE TIME!☺
ORDER YOUR BOX of COOKIES
for OUR TROOPS From a GIRL SCOUT TODAY!
GIRL SCOUTS - Gift of Caring
Thousands of cans of Nuts and Fruit treats and boxes
of Girl Scout Cookies are received at MOMS facility from your contribution for those serving in our Armed Forces! ♥
The Hearts and Hands of you and our Youth FOR OUR TROOPS!
THANK YOU GIRL SCOUTS FOR YOUR "Gifts of Caring"
FOR OUR Military Men and Women!
At the Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago
and Northwest Indiana and Chicago Wolves 2nd ANNUAL Cookie Kickoff Rally, January 8, 2011 at the Allstate
Arena, thousands of Girl Scouts wrote their message to our Troops!
^^^MOMS Volunteers prepare their display at the Arena...tables are readied for
the partnering hands and hearts of the Girl Scouts to sign Message Banners and make cards for our deployed U.S. Armed Forces!
Girl Scout Service Unit #409 delivers their hundreds of "Santa Bags"
for the Troops to MOMS facility, sending their holiday greetings to deployed Service Members!
DaKoTa of Troop 409 helped to unload a Sleigh full of "Wish List" items for
deployed Troopsat MOMS Facility...donations by SERVICE UNIT #409 with her big smile!
THANK YOU SERVICE UNIT #409 and Leader Tina Haynes for your delivery
and the outreach, comfort, grattitude and care from each FOR our deployed Military Men and Women for the Christmas Holiday!
24 Hours a day...7 Days a week, defending each of our freedoms, providing
for our safety here at home, while securing the peace across the Globe!
It is with great appreciation to each Girl Scout and Leader we say
THANK YOU, THANK YOU
For your Hearts, Time,
Donations and caring Support for
our TROOPS!
Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and
Northwest Indiana...
Special Delivery for our Armed Forces!
1July2010
GIRL SCOUTSOPERATION: APPRECIATION
- Gift of Caring
Thousands of boxes of Girl Scout Cookies being delivered
at MOMS facility from your contribution of a box of Cookies for those serving in our Armed Forces! MOMS staff
Volunteers unload skids, move, stack and organize for ease of variety pulling for expedition to our Military Men and
Women by our Shipment Teams! Requested favorites can easily be pulled and forwarded to our Troops! ♥
THANK YOU GIRL SCOUTS FOR YOUR "Gift of Caring"
FOR OUR Military Men and Women!
2010 GIFTS OF CARING...
MOMS is honored and proud to again partner with The GIRL
SCOUTS OF GREATER CHICAGOLAND and INDIANA...
Directly benefiting and expediting your Gifts of thousands of boxes of Girl Scout Cookies
to OUR Service Men and Women deployed across the Globe! THANK YOU for your Generosity of Giving
and Support as the Girls Scouts work hand-in-hand to send their message of RESPECT and CARING
TO our MILITARY MEN and WOMEN!
*****
***** *****
To Our TROOPS...
Brownie Troop #409 and Junior Trop #1006 of Plainfield
volunteer in MOMS Center...sending support and caring to our Troops with their hands and hearts! Thank You Girl
Scouts!
THANK YOU FROM OUR TROOPS...
Our Youth and Your Cookie Gifts making
a GREAT difference thousands of miles from home...
SUBJECT:
Care packages
From:
"Matthew.XXXXXXX
To:
director@momscookies.org
Hello to you and anyone else who may reading this,
I am a Technical Sergeant in the Air
Force...currently deployed to Kandahar in Afghanistan. Today one of our Airmen,
Senior Airman Anthony
XXXXXXXX, received boxes from your organization. Obviously he did not want to take all of those by himself, so he offered
up to share the boxes with everyone in our section. As we opened up the boxes, my eyes got bigger and bigger. I have a huge
craving for Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies, one of my many vices, and there were
loads of them. You could see everyone reaching for something that they had also had cravings for. People were trading for
their favorites that someone else may have had in their boxes for something someone else had. We were all like kids on Christmas day. It might seem funny to people back home if they watched grown men
getting so excited about what many would consider to be “just a few snacks or goodies”. But you would be surprised
at the little things you miss. Obviously we miss our families and friends back home, but we also miss some of the little things
too. You must get a lot of feedback from people as to what should go in the boxes. Or, you must have people that have been
deployed before telling you what you should put in there, because you hit almost all of us with something we really enjoyed.
I myself ate a whole tube of the thin mints within about 3 minutes. I know, I need to go work that off now. Ha!
I really just wanted to take a few minutes to say thank you.
