" The support we've received since we've been deployed, and from the Girl Scouts in particular, has been truly noteworthy and I can't thank you enough. As we draw down here in Iraq creature comforts will become fewer and fewer so what you sent really made my day and the day of a few dozen Soldiers. Thanks for the package, and more importantly, thanks for your continued support. God Bless."

Clete Goetz MAJ
Joseph "Clete" Goetz,
II, PE 20th En Bde S3 COB Adder

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Operation Shoebox New Jersey on TV & radio in NJ, NY & Philly

November 4, 2011

By Elizabeth Fiedler

Founder and Executive Director Rod Hirsch interviewed by Steve Adabuto on the "One on One" show. | Download audio file

Hillsborough, New Jersey, is home base for one of the country's largest operations sending care packages to soldiers. In the first segment in a series looking at how withdrawing troops from Iraq is affecting the Delaware Valley, WHYY looks at what's next for Operation Shoebox New Jersey and the hundreds of packages the non-profit churns out every month.

"Actually a couple of thousand cases here, times 12--there's 12 boxes in each case. And that's kind of our signature," said Rod Hirsch, standing next to the wall of Girl Scout Cookies.

"Nothing more American than that. Whether you grew up in Dubuque, Iowa or downtown Elizabeth or Philadelphia," said Hirsch.

The cookies are donated, as are the toiletries and food piled in bins in a nearby room. Hirsch, who has white hair and a short beard, founded the organization in February 2005.

Hirsch proudly shows off the pictures that line the office walls: troops smiling as they open care packages from his group. Read More>

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Founder and Executive Director Rod Hirsch interviewed by Steve Adabuto on the "One on One" show. \| Download audio file	Hillsborough, New Jersey, is home base for one of the country's largest operations sending care packages to soldiers. In the first segment in a series looking at how withdrawing troops from Iraq is affecting the Delaware Valley, WHYY looks at what's next for Operation Shoebox New Jersey and the hundreds of packages the non-profit churns out every month. "Actually a couple of thousand cases here, times 12--there's 12 boxes in each case. And that's kind of our signature," said Rod Hirsch, standing next to the wall of Girl Scout Cookies.
"Nothing more American than that. Whether you grew up in Dubuque, Iowa or downtown Elizabeth or Philadelphia," said Hirsch. The cookies are donated, as are the toiletries and food piled in bins in a nearby room. Hirsch, who has white hair and a short beard, founded the organization in February 2005. Hirsch proudly shows off the pictures that line the office walls: troops smiling as they open care packages from his group. Read More>

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