For all the gifts of the heart you give...We would like
to extend our thanks to each of our friends for YOUR caring and support, sending respect and appreciation to our Men
and Women in Uniform, along with the joy each finds in knowing they are
NOT FORGOTTEN! God Bless!
PROVIDE Comfort for our
Military and Those in Need...
Click on the Girl Scout Logo above
to open your heart to touch people's lives, near and far! Order your Gift of Cookies for
Our Troops today!
THANK YOU!
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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!
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THANK YOU FROM OUR TROOPS...
Our Youth and Your Cookie Gifts making
a GREAT difference thousands of miles from home...
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...
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"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!
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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!
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Girl Scout Cookies and MOMS Military Children Care Bags...
Support and Caring for our Service Members and Families!
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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!
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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!
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| Brownie Troop #70692...Volunteer At MOMS Center! |
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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)
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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!
THANK YOU GIRL SCOUTS For
Bringing A Smile & Taste of Home
TO OUR TROOPS!
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