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Operation Taste of Home
 Share a taste of home with our
military troops around the world by collecting cookie donations for
Operation Taste of Home. Through a partnership with the USO at Dover
Air Force Base Girl Scout cookies will be sent to our men and women
in the Armed Forces. Girl Scout troops participating in the 2008
Cookie Program may invite customers to participate in this project
by purchasing a box (or boxes) of their favorite Girl Scout cookies
to be sent to troops far away from home.
Operation Taste of Home Donation Receipts (PDF)
Customers may buy any of our cookie varieties for $3.50 per box and
designate their purchase as an Armed Forces donation. This
contribution is tax deductible. Customers will not receive the boxes
of cookies they purchase for this patriotic service project, as the
USO will deliver the boxes of cookies to service men and women
overseas. The customers’ donations will still benefit Girl Scouts,
as girls and troops/groups will receive full credit toward
recognitions and troop/group proceeds for all cookies sold as
donations.
It’s this simple:
- Operation Taste of Home takes place throughout the Cookie
Program.
- Your troop/group will not handle these cookies. All you do is take
orders, collect money and pay for them with your final report. The
cookies will be sent directly from GSCB.
- Promote the program with girls, parents and volunteers. Help the
girls to develop a plan of actions to make Operation taste of Home
part of their selling strategy.
- When girls take orders, they ask customers if they would like to
donate boxes of cookies to be sent overseas to our military. If the
customer wishes to purchase some, they indicate this on the white
column (write OTH at top of column) on the girl order form.
Customers do not specify flavors. DO NOT ORDER THESE COOKIES WITH
YOUR INITIAL ORDER.
- Each girl collects the money from their customers orders and
Operation Taste of Home when cookies are delivered. If a customer is
only donating the boxes of cookies to Operation Taste of Home, the
girl should collect the money when the cookies are ordered. When the
customer pays for the box(es), the Girl Scout should offer a
donation receipt to them. These may be obtained from your
Service Unit Cookie Manager or you can
download them here.
- If a customer wants cookies sent to a specific soldier, they need
to purchase them and mail them to the solider of their choice. GSCB
does not have any control over where the cookies are sent once that
are delivered to the USO.
- At booth sales, display a poster and ask customers if they would
like to purchase cookies for our military troops. Keep record of
customers’ donations, you may obtain a Booth Sale Donation Form
from your Service Unit Cookie Manager.
- By March 2, the Troop/Group Cookie Manager needs to receive the
number of Operation Taste of Home boxes and the money from the
girls.
- Include the total number of boxes (from girl orders and booth
sales) sold on the troop/group final report under the Operation
Taste of Home column. For more information about how to fill out the
Troop/Group Final Report see pages 30 & 31 of the troop manual.
- Cookies which will be taken out of the troop/group inventory must
be dropped off at either the Newark or Peninsula Resource Center by
March 7, 2008.
- Be sure to include payment with your final report. Operation Taste
of Home cookies should be included in the troop/group per girl
average total.
- Boxes sold for Operation Taste of Home should be counted in the
total amount each girl sells for her recognitions.
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