Thank you for what you do for people like ourselves. It is so nice to see people doing these kinds of things for the deployed
men and women of the U.S. Forces. It is people such as yourselves that make our jobs here feel so much more worthwhile. And,
I want you to know that there were about 30 of us here that were smiling and indulging on some of our favorite snacks from
home. It touched me and I really just wanted to convey some gratitude to you and your organization. Please tell your volunteers
there that they are very much appreciated.
Thank you so much on behalf of myself and the people I work
with!
Sincerely,
TSgt Matthew XXXXXXXXX
HAVE YOU ORDERED Your GIRL SCOUT
COOKIES "Gift of Caring"???
Sending Valentine Hearts To Our Troops...
"HEARTS For Our HEROES"
From
The Girls Scouts & Their Families!
Allstate Arena in Rosemont, IL was filled as the Girl Scouts
of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana gathered for their
"COOKIE KICKOFF"
Imagine this...the largest gathering of girls from the entire
council to date and their families! At MOMS Booth, girls lined up to create and send their Heart To a Hero! Their
caring hearts for our Troops is overwhelming as they carefully pen their message to our Troops!
The Hearts of our Youth...
At right, Ray Phelps, MOMS Logistics Director watches
as the Girls sign and write their Message on a Banner to be sent to Service Members! Ray had his hands full to figure
out the logistics on this one as our Banner was full and over 500 Hero Messages had been written!
THANK YOU Girl Scouts!
Girl Scout Cookies and MOMS Military Children Care Bags...
Support and Caring for our Service Members and Families!
Girl Scout Troops from the Chicagoland Area sending their personal greetings of
Care and Support with awesome pictures, posters and cards for our Military Men and Women!
At MOMS Center...little hands
volunteer sending their thanks and appreciation to our Service Members!
Thank You Troop #70692 for
your Wipes, Girl Scout Cookies and so very needed, awesome helping hands!
What a great job on the 300
Candy Packs for our Troops! Thank You!
Working hard for Candy Paks for the Troops!
Brownie Troop #70692...Volunteer At MOMS Center!
The "TROOP to TROOP" Connection...
Girl Scouts SUPPORTING Our Troops!
Above, the 317th Engineering Company prepares for deployment on August 26th with support of OPERATION: MOMS and the
GIRL SCOUTS of Illinois and Northern Indiana!!! Eyes lit up and smiles were brought with this favorite of our Service
Members!
Many Cards and Messages were written by Girl Scout Troops along with Tables and Sales promoting their support!
This Chicago Troop (Above) created a beautiful card, complete with pictures which was presented to Charlie Company in
Kankakee!
Leader, Sue Ferrill and the Girl Scouts
of Troop #122 working at MOMS "Youth To Troop Connections" Booth at Morris Nostalgia Days. The girls assisted children
in creating Bookmarks, Cards and Messages to be sent to local Service Members currently deployed overseas. Troop #122 volunteers
fill MOMS Center on a monthly basis, assembling and preparing Care Packs for Service Members.
THANK YOU Sue and the Girls of Troop #122!
Service Members receive a Special Message from the Girl Scouts
...attached to their "Box of Cookies"!!! SMILES!!!
Julie Somogyi, Girl Scouts Director of Marketing and Communications holds a case of Girl Scout Cookies with
Daisy and Brownie Girls Scouts to launch the Gift of Caring: TROOP To TROOP Initiative!
Smiles as MOMS, Debbie Trippiedi thanks Director Somogyi for the Girl Scouts leadership and the new initiative
...and Mayor Daley for his outreach to the Girl Scouts and remembering the men and women of the U.S. Armed
Forces!
Mayor Richard Daley takes questions during a visit to the Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and
Northwest Indiana to announce the "Gift of Caring Troop to Troop" initiative, which will send half a million boxes of cookies
to the troops serving overseas. (Tribune/abel Uribe)
GIRL SCOUTS COOKIES FOR OUR TROOPS...
The Girl Scouts are indeed making the world a better place...bringing awareness for the Men and Women who
serve in the U.S. Armed Forces with their "Cookies For A Cause"! For more than 5
years, MOMS has carried Girl Scout Cookies, donated by thousands, to Service Members stationed and deployed overseas!
With the donation on February 25th by the Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago & Northwest Indiana of more than 5,000 boxes,
Troop Collections and Drop Offs...MOMS shipments through June will carry more than 12,000 boxes collected to date of the
beloved Girl Scout Cookies to our Service Members! More to come!
The Girl Scouts also fill much-needed Volunteer slots in MOMS Center for assembly of our individual Care
Packs and their heartfelt cards and messages which are facilitated via MOMS to Service Members. Miriam Baker, Vice President
of Membership said "Girl Scouting is all about courage, character and confidence and the Cookies For A Cause Program aids
in these goals". They send their caring and respect for all who serve with their work of heart! Friendship
with community partners working hand-in-hand from our youth to our Troops!
