Being a Cavalry Soldier since I came into the Army, I love to support the Cav. When I first started this project, it was to support a deployment of the 11th ACR during their last deployment to Iraq. I never changed the name, but now the project supports ALL troops, depending on which units I have addresses for at the time. Sometimes it’s a Marine unit and sometimes it’s an Army unit. This year it’s the Army’s turn again.
Each year, I collect donations to purchase Girl Scout Cookies which are sent overseas to troops for their enjoyment. Girl Scout Cookies are a little piece of home that brightened MY day when I got my first box in the…um…box! The sandbox of Iraq that is. I remember unwrapping that log of Thin Mint cookies that had been fused together by the heat. Nothing like eating an entire log as if it were a chocolaty, minty hot dog! It was impossible to separate them individually so I didn’t try.
Well, the Girl Scouts are at it again and so am I. But, this year is even sweeter than past years. Yesterday, I picked up nearly 100 pounds of free Starbucks coffee donated by Americans for the troops from the local Starbucks Coffee on Airport Road in Huntsville (plug, plug). This is the second time they’ve collected and donated Coffee For The Troops. Last year was over 100 pounds of coffee. Many of these bags have personal messages of support for the troops written on them in black marker.
To find out what you can do to help, please check out my other blog at A Soldier’s Perspective.
