In the sweetest possible gesture, San Diego Girl Scouts and supporters gathered Saturday to send thousands of boxes of cookies to U.S. military troops overseas.
The Girl Scouts came together on the flight deck of USS Midway to watch a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter take away the cookies destined for delivery to U.S. service members as part of the 14th Annual Operation Thin Mint celebration.
The Girl Scouts cheered at the sweet send-off, proud of the project that helps send a taste of home to those serving overseas.
Operation Thin Mint is a program that originated in San Diego County in 2002 designed to provide cookies and support to deployed U.S. service men and women.
Girl Scouts accept donations for the program each year from cookie customers and use that money to send boxes of the sweet treats to the troops.
Over the past 13 years, Operation Thin Mint has been able to send more than 2.5 million boxes of cookies to service members serving in Afghanistan, Iraq, Africa, Japan, Korea, and the Persian Gulf, Western Pacific and Indian Ocean.
Thousands of people attended Saturday’s event on the USS Midway in support of the operation. Each Girl Scout in attendance received a star patch and mini U.S. Flag as a token of thanks for their efforts in continuing to make Operation Thin Mint a sweet, sweet success.
