Buy cookies from Girl Scout hit by stray bullet

Sinai Miller, 9, was stepping out of her home to sell Girl Scout cookies Tuesday with her two sisters when a car passed by and fired shots. One of the bullets hit Sinai in the leg.

She was taken to Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health in stable condition, and later returned home.

While she was learning life skills by participating in a well-known and loved tradition, Sinai experienced the unfortunate reality of violence.

"We cannot complete our mission to build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place when they are afraid to play in their own neighborhoods," Deborah Hearn Smith, CEO of Girl Scouts of Central Indiana said.

The Star has had a number of readers ask if there was a way to help this little girl continue to sell her cookies as she recovers. You can help by ordering a box of cookies at http://www.girlscoutsindiana.org/cookies/cookiesforsinai. Or call the Cookie Sales Hotline at (877) 474-2249.

Each box is $4. You'll be contacted for payment after filling out the form. If you're ordering from outside central Indiana, you can pay to have the cookies shipped or donate the boxes to "Operation: Cookie Drop." They would then be delivered to active and retired military throughout Central Indiana.

As of Thursday, more than 2,000 boxes of cookies had been purchased in Sinai's name.

You also can send a card to Sinai through the Girl Scouts at this address: ATTN: Sinai, Girl Scouts of Central Indiana, 2611 Waterfront Parkway East Drive, Suite 100, Indianapolis, IN 46214. They will be personally delivered to her.

In addition, notes, cards and other means of support can be sent to the Miller's apartment community. That address is: Retreat Cooperative, 7157 Rue De Margot Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46260.