The Central Texas Girl Scouts will be presenting their cookies to Col. Lamb, CSM Woods and LT Hancock of the 21st Cavalry Brigade at the Brownwood Regional Airport on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 11:00 a.m.  The public is encouraged to attend and show support to our military.

Area Girl Scouts, along with their usual Girl Scout Cookie sales, have been encouraging people to buy cookies to donate to the troops.   These cookies are now being presented as a gift to our military to give them a tasty reminder of home along with needed support.

The troops have also found that these cookies are considered a valuable commodity.  An excerpt from a letter the Girl Scouts Troop from Zephyr received from “Lt. Paul C.” explained:

“One day our group was having a difficult time convincing some Iraqis to hand over a rocket. One of our guys remembered that we had a box of cookies in our armored truck…after some bantering back and forth; they agreed to trade the rocket for the cookies.

The Iraqis were so impressed with the “American delicacies” that they even posed for a picture.  The picture was sent up through the chain of command with the caption “The Girl Scout’s Cookies for Bombs Program”.  Your cookies made it possible to secure a dangerous weapon.  I thought you would like to know how much the cookies are appreciated, not just as a tasty reminder of home, but as a valuable trading commodity.”

The Girl Scouts of Central Texas will be presenting nearly 1000 boxes of cookies tomorrow thanks to hard work of the girls, their volunteers and the support of the public.

Last year the Girl Scouts of America sent 43,501 boxes of cookies to soldiers.  Their goal is to increase that number this year and to include a note of encouragement with each box.