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Cookie Share!

January 27, 2013

Hi!

I am a Cadette Girl Scout named Hannah Takasuka, and starting January 27, 2013, I will be taking up the challenge of collecting Girl Scout cookies for the military through the Girl Scout program, Cookie Share.

The Girl Scout cookies that are donated will raise the spirits of the men and women serving our country. Girl Scout cookies are one of the most top requested items by the service men and women.

I have a large goal fundraising goal for Cookie Share. Last year, our troop distributed over $2500 in Girl Scout cookies to the military. I have set myself a personal fundraising goal of $1000. I would greatly appreciate your help in reaching this goal because I want to be able to give out more cookies this year than last year to see more happy faces of the military members and their families. It was so much fun to giving out the cookies this year. The military and their families were so happy to get the cookies that were donated.

If you donate the Girl Scout Cookies to the military, you will get a tax deductible receipt, and I will include an acknowledgement of your support at our next cookie share distribution.

Below are some pictures of my troop, 778 distributing 1140 boxes of donated cookies to Marine Battalion 3/1 in 2012. I am the girl with the left.

Thank you for taking time to read my letter. As one of my sponsors, I will let you know how my troop and I do.

Sincerely,

Hannah Takasuka
Girl Scout Cadette

Troop 778

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About Me

Hi! My name is Hannah Takasuka and I am a Girl Scout Ambassador. I have been a Girl Scout since 2006 and have completed my Bronze, Silver, and Gold Awards. The Gold Award is the Girl Scout equivalent to the Eagle Scout, and is the highest award in Girl Scouting. Outside of Girl Scouts, I have a busy school schedule (5 AP/IB classes) and run for my school's cross country and track teams. I hope to continue to running cross country in college, major in biomedical engineering, and potentially continue on to medical school. In my free time, I enjoy cooking, learning languages (Esperanto, Portuguese, Japanese, Spanish) and watching Netflix.

My Gold Award Project: Engineering the Community

I created an engineering club at my school to combine the aspects of STEM and serving the community. The highlight of the club was hosting the iEngineer Week, an engineering summer camp with Oak View, a Title 1 elementary school. I worked with fifth-grade students in the El Viento Foundation, which focuses on helping the economically disadvantaged Oak View Latino community to graduate high school, attend college, and succeed in life. Over 80% of the students said that they would someday want to become an engineer, and the club will continue at my high school. Future cookie proceeds will also be used to fund the club and iEngineer Week. See a video of my project on Youtube at tinyurl.com/HannahGold

Silver Award: Pens for Kids

In Africa, one pen can cost half a day's wages. Therefore, most people can't afford pens. Although education may be free, most people don't go to school because they have nothing to write with. Could you imagine going to school or work without a pen or pencil?

Pens for Kids is an organization that is based in Denmark. People drop off their pens there and they send them off to Africa. In Africa, they have people from different countries distribute the pens for free. I will send pens to Africa directly. Please help by taking the few minutes of going through your drawers to find ballpoint pens (felt dry out in the hot sun) that your household doesn't commonly use. If you have the time, it would also be greatly appreciated if you checked if the pens are working or not because there is no point in sending a pen that doesn't work!

As I am finished with my Silver Award, I am no longer sending pens to Africa, but please email me if you are interested on sending them yourself. I know a Pens for Kids ambassador in Kenya who keeps updates on arriving packages of pens, and there is also one in Tanzania who will email you a picture of the kids with the pens and them holding up a sign that says "Donated by [your name]."

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