Girl Scouts sending a taste of home
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- June
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Thousands of samoas, tagalongs, thin mints and other Girl Scout cookies are heading into harm’s way, courtesy of Girl Scouts from throughout Westchester and Putnam.
On Saturday (June 13), hundreds of area scouts will be sending more than 42,000 boxes of the tasty treats to service men and women in Iraq and Afghanistan in the 8th annual “Operation Cookie Drop.’’
The girls will bring the cookies, donated by local communities, to the state armory in Valhalla. Soldiers from Fort Dix will be on hand to load them onto three tractor-trailers and take them to the base. From there, they’ll be flown overseas and delivered to troops in the field.
I don’t know if they’ll get a merit badge for their effort, but I’m sure the scouts will make a lot of sweet-toothed GIs very happy.
This entry was posted
on Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 at 4:19 pm by Rich Liebson. 
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