Girl Scout cookies on their way to Afghanistan
Cookie project: Mary Knicely is sending 76 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies to her son-in-law in Afghanistan with the help of donations from numerous people. Her daughter Kristy is married to Jason McCormick who is on his sixth deployment to the Iraq/Afghanistan area. Beacon photo by Josie Sellers
COSHOCTON – Mary Knicely was blown away by the response she got when asking if anyone wanted to help send Girl Scout Cookies to her son-in-law’s unit in Afghanistan.
“They are $4 a box and people would say they’d give me $8 or $20,” she said. “I kept track of their names and what they wanted and the list just kept grown and growing. A lot of people gave one or two boxes, but there were some who gave four or five.”
Before she knew it Knicely had 76 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies ordered from her friend’s granddaughter.
“It all happened really fast,” she said. “I have the cookies now and am hoping to get them mailed out this week (the week of March 14). I got cookies from people I never thought I would have. We have a lot of support around here and it’s just awesome.”
The cookies will be distributed to troops serving with 1SG Jason McCormick, who is with the Army’s B-TRP, 3-89 CAV, 4/10 Mt. out of Fort Polk in Louisiana. McCormick, a 1998 graduate of Coshocton High School, is married to Knicely’s daughter Kristy, who graduated from River View High School in 1998. This is Jason’s sixth deployment to the Iraq/Afghanistan area. Knicely’s son Kyle, who also is in the Army, has spent time overseas and her husband Bob is a Vietnam Veteran.
“When you’ve been around the military as long as we have you realize there are some guys who don’t get anything sent to them,” Mary said. “Jason gets a lot from his family and wife, but I know he has guys who don’t get things so that’s why I wanted to send this to the whole troop. I know a box of cookies isn’t much, but at least they’ll know someone is thinking off them.”
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