U.S. Marines in Japan and Hawaii Hook 8 TONS of Good-will!

July 2, 2008-

U.S. Marines in Japan and Hawaii hook 8 TONS of good-will popcorn gifts from the folks at home!

What a positive way to show support for the troops!

SupportOurTroops.Org, CFC#31529, has just shipped 47,317 free servings of popcorn good-will gifts to the U.S. Marines stationed in Japan and Hawaii. That’s 17 pallets. That’s 895 cases! $72,166 worth! 8 tons! What a gesture of our trust in them, and our honest gratitude for everything they do to protect all of us civilians and our families here at home.

Support Our Troops^® Chairman Martin C. Boire said “Men and women are deployed all around the world doing inherently dangerous things to protect all of us and our families here at home. When a lot is going on in one place, we want to assure than everyone else is remembered and covered. This simple gesture of good-will gives the troops a simple taste of home. It’s time to show them how much we care.”

Each case is labeled with signage saying thank-you from us folks here at home. What a fun way to show them how much we think of them! What a tremendous gesture of good will.

About SupportOurTroops.Org. SupportOurTroops.Org offers simple ways for civilians to thank and show support to American troops (our neighbors) serving all over the world. It is a non-partisan, non-political civilian organization, welcoming civilians, active-duty families, and veterans as members. Donations at SupportOurTroops.Org help us do wonderful things like this for the troops and their families.

Who did this? SupportOurTroops.org, the Boy Scouts of America, and the Trails End Popcorn Company teamed up to pull this off. Said Support Our Troops Chairman Martin C. Boire: “kids, you want to know how to pull off something this huge? Get into Scouting, you’ll get to organize hundreds of things.”

Who manufactured it? Nothing but the best for our troops! Trail’s End popcorn is known as America’s Best Popcorn. It is produced by Weaver Popcorn Company, one of the largest producers and manufacturers of popcorn products in the world. An 80-year-old, family-owned company located in Indiana, Weaver Popcorn distributes its products in more than 90 countries.

How is it getting there? It was boxed at the factory in Indiana. Each box was labeled with a large colorful thank-you notice. Then it was palletized, plastic-wrapped and loaded into an 40’ overseas metal shipping container and trucked to a sea port to then go by freighter to the U.S. Marines.

Where did all this popcorn come from? From the American People! The Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts went door to door across America and asked people if they would like to donate $25 of popcorn treats to the troops. And at $25 a pop this many people did.

What else are we doing? Chairman Martin C. Boire, said, “we’re the license plate people. We have completed state-issuance of Support Our Troops! plates in 25 states to date, and have more underway. Those plates help us do good things like this for our deployed neighbors. Sign up for your plate today. You can find out the status of the effort in your state at www.SupportOurTroops.org.”

What is Support Our Troops? Support Our Troops^® is a patriotic family organization aimed at protecting the well-being of the troops and their families. They Support Us – Let’s Support Them!™ Civilian-led, SOT enthusiastically welcomes civilians, active-duty families, veterans, and folks from all political parties. We offer simple, easy, everyday methods through which folks can stick up for those who stick up for all of us: official license plates, yellow ribbons, apparel, and accessories, knowing that it works to benefit the deployed troops (our neighbors) and their families. SupportOurTroops.Org  is a nation-wide 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with chapters in 37 states to date.

How does SupportOurTroops.org get all of this done? Through our online community forum at SupportOurTroops.org, and a lot of hard work by a lot of good kids and adults across America.

CFC (Combined Federal Campaign) Member #31529. Support Our Troops^® is an authorized private civilian national and international nonprofit in the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). It is the largest and most successful workplace charity campaign in the world. Federal employees can help Support Our Troops® by designating to code 31529.

High Res images for use in coverage of this can be downloaded through the Popcorn Project area located on the front page of www.SupportOurTroops.org.

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