Belleville Post 105 Donates Cookies With Help Of Nutley Scouts

BELLEVILLE, NJ — The following news release comes courtesy of Sons of the American Legion Squadron 105. Learn more about posting announcements or events to your local Patch site.

American Legion Post 105 and Sons of the American Legion (SAL) Squadron 105 fed the sweet tooth of our overseas-deployed troops by buying and donating eight cases of Girl Scout Cookies, as well as two cases of Girl Scout Candy and nuts.

As they do every year, Girl Scouts around the country sell cookies and candy for two of their annual fundraisers. This is the case for Girl Scout Troops 20122 and 20462, both of Nutley, who have sold cookies for the past three years at Post 105. One of the options for anyone buying candy and cookies, their respective fall and winter fundraisers, is to donate boxes to be sent to our deployed troops.

Since 2018, the Post 105 Family has each year voted on buying and donating cookies to send to those in uniform who can’t be home during ‘cookie season’. This year, in their largest donation yet, SAL 105 voted to double their purchase from last year, donating four cases – 48 boxes of cookies – which ended up costing over $250. American Legion Post 105 generously met that donation, bringing it up to eight cases overall.

In total, this year our troops get to enjoy 96 boxes of Thin Mints, Do-si-do’s, Tag-alongs, and an assortment of all of the other delicious cookies we all look forward to each year. “It gives our soldiers, sailors, airman, and Marines who are out defending our freedom around the world a little taste of home”, commented SAL Commander Steve Sangemino.

The hope is that each bite of a Somoa or a Trefoil cookie reminds the troops of how much the American Legion 105 Family appreciates and values what they do.

Girl Scout Junior Grace Myers of Troop 20122 and Cadette Abigail Myers of Troop 20462, both daughters of SAL Adjutant Rusty Myers, accepted the donation on January 11th, while also making the rounds selling their cookies to everyone else at the Post. There is no shortage of people who look forward to getting their cookies each year, as well as no shortage of people who are generous enough to donate cookies to the serviceman on their own.

The Girl Scouts of the United States of America states that “When you buy delicious Girl Scout Cookies, you’re helping girls fund life-changing programs, experiences, and learning for themselves and their troops all year long. These experiences broaden their worlds, teach them essential skills, and launch them into a lifetime of success.” The girls not only win badges, awards, and incentives based on how many cookies they sell, the process from selling to delivering the cookies imbibes the scouts with a sense of responsibility and people skills, as well as the value of goal setting and entrepreneurship.

Two months ago, SAL 105 also donated to our troops $105 in boxes of candy and nuts in the Girl Scouts fall candy sale.

Anyone can purchase and donate boxes of cookies to our uniformed heroes – just find your local Girl Scout who is selling cookies, or drop by Post 105, and ask. The cookie program usually ends in the beginning of February.

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