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Operation Taste of Home
Girl Scouts to Deliver Over 40,000 boxes of Cookies

Media Contact:
Ann Marie van den Hurk, APR
302-456-7170
avandenhurk@cbgsc.org

What:             The Girl Scouts deliver close to 40,000 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies the USO at Dover Air Force Base for our Armed Forces Overseas.

When:            Monday, May 21, 2007 at 1:00 pm

Who:              Girls Scouts, board members, and USO Volunteers. There will be Girl Scouts who collected many boxes of Girl Scout Cookies each for Operation Taste of Homesm.

Where:           USO Warehouse, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware*Access through the Main Gate off Route 113 & 10

* In order to have access on base, please call Ann Marie van den Hurk @ 302-456- 7170(office) or 302-563-0992 (mobile) before 9:30am on May 21. Please be prepared with valid ID and vehicle registration or you will not be admitted.           

We would like to thank the community for their support of Operation Taste of Homesm: Girl Scout Cookies for our Armed Forces. The community purchased close to 40,000 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies to be donated to the USO for our Armed Forces. USO located in Dover Air Force Base to distribute the cookies to Armed Forces in Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, and other bases. In addition, cookies were sent to local VA hospitals for members wounded in action.                                                                        

Girl Scout troops want to make a difference to our armed forces stationed overseas. Community service is a hallmark of Girl Scouting. This project gave the Girl Scouts the opportunity to do something positive in these uncertain times and to show support for armed forces. Since 2003, Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay Council Operation Taste of Homesm has provided over 130,000 boxes of the Girl Scout cookies to our Armed Forces overseas via the USO thanks to the generosity of the community. The USO located at Dover Air Force Base distributed the cookies all over the world. This project gave girls the opportunity to make a positive difference for our women and men in the armed forces overseas.

Girl Scouting builds girls of confidence, courage, and character, who make the world a better place. We do that by providing girls with personal leadership development and programs that build real life skills for the real world. To learn more about Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay Council, visit www.girlscoutschesapeakebay.org .
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