Misawa Operation Backpack 03/24/2011
We are no longer accepting donations. Thank you. Please read newest blog on Misawa operation backpack dated 5/20/11, for important information. Thank you! We are having issues with the post office. If you have sent your boxes already then thank you! If you have not please do not send them to the prior address any more. If you have boxes ready to ship then we ask that you send them to: Deadline is June 15th to receive boxes, which means from the USA boxes should be getting sent out this week if going by regular mail and no later than June 1st if being sent priority. To all those who have sent boxes out already we thank you sincerely. Please keep an eye out on our FB page, Misawa AB Girl Scouts, for pictures of the packs being delivered sometime in late June. Sincerely, Misawa Girl Scouts The Misawa Girl Scouts: are organizing the collection and assembling of comfort backpacks. Our mission is to provide comfort and a message of love to the kids of Japan who have lost everything in the recent earthquake and tsunami. We will distribute the packs after transportation and mail delivery becomes available in the affected areas. We will include a short note letting our Japanese friends know about all the people involved and where the donations originated. We will be collecting until June 15, 2011 Collection for the backpacks: Items can also be mailed to: Questions can be sent to: We will be collecting packs & items until further notice. We are looking for the following items: * Gently used or New Back packs. * paper, pen, crayons * coloring books * flashlights w/ batteries * small stuffed animals/ Can be used, but please wash them. * playing cards * comics * tissue * non-perishable snacks * Hand held games * hats * small blankets * stuff animal * toothpaste/brush * lotion * chapstick * hairbrush/comb Please no clothes and provide extra batteries for electronic items. Please indicate whether your backpack is for a girl, boy, or either sex. Also indicate the general age. The backpacks can be a clean, used backpack or a new one. The backpack should be something you would want to receive! Thank you so much for helping us to help those in need. Together we can make a difference!!!!!!!!! ~Misawa Girl Scouts. CommentsHolly 03/28/2011 10:58
Hi, Jennifer 03/28/2011 18:05
Hi, Ann 03/28/2011 20:51
Hi, Joan 03/28/2011 23:33
Hi ladies! Thank you so much for your interest. To mail items to the Misawa girl scouts use the following address: Joan 03/28/2011 23:47
P.S. I forgot to mention that the USPS is the best option when mailing to an APO address. UPS and Fed Ex will just turn around and ship it thru the postal service because they cannot deliver to an APO. An APO address is a US address in a different country it's basically like having a PO box. Ann 03/29/2011 19:26
Thanks for the address! Masako 03/30/2011 06:52
Hello, Joan 03/30/2011 08:24
Masako, we will be collecting until May 15th, try to mail at least two weeks prior. However, if packages should arrive after that date we will still pass it along. Thank you so much for your interest. 03/30/2011 08:37
Hi, Wynne Brochu 03/30/2011 10:08
My daughter (Jacquelyn Cody) and her family are at Misawa Air Base (my son in law is Navy Air) and she added your message to her facebook page. My company, PrimaCare Medical Centers (urgent care clinics in the Dallas area) will be collecting company wide. Our deadline is 04/22/11. Will I need to ship all by priority in order to get the shipment to you on time? Victoria Hassink 03/30/2011 16:56
Joan, I have just sent you an email to your gmail account. I am a troop leader in North Carolina and I am hoping to get our Council involved in this project. I know my Brownie Troop will be helping out as much as we can. A great way to really "be a sister to every Girl Scout". Joan 03/30/2011 20:32
Gabriele, I believe the only thing that would need to be added to the above address is the city:Misawa and the prefecture:Aomori.However let me check into that to confirm. If all else fails, I will be happy to provide you with my Japanese home address. Thank you for wishing to help! Jessica 03/30/2011 23:52
I did not realize that we had this step up on the site. Awesome. Joan 03/31/2011 18:12
Gabriele, sorry about that I thought there was a way to send to the base. Anyways, here is my home address in Japan you can send to: Tricia Dau 04/01/2011 14:18
Jessica, Cheryl 04/01/2011 15:35
Hi, my son, daughter-in-law and grandson are stationed in Misawa, my son is Air Force. My daugher is a girl scout here in Columbus, WI. Her troop would like to help with the backpack drive. We will be discussing this at our meeting this Sunday. Go Girl Scouts ! Ann 04/01/2011 20:54
I mailed a back pack from Kansas City today but just realized I forgot to include the designated gender and age. It is for a boy, pre-school to kindergarten age. Hope your project is a success! Jessica 04/02/2011 00:06
Tricia Dau, Jessica 04/02/2011 00:08
Thank you so much Ann. I will let you know when they arrive. :) Cheryl 04/03/2011 17:51
Cheryl Wedig 04/03/2011 17:53
Are you taking money/check donations? Who do we make the check to? mary wadzinski 04/04/2011 22:03
Am Jamie Cannon's Nana, just mailed out a box today. If later on in a month or so their are more needs please let everyone know. Kimberly Yue 04/05/2011 08:21
I so love this idea, and will be broadcasting on my facebook page (my sister is collecting items for you as well, and the post has only been up an hour), will definitely let me troop know and will pass along to my SU. Thanks for organizing this--so needed, such a beautiful thing to do. Hope all is well for you and your girls! Jessica--Updated Information. :) 04/05/2011 17:10
Operation Backpacks for Japan - Kids Helping Kids Denita Purser 04/06/2011 04:51
I am so excited to find your blog! I lived in Misawa from 1975-1978 when my Dad was stationed there. My friends and I are raising money for Japan and wanted to donate in a more tangible way in addition to sending money to the Red Cross. We are artists and like so many in our field want to contribute to help our friends in Japan. Will pass this information on to help you with this most worthy cause. Victoria Hassink 04/06/2011 07:37
