Each year, as part of the Girl Scout cookie program, troops participate in the community service project, "Gift of Caring." As a part of this community service project, packages will be delivered by Girl Scouts to food banks, senior citizen centers, women and children’s shelters, and family crisis and abuse centers, as well as, being mailed to military personnel overseas. Each troop will decide which organization they will distribute their "Gift of Caring" packages to.

You can help by making a donation or purchasing an additional box of cookies from one of the many Girl Scout cookie booths in your community. If you know someone who is deployed overseas who would enjoy a box of Girl Scout cookies, contact Kelly Ronning at (503) 581-2451 to purchase a box or two and they will be shipped for you. Girl Scouts of Santiam Council will make every effort to ensure that each name received will receive a box of Girl Scout cookies. Help bring the Girl Scout cookie tradition to our men and women of our military who are deployed overseas.

Girl Scouts of Santiam Council serves 4,266 members in Benton, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Polk, and Yamhill counties. Girl Scouts of the USA is the world’s leading organization dedicated solely to girls – all girls – where, in an accepting and nurturing environment, girls build character and skill for success in the real world. In partnership with committed adult volunteers, Girl Scouts cultivate their full individual potential. The qualities they develop in Girl Scouting – leadership, values, social conscience, and conviction about their own self-worth – serve them all their lives.

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