|
 Pleasantville, NY — There’s nothing as sweet as a taste of home for American military personnel deployed overseas and, as far as Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson, Inc. (GSHH) is concerned, the concepts of both sweetness and home can best be summarized in three magic words: Girl Scout cookies.
Last year, GSHH’s Operation Cookie Drop program resulted in over 35,000 boxes of cookies being sent to military units in the Middle East and Afghanistan, as well as military hospitals stateside. For 2009, the program’s volunteer coordinator, Alison Bergman of Ardsley, expects to ship at least 37,500 boxes donated by cookie customers throughout Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson’s seven-county jurisdiction.
Working with officials from the U.S. Army and Navy, as well as the Westchester County Executive’s office, Bergman has arranged for a minimum of two large military vehicles and a mini-fleet of strong sailors to collect the cases of cookies on Saturday, June 13, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the New York State National Guard Armory, 2 Dana Road, Valhalla. Girl Scout troops will be there starting at 8 a.m. to unload cases of cookies from cars, tuck handwritten cards and notes into the cases and, ultimately, form truck-loading assembly lines.
Anyone who would like to purchase cookies to be included in Operation Cookie Drop can write to
This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
.
Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson serves 31,000 girls and 15,000 adult volunteers throughout seven counties in southeastern New York State: Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester. Its central administrative office is in Pleasantville, with regional offices in Middletown, New City, Pleasantville, and Poughkeepsie.
Founded in Savannah, Georgia, on March 12, 1912, Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) strives to build girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place.
Accordingly, GSUSA — looking forward to celebrating its 100th anniversary in three years — continues to be the world’s pre-eminent organization for, and leading authority on, girls, with a membership of more than 3.7 million girls and adults.
For information about joining, volunteering, or making a donation to Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson, Inc., contact 914.747.3080 or visit www.girlscoutshh.org.
 |
