Golf Clubs for Troops
Your spare clubs or balls could brighten the day of our troops in Iraq or Afghanistan. Here is what you can do:
Although there aren’t a lot of golf courses in Iraq, there are plenty of bunkers and wide open spaces to perfect a long game. Receiving a long, skinny box with a couple of golf clubs from the States will definitely brighten the day for a soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan.
It all began in 2003 when Cindy Stanley and her husband, Jerry English, of Monterey, decided to send some Christmas cards with a packet of cocoa to troops in Iraq. Since that time, their organization “Cards and Cocoa for the Troops,” has grown and expanded to much more than a Hallmark card and some cocoa. More than seven tons of “stuff” has been sent overseas.
Got some spare clubs or a box of golf balls you could send? Here’s what to do:
1. Call Cindy Stanley at 831-373-7362. She will give you the name and APO address of a soldier in either Iraq or Afghanistan.
2. Box up your clubs, or purchase a “USPS Flat Rate Box” for some golf balls and tees and mail them.
Good morning to all the members of the NCGA!
We will be having several volunteers return your calls, so in case
I don’t get to talk to you personally, I just wanted to say:
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU 170,000 TIMES OVER!
CINDY STANLEY
July 28th, 2008 at 11:00 amMONTEREY, CA.
I would like to mail some golf clubs to a soldier.
Thanks
July 28th, 2008 at 11:16 amHi Shelly
July 28th, 2008 at 3:18 pmPlease call me or email me. This site does NOT show me your
email address.
Thanks
Cindy Stanley
Cards and Cocoa for the Troops Organizer
(831)373-7362
jc_bodt@pacbell.net
I have some clubs I’d like to donate. Can I get the appropriate box at a MailBox USA? Please send me the name and address of a soldier in either country.
July 28th, 2008 at 3:26 pmThanks,
Pete Davidson
551 Farallon Ave.
Pacifica, Cal. 94044
Hi Pete,
Can you email me? Save me a stamp?
:-)
jc_bodt@pacbell.net
I am going to approach my local sporting goods store / pro shops
that SELL golf clubs and ask them to save me boxes when they receive
their next shipment. (Last year I taped some boxes together to get
the right size and that was a lot of work, but it worked!) Last year we sent about 2 dozen. This year we are getting ready to box up over 100 clubs that have been collected locally!
Many thanks for your support!
Cindy Stanley
July 28th, 2008 at 10:06 pmCards and Cocoa for the Troops Organizer
Hi Cindy,
August 2nd, 2008 at 2:34 pmI have some clubs I like to send to the soldier in Iraq or Afghanestan. Could you please tell me where to send them. Thank…………..Jerry
Hi, I have my grandfather’s clubs that my grandmother gave me after he died. I never can use them because of injuries, and I know he’d want someone else to enjoy using them, since he was such an avid golfer that he lived walking distance from a golf course in Florida for many years. I came across your site when looking for somewhere to donate them for kids. I’d love to donate the clubs and bag to soldiers, but I can’t afford shipping for something so heavy. When my cousin was in Iraq I sent food and movies for just $10, but golf clubs are so big, and I can’t afford more than that. Is there a program that helps with shipping costs? Rather than drop them off at the thrift store, I was really hoping to do something special with the clubs, in honor of my grandpa. Thanks for your suggestions. –Dana
February 1st, 2009 at 12:21 pmHi, My son USMC Cpl Davison just arrived in Iraq for a 8mo tour. His girlfriend bought him the Driver for Christmas. I would very much like to know where I could get FREE golf balls(used) to send over. Any Ideas? What you have done from a cup of coccoa to now is incredible, and as a MOM I THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART ! This is also GREAT aggression therapy for them as well!
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:33 pmUSMC Mom – I would contact Cindy Stanley:
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:39 amCindy Stanley
Cards and Cocoa for the Troops Organizer
(831)373-7362
jc_bodt@pacbell.net
She has spearheaded this program. Thanks
Hello i am currently in iraq and wondering if you are still sending golf club to iraq, and how you get singed up for some golf balls and clubs?
thank you,
November 2nd, 2009 at 1:22 amRoger Simmons
Roger – We have forwarded your comment to the program’s organizer. Thanks for posting.
November 2nd, 2009 at 2:02 pmHI TO EVERYONE WHO HAS SENT GOLF EQUIPMENT TO THE TROOPS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
TO SOLDIERS WHO WRITE REQUESTING EQUIPMENT….YOU MUST EMAIL ME
AT
jc_bodt@pacbell.net
For privacy reasons THIS WEBSITE DOES NOT SHOW ME YOUR ADDRESS!
YES, WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SEND GOLF EQUIP TO THE TROOPS.
PLEASE EMAIL ME!
SINCERELY,
November 4th, 2009 at 1:03 pmCINDY STANLEY
Requesting Golf Clubs
My daughter is in Afghanistan and everyone in her unit would love to have golf clubs sent to them and/or any golf club nets, balls etc. They got a chance to try golf and they love it. It is a great stress reliever for them.
January 7th, 2011 at 1:42 pmIf you need the unit info, please let me know.
We have extra clubs for both men and women and would like to send them to Iraq or Iran. Please send information and we will be happy to donate them.
Cathy Wooley
August 5th, 2011 at 8:28 amCathy – e-mail Cindy Stanley at this address for more information on how to donate your clubs. Thanks
jc_bodt@pacbell.net
August 5th, 2011 at 9:07 pm