Girl Scout cookies on their way to Afghanistan

| March 18, 2016
Cookie project: Mary Knicely is sending 76 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies to her son-in-law in Afghanistan with the help of donations from numerous people. Her daughter Kristy is married to Jason McCormick who is on his sixth deployment to the Iraq/Afghanistan area. Beacon photo by Josie Sellers

Cookie project: Mary Knicely is sending 76 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies to her son-in-law in Afghanistan with the help of donations from numerous people. Her daughter Kristy is married to Jason McCormick who is on his sixth deployment to the Iraq/Afghanistan area. Beacon photo by Josie Sellers

COSHOCTON – Mary Knicely was blown away by the response she got when asking if anyone wanted to help send Girl Scout Cookies to her son-in-law’s unit in Afghanistan.

“They are $4 a box and people would say they’d give me $8 or $20,” she said. “I kept track of their names and what they wanted and the list just kept grown and growing. A lot of people gave one or two boxes, but there were some who gave four or five.”

Before she knew it Knicely had 76 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies ordered from her friend’s granddaughter.

“It all happened really fast,” she said. “I have the cookies now and am hoping to get them mailed out this week (the week of March 14). I got cookies from people I never thought I would have. We have a lot of support around here and it’s just awesome.”

The cookies will be distributed to troops serving with 1SG Jason McCormick, who is with the Army’s B-TRP, 3-89 CAV, 4/10 Mt. out of Fort Polk in Louisiana. McCormick, a 1998 graduate of Coshocton High School, is married to Knicely’s daughter Kristy, who graduated from River View High School in 1998. This is Jason’s sixth deployment to the Iraq/Afghanistan area. Knicely’s son Kyle, who also is in the Army, has spent time overseas and her husband Bob is a Vietnam Veteran.

“When you’ve been around the military as long as we have you realize there are some guys who don’t get anything sent to them,” Mary said. “Jason gets a lot from his family and wife, but I know he has guys who don’t get things so that’s why I wanted to send this to the whole troop. I know a box of cookies isn’t much, but at least they’ll know someone is thinking off them.”

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I started my journalism career in 2002 with a daily newspaper chain. After various stops with them, I am happy to be back home! I graduated from Coshocton High School in 1998 and received a Bachelor of Arts in Communication in 2002 from Walsh University. I also earned several awards while working for daily papers, including being honored by Coshocton County’s veterans for the stories I wrote about them. I am honored and ready to once again shine a positive light on Coshocton County. I also am the proud mother of a little girl named Sophia!

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