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