Operation Thin Mint Sendoff

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:13:31 +0000

Each year, Girl Scouts sell cookies to raise money to fund their troops and councils. Since 2002, they have also collected donations for Operation Thin Mint during their cookie sales.

Operation Thin Mint is a nationwide Girl Scouts of America effort, originally spearheaded for the Navy by the Girls Scouts from the San Diego-Imperial Council in 2002. Since that time, San Diego-Imperial Council has sent 1,086,157 boxes of cookies to the troops, and the Operation Thin Mint effort has spread nationwide.

Are Thin Mints the only cookies sent overseas?

Troops receive all eight varieties of cookies.

Who receives Operation Thin Mint cookies?

Troops in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Japan, Korea, the Persian Gulf, the Western Pacific and the Indian Ocean have all received Operation Thin Mint cookies, and notes of support. (Excerpts from the notes can be found at http://www.girlscoutssdi.org/otm.)

How does the military assist?

The Under Secretary of the Navy authorizes Operation Thin Mint, and the Army and Navy help distribute the cookies to service members from all branches of the military. APL, a shipping company, generously donates refrigerated shipping for all of the cookies.

The 2008 Celebration

This year, the USS Midway will again play host to the Operation Thin Mint Sendoff this Saturday (May 3).

Girl Scouts, friends, families, cookie customers, and Mayor Jerry Sanders will gather aboard the USS Midway to thank military personnel for their service and celebrate sending cookies and notes overseas to the troops.

This event will be highlighted by live music, activities and fun photo opportunities. As a special reward, Girl Scouts who sold 2,008 (or more) boxes of cookies will arrive by helicopter. American Idol contestant Mishavonna Henson will perform on-stage, and will be available for photos too!

Congratulations to all of the Girl Scouts, friends, family members, and customers who supported Operation Thin Mint this year. You’re bringing a little taste of home to our military heroes, who so richly deserve it.

Post from: The San Diego Traveler

Tour of Fort Rosecrans

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:46:13 +0000

This weekend, you’ll have the opportunity to visit one of San Diego’s most private military bases, and to view some of its most historic buildings. Among the highlights will be the 1904-1905 Colonial Revival Officers Quarters and Bachelor Enlisted Quarters, the 1919 U.S. Navy Argonaut Hall, the 1915 U.S. Army Battery White, the 1898 Battery Wilkeson and several other sites on the Point Loma Sub base. This unique tour will include an exceedingly rare walk-through of one of the Senior Officer’s Quarters.

An architectural research historian and author, Ron May is President and co-founder of Legacy 106, Inc. and Chairman of the Fort Guijarros Museum Foundation, and will serve as the tour guide at this event.

For more information about the history of Fort Rosecrans, see Historic California Posts: Fort Rosecrans, from The California State Military Museum, or Chapter 4: Fort Rosecrans, 1898-1920, from Cabrillo: The Guns of San Diego: Historic Resource Study.