Operation Popcorn

If you are like Cedar Posts the last thing you need sitting around the house is a gallon sized tub of Carmel popcorn.

Yet when the Cub Scouts come calling you are more than willing to hand over a few dollars to help the newly minted junior salesman at your front door make his goal of selling a ton of carb and calorie rich gourmet popped kernels.


Cub Scout Alex Grandson of CMPD (retired) Sgt Whit Neal and Officer Dianne Neal

You also know there are thousands of men and women over in Afghanistan and other overseas bases who get more than enough exercise chasing down Taliban bad guys and would appreciate the taste of home while stationed at some end of the earth Marine Corps outpost like "FOB Delaram" in the Nimruz Province of Afghanistan.

Cedar Posts has found the perfect answer:

You can help the Cub Scouts and feed the troops half a world away by clicking on this link OPERATION POPCORN and and clicking on the Military Donation tab.

This $35 purchase ships assorted popcorn products to the men and women of the U.S. Military on behalf of the Boy Scouts of America.


Military Sealift Command civil service Capt. Robert Holley, master of ammunition ship USNS Flint, checks the inventory list of popcorn cases. More than 2,500 cases of popcorn were shipped to Flint as part of Operation Popcorn. Operation Popcorn is a gift donation by the Boy Scouts of America and the Weaver Popcorn Company of Indiana. Cases of popcorn will be shipped to Sailors deployed around the world. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Maebel Tinoko

Thanks to people like you who purchase this item, Trail's End Popcorn Company and the Boy Scouts were able to ship $11 million dollars worth of popcorn to US Troops last year.

By clicking HERE, and placing an order the Boy Scouts should be able to exceed that number for the 2011 Operation Popcorn.

Thank you for Supporting our Troops and The Boy Scouts of America.

Cedar's Bonus:

More photos from Operation Popcorn are here.