I just saw some of your updated info and I think it answered my question but could you confirm for me that a drawstring backpack/sack would be ok? I was thinking of getting some from our GS store. Joan 04/08/2011 07:57
Victoria, drawstring backpacks should be fine. :) Lisa MacLaren 04/11/2011 02:39
Aloha, we are Daisy Troop 333 from Mililani, Hawaii. We are in the process of putting together a box or 2 to send over. We are using our troop cookie money and family donations. We thank you for setting up this project. It means a lot to the girls to help out other girls in need. We were thankfully untouched by the tsunami here in Hawaii. God Bless you and thank you. Joan 04/11/2011 21:50
Thank you, Lisa! Amy Pelletier 04/13/2011 09:14
Our local elementary school is hosting a community service fair May 7 and we'd love to collect donations for operation backpack. Given the date of our fair, donations wouldn't arrive by your deadline of May 15. Would you still be able to distribute at a later date? Joan 04/15/2011 04:48
Amy, yes! Our deadline was extended to June 15 to allow for packages coming in from the states. Thank you for your interest. Wynne Brochu 04/24/2011 10:08
Joan, Joan 04/28/2011 22:50
Wynne, thank you very much! We update when we receive boxes on our facebook page Misawa AB Girl Scouts. We only put first name and state, but you can be on the lookout for when your package arrives! :) Lisa MacLaren 04/29/2011 01:38
Jessica Lisa MacLaren 04/29/2011 01:39
Ooops - The address is: Laura 04/29/2011 05:04
Hi Jessica, Naomi 05/02/2011 16:20
Just sent 2 large boxes to you from Salt Lake City. Joan 05/03/2011 00:02
Thank you ladies! Either address is fine we will get them all. Sorry for the confusion. One is the Girl Scout hut addrress: Stephanie Marshall 05/09/2011 05:23
I am a Brownie Troop leader in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, USA. Our troop would like to donate items and become pen pals with your troop. My contact information is: Kathy Hamada 05/12/2011 13:09
Thank you for coordinating these donations! Our girls really enjoyed this service project and our box is on its way to you tomorrow! Hope it helps. Joan 05/13/2011 06:29
Stephanie, I will pass on your info to our brownie troop leaders and some of our younger juniors for penpal opportunities. Thank you for your interest. Victoria Hassink 05/14/2011 07:11
I was wondering what to mark the items as on the customs form. I think you said earlier that boxes marked Donations were being held longer. Joan 05/14/2011 08:39
Victoria, you can mark them as gifts. Thank you. Joan 05/20/2011 01:48
Please read newest blog on Misawa operation backpack dated 5/20/11, for important information. Thank you! Victoria Hassink 05/22/2011 11:44
Thanks for the update. We are boxing our donations today and we have had 4 other Girl Scout Troops from Wake 19 NC Coastal Pines drop off backpacks! It should be a number of boxes! Kathy Hamada 05/25/2011 15:06
Hi! We are one of the troops that had our box returned. I will try to resend it this week! We'll keep our fingers crossed that it gets to you very soon. Kathy Hamada 05/26/2011 14:47
Does anyone have any advice on how to get our package resent without having to incur any further cost? We paid for shipping of our package which was returned to us and are having difficulty with the US post office. Joan 05/27/2011 06:52
Kathy, I am very sorry for the returned package! I edited an update for that today under a blog dated on the 20th of May. Unfortunately the post office is not willing to work with us either. There is an international address posted which should not have packages returned from, but since it is an international address there may be extra charges added. See if the post office will only charge the difference already paid. If it is not outrageous of course. If it is then please look into donating the package locally to someone in in need in your community. We are extremely sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. Becky 06/02/2011 04:33
I wanted to let you know that on Saturday, May 28,I mailed 8 boxes totaling 200 lbs of backpacks and assorted items. These were sent to Jessica Payne's address. Thank you for coordinating this effort. Joan 06/02/2011 11:19
Thanks, Becky! We will keep an eye out for them. Laura 06/02/2011 11:37
Hi, Joan 06/06/2011 04:48
Laura, we have not posted updates since that day. However there are still a few boxes at the hut that have not been opened and will be opened this Thursday. I will update again on that day. How did you send them, parcel or priority? Laura 06/08/2011 11:35
Hi Joan, Mary Manning 09/15/2011 20:55
Would you be able to e-mail me some pictures of all you gathered for Operation Backpack. I would like to show them to the school that donated many items. Joan 09/16/2011 05:08
Mary, I would be happy to send you pictures. Could you please give me an e-mail address. Or (if you would rather not post an e-mail on here) if you have a facebook account you can look up Misawa AB Girl scouts and we have tons of pictures on there that can be downloaded from operation backpack. By the way, Misawa collected 539 backpacks in all! Thanks to folks like you. Now that the new GS year has started we plan on having the girls sit down and write thank you notes. 09/29/2011 22:38
I think the post is good for us.GS year has started we plan on having the girls sit down and write thank you notes. 11/22/2011 00:52
isawa AB Girl Scouts, for pictures of the packs being delivered sometime in late June. 01/11/2012 21:58
A real lot of useful info here!These are all great comments here. Very cool article. 01/18/2012 16:58
02/14/2012 07:19
We are having issues with the post office. If you have sent your boxes already then thank you! If you have not please do not send them to the prior address any more. If you have boxes ready to ship then we ask that you send them to: 02/22/2012 01:19
To all those who have sent boxes out already we thank you sincerely. Please keep an eye out on our FB page, Misawa AB Girl Scouts, for pictures of the packs being delivered sometime in late June. Leave a Reply | ArchivesMay 2011 CategoriesAll |
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